Controversial Thorntons gas station plan withdrawn in Mundelein; fate of site unknown
A controversial plan to replace the Omega Restaurant at the northeast corner of routes 176 and 45 in Mundelein with a Thorntons gas station has been withdrawn by its developers.
Paul Valade | Staff Photographer, 2020
Updated 3/17/2021 4:59 PM
A much-maligned plan to build a Thorntons gas station and a convenience store near downtown Mundelein has been withdrawn by the would-be developers -- but it's not necessarily dead.
The project had been proposed for the northeast corner of routes 45 and 176. The site is on Mundelein's north side, near the downtown district.
The Original Omega Restaurant and a vacant industrial building stand on the land now. Although the restaurant still operates, both buildings were set to be razed to make way for the new business.