Year: 2016

Sortly after Anthony Rizzo gloved the final out of the 2016 World Series, Cubs fans began the arduous task of locating championship gear to celebrate their team’s title. Rally House, 7235 Lake St., in River Forest, kept its doors open late Wednesday night after game 7 for fans seeking championship T-shirts and hats, but the…

Dan Brunner never got off the floor when he left a job as a corporate vice president to open his own business… He said the Oakbrook Terrace Luna Flooring Galley store is one of six in the Chicago area. “We found this location through market research,” Brunner said. “We saw a good opportunity because we…

Oswego officials confirmed Wednesday that Burlington, formerly known as Burlington Coat Factory, is locating in a portion of the former Lowe’s Home Improvement store on Route 34. Rod Zenner, the village’s community development director, said a lease has been signed for 44,000 square feet of space in the former store at 2404 Route 34. The…

High school friends Tom Gordon and Greg Smart had no idea how much success their hand-breaded chicken tenders would bring them when they opened their first Slim Chickens restaurant in Fayetteville, Arkansas in 2003… …Thirteen years later, Slim Chickens has opened 40 more restaurants, one of which is located near the University at 2037 S….

A shop that sells a taste of coastal style is the first to open in Naperville’s much-anticipated Water Street District, which is nearing completion downtown. Southern Tide apparel opened Monday on the east side of the development near Main Street, while the west side near Webster Street remains a construction zone. A 520-space parking garage,…

The Bond Cos says it’s eyeing spring 2017 for the delivery of Kildeer Village Square, the latest project in the firm’s 10-year relationship developing retail with the northwest suburb of Kildeer. The 200k SF shopping center is already 90% pre-leased, and construction is expected to be completed by Q2 2017… …Retailers who have signed leases so…

Angela Gasbarro repped the landlord in a 4,090 SF lease with OrangeTheory Fitness at Main Street Commons in St. Charles. [ **Metro Addition: Larry Kling and Danielle Kling represented Orangetheory Fitness in the lease.** ] BISNOW // Chuck Sudo //  View The Full Article

Slim Chickens is scheduled to open in Carriage Center — between Wendy’s and Moe’s — on Tuesday. The chicken restaurant’s area director, Dave Harris, said the bustling Neil Street location is an ideal location because of its proximately to the University of Illinois. “I love the site,” he said. “We wanted to open on the…

The Elmhurst 255 development at Hahn Street and York Street recently opened, offering locals a new residential option in downtown Elmhurst. The 192-unit residential building and 12,000 square feet of on-site retail is developed, built and managed by Chicago-based firm Morningside Group. My Suburban Life  //  View the Full Article

The first store in downtown Naperville’s long-awaited Water Street District is to open Oct. 20, the owner announced this week. Southern Tide, a clothing company based in South Carolina that specializes in casual preppy styles for women and men, will be the company’s first outlet outside the Palmetto State. Chicago Tribune: Naperville Sun // Genevieve Bookwalter…