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Friday, April 19, 2019

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Most of a strip mall at Devon Avenue and Tonne Road in Elk Grove Village will be demolished to make way for a 146,000-square-foot warehouse. But officials say most of the existing restaurants in the shopping center will remain.

New warehouse planned along Devon Avenue corridor in Elk Grove

A 146,000-square-foot light industrial warehouse is planned on a portion of an existing strip mall property in Elk Grove Village -- a further sign of continued development along the Devon Avenue corridor.
K. Hovnanian Homes is seeking permission from Bloomingdale to redevelop roughly 191 acres of former golf course land at Indian Lakes Resort into a neighborhood for residents 55 and older.

'This is an all-Bloomingdale issue': Hearing on Indian Lakes draws hundreds of people

A developer looking to build houses on a shuttered golf course in Bloomingdale wants to have a community conversation about the proposal. Judging from the large crowd that attended the opening of a public hearing on Tuesday night, that discussion is going to take a while.
Prospect Heights Mayor Nick Helmer is upbeat about the sale of this Country Inn & Suites on Milwaukee Avenue, which he described as “kind of a rundown hotel, motel.” It’s been undergoing extensive renovation for about a month before it will reopen as a Holiday Inn Express & Suites.

'Rundown' Prospect Heights hotel to reopen as Holiday Inn

Prospect Heights Mayor Nick Helmer is upbeat about a Milwaukee Avenue hotel under extensive renovation before reopening with a new brand name.
The 13.7-acre former Sherman Hospital campus at 901 Center St. in Elgin is up for auction with a suggested $1.5 million opening bid.

Former Sherman Hospital campus up for auction in Elgin

The former Sherman Hospital campus north of downtown Elgin is up for auction, and the mayor and the local neighborhood group stress the importance of any buyer having a solid, well-researched plan.
Workers install windows near the front entrance of Mariano’s in Lake Zurich back in 2014. Plans to add a five-pump gas station to the store’s property were stalled this week by the Lake Zurich village board.
Mariano's gas station plan stalled in Lake Zurich pending further tests
The question of whether adding a gas station to the Mariano's grocery store on Route 22 in Lake Zurich would endanger the local water supply led the village board to delay a vote and ask for more expert advice.
This rendering shows what a new McDonald’s at the southwest corner of Rand and Ela roads would look like if the village approved a plan to knock down the old one.
Plan to knock down old Lake Zurich McDonald's, build new one to go before village board
A plan to knock down the McDonald's on the southwest corner of Rand and Ela roads and replace it with a new McDonald's will be before the Lake Zurich village board next week.
Polish restaurant Opolska recently opened at 624 S. Roselle Road in a Schaumburg strip mall just south of Weathersfield Way. Original plans called for the eatery to open as Angel’s Kitchen.
Polish restaurant in Schaumburg opens under new name Opolska
Polish restaurant Opolska recently opened in the Weatherway Plaza Shopping Center on Roselle Road in Schaumburg, only sporting a different name than when village officials approved it 11 months ago.
The former Forge Club on Milwaukee Avenue in Vernon Hills closed in late 2013. Now the Anshe Tikvah congregation is offering a plan to redevelop the vacant building as a synagogue, a recovery home, a counseling center and a kosher commercial kitchen.
Congregation proposes synagogue, recovery home at former Forge Club in Vernon Hills
A synagogue's ambitious plan for the former Forge Club in Vernon Hills includes a substance abuse recovery home and kosher commercial kitchen.
The number of people applying for unemployment aid fell last week to its lowest level in nearly five decades, solid evidence that the job market is healthy and layoffs scarce. The Labor Department said on Thursday that weekly applications for jobless benefits dropped 8,000 to a seasonally adjusted 196,000.
Applications for jobless aid fall to lowest in 50 years
The number of people applying for unemployment aid fell last week to its lowest level in nearly five decades, solid evidence that the job market is healthy and layoffs scarce.
Minta Restaurant and Social Lounge will hold its grand opening at 4 p.m. Friday, replacing E + O Food and Drink at Randhurst Village in Mount Prospect.
Minta Restaurant succeeds E + O in Mount Prospect
Following a soft opening last Saturday, Minta Restaurant and Social Lounge will hold its grand opening at 4 p.m. Friday, on the former site of E + O Food and Drink in Randhurst Village in Mount Prospect.
Libertyville Township-based Abbott Laboratories CEO Miles White told analysts Wednesday that the company is in good financial shape for further acquisitions, but sees nothing attractive in the market to buy.
Abbott CEO: We have cash for acquisitions, but see nothing attractive
Abbott Laboratories is back in the driver's seat when it comes to acquisitions, Chief Executive Officer Miles White said. Problem is, nothing looks good.
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Business Ledger | Engineering Enterprises promotes four; hires project engineer
Engineering Enterprises announced it has promoted Mark Scheller, P.L.S., Chris Peterson, P.L.S. Timothy Paulson, P. E.c FM, and Michael Brouch, P.E., as well as hired Jason Wind to the firm as a project engineer.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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