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Development
The City of Countryside wants you!
Countryside is conveniently located just minutes from downtown Chicago and off I-55 and I-294. It is home to the best hotels in the western suburbs and is a retail and car buying destination. Our main retail corridor carries almost 40,000 vehicles daily. That's why Best Buy, Home Depot, Circuit City, Office Depot, JoAnn Fabrics and 13 auto brands call Countryside home. Be a part of Chicago's Western Gateway!
- No municipal property tax
- 200,000 residents living within 10 minutes
By The Numbers
- Regional retail center anchored by 11 auto dealers carrying 13 motor vehicle brands
- Almost 40,000 vehicles travel LaGrange Road corridor daily
- $2 million beautification of main commercial corridor to begin Spring 2009
- Water system improvements plan totals $5 million
- Major parks system renovations and improvements underway
- Outstanding police department, fire protection district and superb schools
- Home of the "start" of the Historic Route 66 National Scenic Byway
NOW AVAILABLE
Premiere Retail Sites
The following prime properties are available for development through the City. These sites may be combined for a property totaling more than 9 acres.
Locate in Countryside
- Retail sales generated per capita in the greater Countryside market exceed state figures in nearly all categories - retail, lumber, building and hardware sales
- Local retail sales were roughly 486% what the local resident population should support - Countryside retailers draw significant sales from outside the City
- Over the next five years growth in the primary and secondary markets is projected to exceed inflation translating into real growth in spending potential
- Countryside's gross supportable retail inventory is estimated to be between 1.7 and 2.0 million square feet by 2012 - a net increase of 500,000 to 610,000 square feet
- The median household income of residents living within a 10-minute drive of Countryside is $72,700
Source: Economic Research Associates 2008
Printable brochure
More information:
Dudley Onderdonk, Community Development Director
Email
(708) 485-2464
(877) NOTAX-99
Mayor Robert Conrad
Email
(708) 354-7270
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