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| Sass & Class Flowers moved last month from Orland Park to Palos Heights. |
Southland Savvy
Work hasn’t even started yet on the massive LaGrange Road
widening project through Orland Park and it has already claimed one business.
Courtney Twomey, owner of Sass & Class Flowers, in April
moved her shop from its longtime home on LaGrange Road to new digs at 12250 S.
Harlem Ave. in Palos Heights. She now shares space with Chalet Florist, which
is owned by Tim Jackson.
“I moved because I was going to lose part of my parking lot
to the widening project and because business was sure to fall off during construction,”
said Twomey, who opened the shop at 146th Street and LaGrange Road in
Orland Park more than a decade ago.
“I really enjoyed being in Orland Park,” she said. “But it
was time to make a move.”
Twomey also said she was transitioning Sass & Class from
a retail flower shop into a specialty shop for weddings and events.
“My wedding business is booming,” she said. “I plan to get
out of the retail side within the next six months to a year.”
She said that despite the move the shop’s phone number,
website and email stayed the same.
Evergreen Plaza to
close interior
The Plaza in Evergreen Park, which opened in 1952, will
close its interior stores on May 31, according to a story in the BeverlyReview.
Evergreen Plaza Managing General Partner Bruce Provo told
the paper that the economics of running a 920,000-square-foot retail center
with few existing tenants prompted the closure.
Provo said Carson’s, Planet Fitness, Enterprise and
Applebee’s had long-term leases and would remain open, according to the paper.
The mall has been trying to sell or reinvent itself for
several years and most recently was in talks with Tampa-based DeBartolo
Development LLC to purchase a $20 million bank note for the mall, which went into
foreclosure
in 2011.
DeBartolo was reportedly planning to demolish most of the
existing buildings and spend approximately $111 million to redevelop the
property as a 450,000-square-foot retail center including a big-box tenant
surrounded by smaller stores.
Alexander's closes in
Palos Heights
Alexander's Restaurant and Banquets closed recently less
than a year after it opened at 13248 S. 76th Avenue in Palos Heights.
A village staffer said the property had been acquired by a
bank in Palos Hills.
Dental office opens
in Bedford Park
Bedford Dental has opened at 7250 S. Cicero Ave. in Bedford
Park. Hours are daily from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. For information, call
708-496-8896.
If you see a new
business in town or wonder what happened to an old favorite, drop me a line at bobbong@hotmail.com.
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business happenings at Comings & Goings.
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