Business Comings 'n Goings

Business Comings & Goings: Furniture Store Coming to Former Dominick’s

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Pete’s Fresh Market may have abandoned plans to move into the former Dominick’s on LaGrange Road, in favor of building a new store at 143rd Street and LaGrange Road at the former Terry’s Lincoln site. But the grocery store chain based on Chicago’s southwest side has found a new tenant for the former supermarket at 15080 S. LaGrange Road in Orland Park. Michigan-based Art Van Furniture has signed a 10-year lease to convert the former food store into a 46,000-square-foot store at the Orland Greens Shopping Center. The project has an estimated cost of $2 million. Dominick’s closed in November 2011. Art Van has plans for more stores for the Chicago-area. “This is part of a planned expansion,” said Diane K. Charles, director of corporate …

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Village Looking For Extra Set of Eyes on the Ninety 7 Fifty Site

A recap of the village's committee and board of trustees meeting on Monday, Oct. 3.

For about $270,000, village trustees will consider later this month whether to hire U.S. Equities as an additional supervisor on the upcoming Ninety 7 Fifty site. U.S. Equities, acting as the owner’s agent—in this case Orland Park and Fifth Third Bank—would be responsible for overseeing preconstruction, construction and close-out management services. To give the lenders an additional level of control over the project, the duties of U.S. Equities would include design review, construction bid document review, project budget tracking, change order reviews, schedule monitoring and more, according to a village statement. This ensures that the developer “can’t draw from that escrow fund until our owner’s agent signs off," Village Manager Paul …

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