The new Sport Clips will offer clients:

· The MVP Treatment – precision haircut, massaging shampoo, hot steamed towel treatment, and neck and shoulder massage

· Stylists who specialize in male hair care and stay up-to-date on industry trends

· Haircut services without an appointment – walk-ins are welcome

· Large, flat-screen televisions playing sports programming at each haircut station and in the lobby, along with reading materials

· Special lighting and massaging chairs in the shampoo area to promote relaxation

· Male-focused hair care and styling products

Brown, with more than thirty years of experience in retail operations, and his wife, Michelle, first became franchise owners in 2008 with CD One Price Cleaners. They began looking for another concept to add to their business portfolio and found that Sport Clips’ concept, support system, and brand presence matched up to their requirements. “It will be exciting to open our doors to our first location and let people come in and experience it for themselves,” said Brown. “The Sport Clips concept continues to grow as a hair care option for guys, a great place for stylists to work and as a franchise business investment opportunity. We’re glad to be a part of it.”

Sport Clips in Arlington Heights will be open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information, visit http://haircutmendowntownarlingtonheightsil.com/

Mariano’s Fresh Market Palatine hired about 450 people and 16 managers for the new store.

Mariano’s has four other stores in the Chicago area — one in Arlington Heights, one in Vernon Hills, and two in Chicago.

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Satellite view of the new police station location (595 North Hicks Road) and the new Mariano’s Fresh Market location.

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The PGA Tour Superstore is planning to open its doors in about three months in the taking about 60,000 square feet of the 136,000-square-foot former Great Indoors building.

Xsport Fitness is planning to open in about one year after extensive buildout renovations to about 45,000 square feet, which will probably include an indoor swimming pool. The size of the Xsport is about the same size as the Xsport North facility on West Dundee Road in Arlington Heights.

Underground parking, which already exists, at the building is expected to be a plus for people working out during cold and snowy months. The fitness market is competitive in the area with an LA Fitness on Meacham Road, just to the next lot south, and a LIFETIME FITNESS on Higgins Road about four blocks south and east.

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See also …
http://shop.pgatoursuperstore.com

Xsport Fitness

Transitional Care Management (TCM) officials Brian Cloch, Founder & CEO; Nick Peppers, attorney for TCM; and Mike Filippo, Executive Senior Vice President; and other representatives for TCM proposed the teardown of the AT&T building at 1200 North Arlington Heights, and the construction of an “innovative” transitional care, 75,000-square-foot, 120-bed facility. At Tuesday’s Village Board meeting,the business was seeking a change in zoning from office to institutional.

The Village Board approved the TCM proposal 7-0, including six “Yays” from board members and Mayor Arlene Mulder, and excluding trustees Thomas Glasgow and Bert Rosenberg. The meeting was extended past 11:00 p.m.

According to TCM’s website, medical directors guide around-the-clock skilled nursing care with physiatrists, therapists and clinicians, who work to restore function lost through injury, surgery or disease. The facility’s goal is to help patients reduce pain, hasten recovery and increase performance. Their target market are patients who require a short stay with rehabilitation. The facility would not have out-patient care.

Plan drawing for TCM with arrow pointing toward “Staff Parking” as a possible lane change in the lot to keep employees from driving too close to the backyards of Dunton Avenue residents during late night and early morning hours.

Arlington Heights resident Richard Vossel called the facility a nursing home after hearing the proposal that differentiated TCM from a nursing home.

He claimed that there were not enough parking spaces for the number of visitors and employees that will park at the facility. He is concerned that traffic will flow to the path of least resistance, and flow out through the church lot and Dunton Avenue. Other residents also criticized the traffic that will confound school traffic, headlights and slamming car doors at all hours. A resident west of the facility criticized placement of the loading dock, which is too close to the backyards of residents that live on the east side of Dunton Avenue.

He claimed that the 24-hour operation of the facility would affect residential neighbors around the clock.

He also opposed local proximity to schools, which he said would be dismissed at the same time as the 7:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. shift changes for the facility. At least two residents of Luther Village also opposed the facility because it will cause a loss of the payer class of patients and cause financial harm to the Lutheran Home.

A spokesman for the Lutheran Home also opposed the plan because the new facility will compete and cause the loss of many of the profitable patients, who pay with private insurance, that currently go to the Lutheran Home.

“It's tempting to have Transitional Care real estate tax be a major consideration in your decision. Please keep in mind the fact that collectively, the residents of Luther Village pay approximately $3 million in real estate taxes.“

-- Jean Wood, a resident of Luther Village

Michael Vick supported the plan, and pointed optimistically to the facility’s jobs that will be created for the community for both construction and operations, which will also bring increased business for local merchants.

Other proponents of the facility claimed they have had their own difficult experiences, have worked with patients, or have known friends or relatives that have had difficulty finding admission to an appropriate facility after discharge from the hospital.

Mike Filippo, Executive Senior Vice President for TCM, spoke on behalf of Dr. David Charmin, M.D. He relayed that, increasingly, hospitals release patients quicker and sicker. He says his patients do not want go to a long term nursing home, which is detrimental to patient outcome. He added, for Dr. Charmin, that a specialized facility that caters to short-term care is a welcome solution to the needs of patients.

Carl Bendorf pointed out that the village policy is obligated to mitigate detrimental effects on existing businesses. He also said that TCM is not needed in Arlington Heights because there are already four nursing homes.

Lutheran Home chairman Roger Paulsberg opposed TCM’s proposal because the Lutheran Home already provides transitional care.

