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UPDATED: New indications AB Data may leave Shorewood

By Steve Koczela
Thursday, Mar 13 2008, 03:23 PM

Several Updates, 3/14/08

  1. There is now a For Sale sign in front of the building on Wilson Dr.  Prior to placing the sign, AB Data had, within the past several weeks, made indications to Village officials that they intended to keep the Shorewood location open.  
  2. The Village officials I have spoken with did not know that AB Data was planning to put the building up for sale.
  3. The real estate agency is CB Richard Ellis, the same agency that executed the sale of the Riverfront site to Sunrise Senior Living.
  4. Back when AB Data first announced that they were purchasing the former Manpower Building, I wrote a post on the possibility of AB Data leaving Shorewood.  After that post, I heard from several Village officials reassuring me that AB Data was not closing the Shorewood location, and instead would simply relocate certain staff to the new location.
  5. As of this moment, the Village officials I have spoken with have no knowledge of specific transactions in the works related to this property.
  6. AB Data is located in the Tax Increment District.  As such, transactions involving this property could potentially include developer incentives, as in the case of the Ravenna, Sunrise, and Lakewood projects.

3/17/08

I have received new information that AB Data may be leaving Shorewood.  Updates to follow.

Comments

Joe Mangiamele    

It seems that Shorewood should concentrate more on economic base and less on tax base.  

March 13, 2008 5:59 PM

Jaime   

RE: Joe's comment: We're funding turning duplexes into single family homes, renovating schools that are seeing fewer students each year and businesses seem to be caught up in some kind of revolving door! Exactly what direction is it we are headed for in our 'walkable village'? Is it just me or...?

March 15, 2008 8:34 AM

Ben Stein   

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March 17, 2008 4:00 PM

Jaime   

Mr Stein,

What exactly is your purpose in attempting to belittle the community involvement of someone who has protected YOUR right to free speech by serving our country in Iraq?? In regard to your uninformed comment 'You seem like a young man who wants to ... play village leader', Steve has run for village trustee several times! I don't recall ever seeing your name on a campaign sign or, thus far, offering anything constructive in a blog comment.

March 18, 2008 10:38 AM

David Tatarowicz   

OK --- I GET it ............ the Comment dissing Steve was from the comedian Ben Stein !!! Remember "Winning Ben Stein's Money" ---NO - WAIT --- That Ben Stein is very bright and astute --- I doubt he would have trouble understanding why a major commercial tenant possibly leaving Shorewood would be newsworthy ......... and he would probably encourage more than one news source --- especially if the primary source is the Village which parcels out the most up-to-the minute Post Event News they have to !

March 18, 2008 11:40 AM

Steve Koczela   

I have no interest in responding to this juvenile outburst from "Ben Stein".

Thanks, Dave and Jim, for sticking up for me while I was out of town!

March 20, 2008 10:09 PM

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