The ordinance would prohibit dollar stores from opening within 1 mile of an existing location owned by the same company. It comes after Ald. Matt O'Shea flagged chronic issues at South Side stores.
A long-vacant furniture store in Vernon Hills will be repurposed as an indoor amusement park for kids and adults with attractions including go karts, obstacle courses and more.
The Vernon Hills Village Board voted Tuesday night to approve a special use permit to Urban Air to open an adventure park with trampolines, laser tag, go-karts and climbing walls. The move to grant the permit came over an objection from nearby trampoline park SkyZone, which opened in 2018.
Hernandez, 40, said he subleased the space from the original renter, who died last year.
“It’s a great space. My friends, they come here and say their apartment isn’t this nice,” he said.
The building was purchased in 2018 by Chicago Southwest Development Corp., which is run by Guy Medaglia, who’s also the CEO of St. Anthony Hospital.
Medaglia is seeking permits to demolish the building and neighboring structures, which were part of a Mexican flea market that went into foreclosure, in order to relocate the hospital. He also plans to develop nearby land into a new community on the Southwest Side.