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Sunday, April 21, 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.
Children run down Lombard Street in San Francisco, which was transformed for the day into a gigantic Candy Land board game to commemorate the game’s 60th anniversary.

San Francisco eyes charge to drive its famed Lombard Street

Thousands of tourists could soon have to pay as much as $10 to drive down world-famous Lombard Street in San Francisco. City and state officials this week announced a bill that would give San Francisco the authority to establish a toll and reservation system for the street that winds down a steep hill, in an effort to reduce crowds and traffic congestion.
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.
FILE - In this Wednesday, April 10, 2019 file photo, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane being built for India-based Jet Airways, takes off on a test flight at Boeing Field in Seattle. A global team of experts next week will begin reviewing how the Boeing 737 Max's flight control system was approved by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA says experts from nine international civil aviation authorities have confirmed participation in a technical review promised by the agency. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Panel to review approval of Boeing 737 Max flight controls

A team of experts next week will begin reviewing how the Boeing 737 Max flight control system was approved by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration
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.
More Americans are choosing not to tap into their home equity
American homeowners are doing something surprising: Despite record amounts of home equity available to them -- an estimated $1.5 trillion worth -- they are tapping into it less via home-equity credit lines and cash-out refinancings.
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.
The rendering of some of the units at Canterbury Estates, a 40-unit townhouse development approved by the village board this week.
40-unit townhouse development near downtown Lake Zurich approved
A plan to build a 40-unit townhome development north of Route 22 and west of Old Rand Road was approved by the village of Lake Zurich this week. The development, which will be near two rail lines and is on a state highway, received unanimous approval by the board but not before tough questions from elected officials about whether the townhouses would sell.
A prototype Barnes & Noble store opened last fall at Mellody Farm in Vernon Hills. Consultant John Melaniphy says the village should remain a top retail destination going forward despite a changing market.
Tales of retail demise are exaggerated, and that's good for Vernon Hills, consultant says
The predicted demise of brick and mortar stores has been exaggerated, and that bodes well for the continued strength of retail sales in Vernon Hills, according to a study commissioned for the village.
The 18-screen AMC movie theater in Rosemont may eliminate six screens and parcel out that space to a new user, village officials said.
Redevelopment at AMC movie theater in Rosemont?
The 18-screen AMC movie theater in Rosemont's entertainment district may shut down six of those screens and parcel out that space to another user, village officials said.
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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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