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Saturday, March 6, 2021

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Banquet hall, entertainment destination proposed for Naperville's shuttered Sam's Club

A banquet hall, theater, restaurant and other entertainment uses are proposed to take over the shuttered Sam’s Club at 808 S. Route 59 in Naperville.

Owners of Naperville's Mall of India plan to transform an adjacent warehouse building into a multiuse entertainment and recreation destination, called The Matrix.

The former Carson Pirie Scott store at Stratford Square Mall was put up for auction online. The property is now under contract to be sold.

With pending sale, could Carson's store at Stratford mall be redeveloped?

A prospective buyer has made an offer to purchase a vacant department store at Stratford Square Mall in Bloomingdale after the anchor property was put on the auction block amid retail turmoil at the regional shopping center.

Erdene Sainnyambu will open Tatsu Ramen House in Elgin, just off Randall Road, at the end of March.

New ramen restaurant heading to Elgin

Tatsu Ramen House will open at the end of March in the space formerly occupied by Mr. Wok at 2490 Bushwood Drive, just west of Randall Road and north of I-90.

After nearly 20 years in business, the Starbucks at the Palatine Metra station closed in January. Now the village is seeking proposals from those interested in operating a restaurant/commercial business in the space.

Palatine seeking tenant for former Starbucks space at train station

The village of Palatine is seeking proposals to operate a restaurant/commercial space at 137 W. Wood St., inside the downtown Metra station, which was vacated by Starbucks in January.

A lone person takes advantage of unseasonably warm temperatures Wednesday at Lake Michigan at North Avenue Beach. Marilynn Gardner, president and CEO of Navy Pier Inc., said the closure of the pier’s restaurants, theaters and attractions, as well as a shortened 2020 season, led to a 25 percent loss in revenue for Navy Pier last year.

Comptroller hopeful for outdoor events for summer

Comptroller Susana Mendoza reports COVID-19-related shutdowns and event cancellations cost the state nearly $500 million in tax revenue over the past year. Prior to the pandemic, tourism in the state brought in nearly $2.5 billion in sales tax revenue annually.

New branch of Palatine-based Cornerstone National Bank & Trust Co. at 1185 S. Route 31 in Crystal Lake.

Cornerstone Bank relocates two branches

Cornerstone National Bank & Trust Co. announced the relocattion of two of its current branches in Crystal Lake and Lake Zurich. Both locations will enter new buildings a few miles away from their current places of business.

Consumers gave the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau an earful in 2020 — there were a record number of complaints, and credit reporting bureaus were cited in more than half. You have a right to get free copies of your credit reports and to have any errors investigated and addressed.

Your credit report may be wrong; here's what to do about it

Accuracy matters since credit report errors can suggest identity theft or fraudulent activity on your accounts. And because credit report data provides the raw material for credit scores, errors can lower your score.

$The past year has fractured our world in countless ways. How people pick up the pieces of their lives and finances depends on where they fit in a K-shaped economic recovery. Those in the bottom half, who are struggling to find work or make up for lost income, should focus on covering basics. Paying minimums helps avoid collections, and trying to minimize interest rates helps cut the cost of new debt.$