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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Business Comings & Goings: Demolition Progressing at 111th and Cicero

Bears Hall of Famer Dan Hampton will headline the Chicago Southland Chamber of Commerce Annual Holiday Sports Luncheon. Moon's Burgers closes in Evergreen Park. Odyssey Fun World opens holiday light show.

  • BUSINESS
  • Bob Bong
  • Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Demolition started earlier this month on the shopping center at 111th Street and Cicero Avenue in Oak Lawn that was the subject of a lengthy court battle between the village and Sears Holding Co. Connect to Patch: Oak Lawn / Evergreen Park / Beverly-Mt. Greenwood The wrecking ball is in the process of knocking down the shopping center and some buildings on Cicero Avenue including the former Harley-Davidson store to make way for redevelopment. Itasca-based Hamilton Partners is the company charged by the village with redeveloping the site once it has been cleared. Oak Lawn purchased the 29-acre parcel from J.C. Penney in May 2011 and settled a lawsuit earlier this year with Sears, which had leased space for a Kmart store in the shopping …

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Kmart Property Takes Giant Step Toward Redevelopment and Attention Kmart Shoppers: Village Reaches Settlement With Sears Holdings at Cost of 80 Jobs

Mike Carson

1:11 pm on Saturday, February 9, 2013

they should also demolish the interstate mufflers!! Looks like garbage   more ›

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Governor Touts Redevelopment in Southland, Signs Recovery Bills

Gov. Pat Quinn said Monday the south suburbs would benefit greatly from his economic development efforts.

  • GOVERNMENT
  • Bob Bong
  • Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Gov. Pat Quinn made a trip to the Southland on Monday to boost local redevelopment efforts, signing two bills in Tinley Park proponents say will make it easier for south suburban towns to fund their economic plans. The first of the two bills Quinn signed at the Southland Chamber of Commerce monthly meeting at the Tinley Park Convention Center will make it easier for municipalities across the state to appropriate funds for economic development. The second bill will extend the deadline for Markham to finalize a special taxing district. Quinn signed the bills after a 30-minute talk to a packed house at the monthly meeting of the Southland Chamber, a group that promotes the south suburbs' economic interests. During his remarks, Quinn touched …

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Steve Burke

11:59 am on Thursday, July 21, 2011

A third airport would create nothing more stupidly spent taxpayer money that the state is wasting by buying property.   more ›

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