The Starbucks at 7231 Madison St. is set to reopen July 25 after nearly two months of being closed for major renovations.
Much of the inside of the building has been redone, including an all-new cafe area, bar and back-of-house. The Starbucks’ seating has been cut by about half, though the work area for staff is much larger, according to officials from DeJames Builders, the contractor who completed the renovations.
Starbucks invested more than $370,000 into that space, said Ryan Nero, commissioner of public health and safety. He announced Starbucks’ reopening at the village council meeting July 22.
The building closed the first week of June for renovations. It is the village’s first and only Starbucks, opening on the corner of Madison Street and Elgin Avenue in 2005.
A decade later, a developer who planned to build a strip mall at the northwest corner of Madison Street and Harlem Avenue, and include a Starbucks in it, pulled out of the deal in 2016.
David King, president of real estate firm David King & Associates in Oak Park, previously told the Review that he worked with the developer for about two years on the strip mall’s layout.
It is unclear why the developer pulled out, since the development for the strip mall was never sent to the Planning and Zoning Commission or put on a village council agenda.
With just one Starbucks in town, locals and passerbys have been missing it since its closure.
“I’m sure some of you may be very excited,” Nero said about the Starbucks’ reopening during the July 22 village council meeting.
Starting July 25, Starbucks will be open at 7231 Madison St. from 5 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 5:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. on the weekend.