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Aurora converts third shuttered elementary school into affordable apartmentsSep 04, 2024 9:21 am - Shuttered for 15 years, the 39,000-square-foot Lincoln Elementary School, originally built in the late 1800s, has been transformed into 14 new apartment units. The renovations incorporated historical elements from the school buildings, including trim, flooring, chalkboards, windows, doors, and locker-lined hallways.
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Dirty Dough’s stuffed cookies coming to Buffalo GroveSep 04, 2024 9:09 am - A mother-daughter duo from Gurnee hopes to clean up financially by opening a shop in Buffalo Grove specializing in messy cookies. Dirty Dough Cookies is opening soon at 127 McHenry Road in The Grove shopping center.
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Why sellers need to hire home inspectorsSep 03, 2024 10:49 pm - Home sellers can benefit from obtaining their own home inspection before listing their home.
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‘Making no progress’: Deal to redevelop vacant Lisle strip mall terminatedSep 03, 2024 5:19 pm - Downtown Lisle’s Family Square Plaza will remain shuttered a while longer. Developer Flaherty & Collins missed an Aug. 30 deadline to show it had financing in place for a project to demolish the downtown strip mall and build a 198-unit apartment building with retail on the first floor.
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Told to relocate, Mundelein Tool Library starts capital campaign to reopen in new homeSep 03, 2024 4:51 pm - The all-volunteer Mundelein Tool Library is trying to raise $45,000 to finish the interior of its new home and re-open.
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Parlor Doughnuts opening in Chicago areaSep 03, 2024 3:05 pm - Parlor Doughnuts is coming to the Chicago area.
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Foxtrot Café & Market returns with expanded coffee and culinary experience
Sep 03, 2024 11:25 am - Foxtrot, the upscale corner store chain that closed unexpectedly last April under former parent company Outfox and is being revived by its co-founders, will reopen its first location at 23 W. Maple on Chicago's Gold Coast Sept. 5.
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Prairie Grove planners reject ‘modern living’ subdivision with townhouses, single-family homes
Sep 03, 2024 10:57 am - A proposal to construct more than 200 single-family homes and townhouses in Prairie Grove faced a setback after the village planning and zoning commission recommended denying the requested rezoning for the development.
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First adult-use cannabis dispensary set to open in Lake ZurichSep 03, 2024 10:51 am - Construction is complete, and after a long wait the former TGI Friday’s restaurant is opening as the first adult-use cannabis dispensary in Lake Zurich.
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As Illinois receives praise for its cannabis equity efforts, stakeholders still working on system’s flaws
Sep 02, 2024 4:57 pm - Medical marijuana patients now can purchase cannabis grown by small businesses as part of their allotment, Illinois’ top cannabis regulator said, but smaller, newly licensed cannabis growers still are seeking greater access to the state’s medical marijuana customers.