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Plan for Chase Plaza apartments, Buffalo restaurant demolition moves to Buffalo Grove plan commissionAug 18, 2026 4:59 pm - Buffalo Grove village trustees on Monday referred a proposal to build apartments at the Chase Plaza shopping center at Arlington Heights and Lake-Cook roads to the planning and zoning commission. The plan also calls for the demolition of the former Buffalo restaurant on the outlot at the northeast corner of the intersection.
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Cat cafe planned for downtown BataviaAug 14, 2026 3:08 pm - A cat cafe, where patrons can visit with adoptable felines, plans to open in downtown Batavia.
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The Biz Week That Was: Bears uncertainty, data center moratoriums, and new Amazon store are among the highlightsAug 14, 2026 11:36 am - Chicago Bears have had ‘minimal’ talks with Illinois legislators as stadium focus remains on Hammond The Chicago Bears have had “minimal” discussions with Illinois l...
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Opening doors for Chicagoland entrepreneursAug 14, 2026 11:34 am - The impact of tariffs, oil prices, artificial intelligence and economic uncertainty are only some of the factors which have increased the prospect of impending layoffs. Employers are cautious.
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Downtown Naperville Alliance picks Dawn Portner as new executive directorAug 13, 2026 2:43 pm - The Downtown Naperville Alliance Board of Directors selected Dawn Portner as the organization’s new executive director.
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Long Grove approves early childhood center, setting up showdown with Buffalo GroveAug 12, 2026 5:44 pm - Now that Long Grove trustees have given the Children’s Lighthouse early childhood learning center the green light, the question is whether Buffalo Grove will put a stop to it.
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Once Upon a Bagel among new eateries planned on Higgins Road in RosemontAug 12, 2026 8:32 am - Once Upon a Bagel will open a 1,800-square-foot shop in Rosemont’s village-owned strip building at 9500-9520 W. Higgins Road, taking over a former Starbucks corner location and joining other new eateries in the developing restaurant row.
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The Biz Week That Was: Portillo’s announces layoffs, Yorktown sues grocer, and St. Charles brewers face offAug 08, 2026 7:15 am - Portillo’s lays off 18% of corporate employees at Oak Brook headquarters amid sluggish same-store sales With food costs rising and same-store sales falling, Portillo...
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New tariffs have shrunk Illinois’ economy and cost households $2,200 per yearAug 08, 2026 7:00 am - New research from the Midwest Economic Policy Institute and the Project for Middle Class Renewal at the University of Illinois finds that Midwest families, manufacturers, and farmers have been paying the bill for the Trump administration’s tariff policies.
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Cybersecurity threats are enhanced by AIAug 08, 2026 5:38 am - Artificial intelligence can be a tremendous benefit to the workplace. In the wrong hands, however, it poses one of the largest cybersecurity threats to businesses today.
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