Lake County Business
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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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Cook County mailing tax bills Sept. 1, after two-month delayAug 18, 2026 12:52 pm - After a two-month delay, Cook County’s 1.8 million second installment property tax bills for Tax Year 2025 are expected to be mailed Sept. 1, county officials announced Tuesday.
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Grayslake schedules extended comment session on controversial data center planAug 18, 2026 8:49 am - Grayslake officials Monday announced tandem actions regarding public comment involving the controversial T-5 data center project.
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Drive-through coffee business added to car wash in revised development proposal for Vernon Hills siteAug 18, 2026 6:30 am - Vernon Hills officials are on board with the concept of a Mister Car Wash and 7 Brew Coffee as a new development on property fronting busy Route 60.
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Suburban students return to new facilities and campus upgrades this fallAug 17, 2026 6:52 am - As students across the suburbs return to classrooms this month, they will be greeted with new facilities, additions and campus improvements in several school districts where summer construction projects have wrapped up and new ones are beginning.
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Apartments proposed for Buffalo Grove’s Chase Plaza; Buffalo restaurant site to be redevelopedAug 16, 2026 5:14 pm - A developer is proposing to build a six-story apartment building at Chase Plaza and tear down the former Buffalo restaurant site.
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‘Could be an uphill battle’: Wauconda drops action to block proposed solar projectAug 14, 2026 5:03 pm - Based on advice the village would face an uphill legal battle, Wauconda officials recently dropped action to forcibly annex agricultural property on the north end of town to block a proposed solar project.
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Plans to revamp public areas inside Gurnee village hall advanceAug 13, 2026 7:29 am - A refresh for the public portion of Gurnee village hall is on track with the approval this week of a construction manager for the pending project.
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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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County approves application for waste transfer facility to replace Grayslake landfillAug 11, 2026 5:35 pm - A proposed waste transfer station to replace the Countryside landfill in Grayslake when it closes has passed review in Lake County and will move to the state as the final step in the process.