Lake County Business
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The Biz Week That Was: Teardowns, business closings and new beginnings are among highlightsApr 21, 2024 5:47 am - ‘Something positive is happening’: Buildings torn down at Arlington Heights gateway to make room for apartments and retail A long-shuttered Applebee’s restaurant, dr...
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Wheeling expands, renames business grant programApr 19, 2024 1:27 pm - A Wheeling grant program that helps business owners pay for renovations and other site improvements is expanding again — and getting a new name. Perhaps most significantl...
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Discover Financial profit dives 68% as compliance costs biteApr 19, 2024 11:29 am - Discover Financial Services, the lender that agreed to be acquired by Capital One Financial Corp. in the year’s biggest announced deal, posted a sharp drop in first-quart...
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Robin Hunden of Hunden Partners honored with Jeffrey D. Fisher Real Estate Legacy Award from Indiana University’s Kelley School of BusinessApr 19, 2024 9:48 am - Hunden Partners (Hunden), a full-service real estate development advisory practice, announced that its CEO and founder, Robin “Rob” Hunden, has been selected to receive o...
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High residential home prices here to stayApr 17, 2024 12:02 pm - In March 2024, detached home prices in the Chicago suburbs were up 9.3% from the same time the previous year, continuing their steady climb upward with no signs of slowing down.
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Abbott Labs tops Q1 expectations, raises low end of 2024 guidance rangeApr 17, 2024 11:14 am - Abbott Laboratories reported a first-quarter profit of $1.23 billion Wednesday. The company, based in Libertyville Township, posted net income of 70 cents per share. Ear...
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What makes a good hotel stay great?Apr 17, 2024 10:01 am - I’ve written frequently in these columns about what makes a good restaurant a great one. As a restaurant consultant, I have been staying two to three nights a week at ho...
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Demolition of downtown Fox River Grove block to start this monthApr 16, 2024 1:30 pm - A full block of empty buildings in downtown Fox River Grove will be demolished and turned into a grassy lot by the summer. All of the buildings along a stretch of Route 1...
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Looking for a great opportunity to make an ‘Earth Week’ difference?Apr 16, 2024 1:27 pm - The Northwest Council of the Sierra Club, in partnership with the Prospect Heights Natural Resource Commission (PH-NRC), Commonwealth Edison, Prospect Heights Park Distri...
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‘We don’t cut any corners’: Zengeler Cleaners’ upgrades to Libertyville facility part of companywide refreshApr 16, 2024 12:48 pm - In early May, work to refresh the exterior of a vintage building in Libertyville is expected to get underway, an initiative of a business that has followed a simple philo...