Other critics opposed approval of the proposal because of the lack of need for beds in these type of facilities. The lack of any regulations to prevent the facility from keeping patients long term was claimed to be a point to oppose and discredit the short-term care innovation claim of the facility.

Mary Jo Zeller pointed out that the former Continued Care Center at Northwest Community Hospital was a transitional care center owned by the hospital on the hospital campus, and that it didn’t survive. Zeller is concerned that if the Continuing Care Center couldn’t survive, perhaps TCM would not survive either.

One critic of the proposal also pointed out that the facility’s lack of an out-patient care profit center would make it harder for TCM’s business model to be successful.

The Illinois Health Facilities Service and Review Board issued a certificate this summer saying the TCM project is needed, but a few opponents criticized the judgment.

Several conditions of operation were discussed, such as truck delivery times, including liquid oxygen truck deliveries. TCM stated they had control of when vendors would make deliveries. The ease of maneuverability of semi-trailer truck traffic and the beeping of ambulances moving in reverse were points brought up by Trustee John Scaletta.

Trustees Burt Rosenberg and Thomas Glasgow both recused themselves to avoid possible conflict of interest situations.

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Many Arlington Heights residents are unhappy with the failure of the Arlington Market site, but welcome a grocery store to the area. Regarding visibility, Northwest Highway is probably a much better location for the grocery store than the location of the former Jewel/Osco about a quarter mile north on Dryden. The grocery store location will be especially welcomed by residents who live close to the railroad tracks, but north of the tracks. Most of those residents have to face the gridlock near Arlington Heights Road, Palatine Road and Rand Road, head east toward the Jewel near Euclid and Elmhurst, or shop at the smaller Jewel in downtown Arlington Heights.

Osman has built many retail buildings for retail businesses across Chicagoland including Best Buy, Ethan Allen, Kohl’s, Old Navy, Jewel Food Stores,Borders Books, Sportmart, Sunset Foods, La Z Boy Furniture, and Walgreens.

Roundy’s has not yet published the new store information on their website. The date for opening has not yet been announced.

See also …
roundys.com
osmanconstruction.com

copps.com
picknsave.com
rainbowfoods.com

Anyone want to guess what the new name will be? Anyone heard rumors? Add it to the comments section below …

Pamela’s Parkside Grill is open 4 to 11 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday; 4 p.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday, and 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. for Sunday brunch.

Pamela’s Parkside Grill — pamelasparkside.com (official website)

Check out the first and last of several videos posted on the official website for Pamela’s Parkside Grill …

Early rehab and makeover of the new Pamela’s Parkside Grill.

Video from a friends and family night on December 30, 2009, just before Grand Opening.

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Fitness 19, describing themselves as an extremely affordable, family-friendly facility that offers state-of-the-art cardio, strength and free weight equipment is coming to Westgate Shopping Center near Campbell Street and Wilke Road. Fitness 19 chooses it locations close to dense residential populations and offers its members month-to-month memberships. The fitness center is currently in the build-out stage at the former Essence of Europe grocery market, and is offering pre-sale membership rates from a membership office on site. The fitness center is expected to open late-February or March 2010. The Fitness 19 telephone number at the Westgate location is 847-259-1919.

See also …
fitness19.com

In time for holiday shopping, the Verizon Wireless store at 138 East Rand Road in Arlington Heights will be moving a few blocks east to the former Boston Market outlot building on Palatine Road between Arlington Heights Road and Rand Road. The new store is reported to be one of the largest Verizon Wireless stores in the Chicago area. Also, the Verizon Wireless location in Mount Prospect at 1 West Rand Road will be closing and consolidated into the new larger store in Arlington Heights.

Check it out online at missionbaymultisport.com.

847.222.1002

Also at 738 West Randolph in Chicago …
312.466.9111

Opened November 2007.

847-222-7887

Campbellstreetbikes.com
Barsonbikes.blogspot.com

Coco Key Water Resort is open at the Northwest Sheraton near Arlington
Park Race Track in Arlington Heights, Illinois.

Inspired by historic Key West in Florida, CoCo Key Water Resort combines the relaxation and enchantment of the Keys with the wild excitement of a 65,000- sq. ft. indoor waterpark. Every day is about 84 degrees at Coco Key Water Resort.

Coco Key Water Resort features the following atttractions:

Shark Slam, Gator Gush, Barracuda Blast & Pelican Plunge
Four thrilling body-waterslides and raft-waterslides

Parrot’s Perch Play Island
Interactive adventure land filled with water cannons, spray nozzles and a huge, thousand-gallon bucket dump!

Palm Grotto Indoor/Outdoor Spa
Giant whirlpools for a relaxing, sultry tropical experience.

Dip In Theater
Enjoy movies a whole new way: floating in your own tube in our waterpark!

On Land …
The resort also features a Starbucks

An Armand’s Pizzeria sign is in the window at 70 North Vail Avenue at the site of the former Pronto Roma restaurant.

Armand’s Pizzeria’s website (armandspizzeria.com) has posted a notice that a new restaurant is coming soon to Arlington Heights.

There are currently locations in Elmwood Park and Elmhurst, Illinois

Arlington Heights Road and Northwest Highway in Arlington Heights.

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847-797-8442
www.altThai.com
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‘Coming Spring 2005′ Next to Regina’s near Campbell and Vail in

Arlington Heights

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100 block of West Campbell

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‘Every dog has his day’

Two Brothers Butcher Shoppe
105 W Campbell
847-255-6328