After closing more than a year ago, Schaumburg’s 56-year-old YMCA branch is reopening soon after taking over two former retail sites in town.
Nine years after opening The Barn Steakhouse in Evanston, restaurateur Amy Morton is expanding north to the town where she was raised with a second location in Highland Park.
About a year and a half after opening its doors, the Food Shed Co-op in Woodstock is at risk of closing them.
Pickleball courts, child day care facilities, data centers and restaurants have been popping up or proposed throughout the suburbs but they won’t be the only newcomers in 2026.
The reaction to conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s murder, immigration enforcement efforts and the conclusion to a decades-old disappearance were among the top suburban stories of 2025.
MCG Winery, a new microwinery in Elk Grove Village, is now open for private tastings. It doubles as a production facility.