HUNTLEY – There’s always something significant happening these days in the Walgreen’s commercial complex just outside Sun City.
This past summer and early fall, a number of activities continued to transform this area, which stretches from Kreutzer Road south past Regency Square Parkway, along the west side of Route 47.
Part of Walgreen’s reorganization of the interior store was opening up the aisles to have a clear, unobstructed path to the pharmacy, which, according to Walgreen’s officials, is a primary stop for shoppers. (Photo by Chris LaPelusa/Sun Day)
Walgreen’s itself highlighted the upgrade party with a complete makeover inside its store.
Farm Hill Center, as the former Sun City customer service building on Farm Hill Road, was filled up with the move-in of the Family Alliance senior center alongside Kaye Eye Care.
Renovations also were made in the Dunkin’ Donuts/Baskin Robbins shop a few doors down from Walgreen’s.
The exteriors of the new Brunch Cafe and Aldi buildings were completed. Interior work now is in the finishing stages. According to a source at the village, Brunch Cafe is scheduled to open in the next few days, if it hasn’t already. And Aldi’s is slated to open its doors later in October.
Back to Walgreen’s. The Sun Day talked with Cindy Taski, a shift manager. “This renovation was mostly about our pharmacy,” she said. “Our pharmacy sales have been increasing, and it is one of our biggest revenue producers. Our corporate executives decided to make the pharmacy much more visible to customers when they enter the store. So we cleared a path from the door to the back of the store where the pharmacy is located. All of our displays and products are still here, they are just relocated.”
The pharmacy itself has been renovated, and a pharmacist’s work station has been placed near the customer service desk, making pharmacists much more visible and accessible.
“We were shut down four days back in the summer to accomplish this,” Taski said. “This renovation was done here and at a store in the western suburbs, to take advantage of our growing pharmacy activities.”
At the same time, the two stores established immediate care facilities, similar to Centegra’s new clinic in Sun City’s Prairie Lodge. A nurse practitioner is on duty in the healthcare clinic at all times, and immunizations, physicals, health screenings and testing, and treatments of infections and an array of minor illnesses, injuries, and skin conditions are offered.
All of this is leading up to 2015, when Alden is scheduled to begin construction on a 14-acre senior care complex that includes independent living apartments along with memory care, nursing care, and Alzheimer’s care facilities. It will be located across from the Huntley Executive Center on Regency Parkway, at Princeton Drive.
The complex now contains more than 30 retail shops, restaurants, banks, a child care facility, and corporate and commercial offices.
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