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Vernon Hills board approves conversion allowing medical use at 850 N. Milwaukee Ave., trustees split on retail loss
Summary
Elliott Bay Capital won approval for Ordinance 2025-139 to allow a nonretail (medical) conversion at 850–870 N. Milwaukee Ave.; trustees split over whether the main intersection should retain retail frontage, and the motion passed 4–3 after debate on parking, tenant mix and Hawthorne phase 2.
The Village of Vernon Hills board on Dec. 9 approved Ordinance 2025-139, granting a certificate to permit conversion of a former restaurant suite at 850–870 North Milwaukee Avenue to nonretail use, a move intended to market the space to medical-office tenants.
Director Jennings and representatives from Elliott Bay Capital explained the request. Christian Whipple, identified on the record as CEO of Elliott Bay, said the owners have marketed the combined building as largely medical for several years and that leasing the first-floor suite to another nonretail tenant would align the building’s use and reduce conflicts between…
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