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Gurnee leaders OK demolition of 2 commercial buildings in floodplain This building along Old Grand Avenue, pictured during the flood in 2017, will be demolished in August as part of a village of Gurnee plan to remove buildings in the Des Plaines River floodplain. Paul Valade | Staff Photographer, 2017
Updated 7/13/2021 5:45 PM
The Gurnee village board has approved a $95,472 contract to demolish two commercial buildings in the Des Plaines River floodplain that housed a Dairy Queen, a spa and a vacuum repair business on Old Grand Avenue.
The village purchased the buildings in April 2020 for $275,000 with the intention of knocking them down and removing the surrounding pavement. The buildings to be demolished are at 4609 through 4625 Old Grand Ave.
Abbott Laboratories has closed its facility in Gurnee where COVID-19 tests were made due to a steep drop in demand. About 2,000 workers were let go because of the closing.
A temporary COVID-19 test manufacturing facility run by Abbott in Gurnee, which has employed 2,000 people and operated around the clock, is in the process of being decommissioned.