Wednesday, January 28, 2009
(OFF TOPIC) Sugar Grove must wait for Walgreens
By ERIC SCHELKOPF - eschelkopf@kcchronicle.com
SUGAR GROVE – Walgreens has delayed building a store in Sugar Grove until 2012 because of the slowing economy.
But village officials are still hopeful the project will get under way before then.
“We would like to have them in town, the sooner, the better,” said Rich Young, the village’s community development director.
Sugar Grove village trustees on Feb. 3 will vote on final plans for the Walgreens store, which would be the first business in the 44-acre Prairie Grove Commons center at the corner of Route 47 and Galena Boulevard.
Young said he found out recently that Walgreens will not start the project until 2012. Construction was originally slated to start this year, with the store opening late in the year.
“Walgreens is looking at the economy and waiting for things to get better,” Young said. “We are not unique. Every town is going through the same thing. We don’t have a lot of residential activity right now.”
Village trustees on Feb. 3 will vote on final engineering and site plans for the proposed Walgreens store. The extension of Galena Boulevard to the center will be done in September, Young said.
The average size for a typical Walgreens is about 14,500 square feet.
Following approval of the plans, “they could request a building permit when ever they are ready,” Young said.
Walgreens spokesman Robert Elfinger said the company does not currently have a signed lease to open a store in Sugar Grove.
The Walgreens store would be the village’s first stand-alone drug store. A pharmacy is in the Jewel-Osco store on Route 47 in Sugar Grove.
SUGAR GROVE – Walgreens has delayed building a store in Sugar Grove until 2012 because of the slowing economy.
But village officials are still hopeful the project will get under way before then.
“We would like to have them in town, the sooner, the better,” said Rich Young, the village’s community development director.
Sugar Grove village trustees on Feb. 3 will vote on final plans for the Walgreens store, which would be the first business in the 44-acre Prairie Grove Commons center at the corner of Route 47 and Galena Boulevard.
Young said he found out recently that Walgreens will not start the project until 2012. Construction was originally slated to start this year, with the store opening late in the year.
“Walgreens is looking at the economy and waiting for things to get better,” Young said. “We are not unique. Every town is going through the same thing. We don’t have a lot of residential activity right now.”
Village trustees on Feb. 3 will vote on final engineering and site plans for the proposed Walgreens store. The extension of Galena Boulevard to the center will be done in September, Young said.
The average size for a typical Walgreens is about 14,500 square feet.
Following approval of the plans, “they could request a building permit when ever they are ready,” Young said.
Walgreens spokesman Robert Elfinger said the company does not currently have a signed lease to open a store in Sugar Grove.
The Walgreens store would be the village’s first stand-alone drug store. A pharmacy is in the Jewel-Osco store on Route 47 in Sugar Grove.
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