

Moreno’s office held its second community meeting on the project at the end of June. Joe Moreno (1st) has not said yet whether he will support the zoning change. The city’s Plan Commission plans to hold a public hearing on July 19 to discuss the apartment plan, which would require a zoning change.

Though a sign at Jimmy Nails indicated it is open on Mondays, the door was locked on Monday afternoon and a voicemail was not returned, so it’s unclear when Jimmy Nails is closing. Jimmy Nails, a nail salon next to the gas station and the third tenant in the strip mall, received notice yesterday that it will need to leave, according to Patel. The new landlord is making apartments,” Patel said. They did not give us enough time. We have no choice to stay. Snappy Mobil opened 15 years ago, Patel said. When asked if Snappy Mobil will be staying open until January 1s, Goltz said he believes the gas station will close in the fall and not in January. Reached on Monday, Goltz said he does not own the mall yet. “I think we will be here until January 1 but I don’t believe the landlord,” Patel said. Western Ave., said on Monday that the gas station will be closing soon but he’s not sure when. Last week, the car wash next to the gas station (which is run by a different company), closed for good. Īlpesh Patel, general manager of Snappy Mobil Gas Station, 1750 N. Eater first reported the Sweet Rice closure early Monday. That venture should be open in August or September, according to the sign in the window.

While Sweet Rice will not relocate, its owners plan to open a small siapao (Thai steamed bun shop) inside the nearby CTA Western Blue Line station, 1900 N. Sweet Rice’s owners, who initially opened as Sticky Rice Chiang Mai in 2014 before rebranding, blamed the closure on “a new development at this property” and called the situation “extremely heartbreaking.” said Sunday was its last day of business. RELATED: 606 Apartment Plan Shrinks, But Neighbors Still Worry About Packed Trains, Lack Of ParkingĪ note in the window of Sweet Rice at 1746 N. Developer Mitch Goltz, who has a contract to buy the mall and gas station, wants to demolish the mall and replace it with a seven-story, 123-unit apartment building. The closures come as the Western Avenue strip mall next to The 606 undergoes new ownership. And the busy Snappy Mobil gas station next to the restaurant is next, its manager confirmed on Monday. “All of our loyal customers and our employees were very glad hear that we were not selling.LOGAN SQUARE - Sweet Rice, an offshoot of North Center’s popular Sticky Rice - at the border of Wicker Park, Bucktown and Logan Square - has closed. “That made us feel good to know that our employees are so loyal,” she said. She also said the rumors of a sale have also hurt their business, with employees fearing for their jobs and threatening to quit - until they learned that the company had no plans to sell. She said the owner of that Pizza Hut had the option to renew their lease and chose not to. “We don’t own that building, we lease it,” she explained, so the Pizza Hut was not a tenant of W&N. She also said the closing of the Pizza Hut in their Bayard Snappy Mart has nothing to do with W&N operations. “We had the options to buy, but chose not to,” said Debbie, noting that those buildings were older. The only ones they don’t own are the Pine Street and Columbus Road locations in Deming and the Ridge Road and Bayard locations.

They own eight of the 12 buildings that house the Snappy Marts. In fact, she said, they plan to renew their leases in the buildings they don’t currently own. We are not selling and we have no plans to sell,” she added. The Nennichs said the gossip is just that - gossip. “We have been approached three times this year by people seeing if we want to sell and we said no.” “In the gas industry, you have companies trying to buy up and put together groups of 500 or 1,000 stations,” said Debbie. Nennich explained that there is a dynamic developing in the gas industry in which large corporations are looking to buy up individually owned stations. We accepted their card - that happened several months ago - but no, we are not selling.” We just redid the pumps - we had accidents at our pumps on Ridge Road and on Hudson Street so we got all our pumps replaced. “Circle K approached us and wanted to know if we wanted to be branded Circle K and if we wanted to buy some refurbished equipment,” explained Debbie Nennich. While the Grant County rumor mill has been swirling since last week with talk of all the Snappy Marts being sold to Circle K, the owners say that the rumors are false.ĭebbie and Jim Nennich, owners of W&N Enterprises, which owns 12 Snappy Marts from Deming to Silver City, said they are not selling the Snappy Marts.
