‘A challenging proposal’: After considerable input Pulte housing plan gets green light in Libertyville

After extensive review and hours of discussion over six public meetings, village leaders gave the go ahead to a plan by Pulte Home Company to address what are said to be the most pressing housing needs in Libertyville.

Palatine community mourns passing of Durty Nellie’s co-owner Mark Dolezal

Government shutdown talk is starting early ahead of a difficult funding fight in Congress this fall

Construction of bridge connecting Mount Prospect parks could begin next year

The gold office building at 3601 Algonquin Road in Rolling Meadows — highly visible from the Jane Addams Tollway and Route 53 — would be included in the boundaries of a tax increment financing district that city officials want to spur redevelopment in the area.

Rolling Meadows hopes for redevelopment near Bears’ potential new home

Rolling Meadows officials may establish a tax increment financing district to help revive an area of office buildings plagued by vacancies and a blighted, shuttered Holidome motel.

The Batavia Boardwalk Shops serve as a local business incubator program.

Warrenville plans pop-up marketplace similar to Batavia’s boardwalk shops

Warrenville leaders are working to fashion a pop-up marketplace that can grow over time, drawing examples from seasonal shops in Batavia and Berwyn.

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Lake in the Hills buys home near Ryder Park

St. Charles Business Alliance launches ‘Retail Route’ challenge

Geneva District 304 wants cash, not land, from LaFox developers

Geneva Unit District 304 officials want $6.12 million in cash instead of a land donation when Campton Hills annexes the 962-acre LaFox development.

Island Foods, a grocery store in Island Lake for over 50 years, closed in May 2023. Independent grocer Lomeli’s is planning to open this year in the space.

Grocery store set to take over former Island Foods space in Island Lake

A new grocery store is expected to open before Thanksgiving in the former Island Foods location in Island Lake.

Office space is available in the building that’s also home to Rosie's Sidekick Sandwich Shop at 1750 E. Golf Road in Schaumburg. The availability of on-premises amenities is one of the factors driving tenants’ preferences for office space five years after the pandemic, experts say.

‘Starting to bounce back’: Amenities, spec suites helping to stabilize suburban office market

The suburban office market that’s been struggling to establish a new identity since the cataclysm of the pandemic five years ago finally seems to be moving more confidently toward a fuller realization of its ever-stabilizing trends, analysts say.

A parking garage and stairwell, which were the last structures to be demolished last week at the former Sears complex in Hoffman Estates, are now gone.

The Biz Week That Was: Sears HQ meets the dust, restaurant turnover, and new residential developments

Demolition of massive former Sears HQ in Hoffman Estates reaches completion Just under a year after it began, structural demolition of the 2.4-million-square-foot Se...