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September 21, 2022 Vol. 43, No. 8 ONE DOLLAR @wednesdayjournalinc
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Hephzibah celebrates 125th anniversary Page 9
Former Bar Louie building facing foreclosure Commercial portion of Lake St. building up for auction in October By STACEY SHERIDAN Staff Reporter
The downtown Oak Park building that houses the FFC gym is facing foreclosure on its first three floors, the majority of which are leased by the health club. The first floor commercial space is currently unoccupied. The pending foreclosure status only pertains to the commercially zoned spaces, extending from 1114 to 1126 Lake St., and does not apply to the building’s resident-owned condominiums. Financial services firm Wilmington Trust filed for foreclosure on the 63,317-square-foot commercial property in February, after building ownership defaulted on its mortgage. The property is owned by legal entity 1120 Retail LLC, which entered into the $12.8 million mortgage agreement in 2017. The property will be going up for online auction next month. The bidding starts at $4.5 million. The auction begins Oct. 17 and lasts through Oct. 19. While the auction listing refers to the property as “wellmaintained,” its façade is in the process of being repaired. Steve Cutaia, the Village of Oak Park’s chief building official, told Wednesday Journal over the summer that the concrete panels that covered the building’s exterior are being re-
Career crossover Retiring after 22 years as a chiropractor, Oak Parker Cheryl Haugh is now a crossing guard STORY BY JESSICA MACKINNON, PAGE 14 ALEX ROGALS/Staff Photographer
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