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April 19, 2010


824 S. Oak Park Avenue is getting a new parking lot.
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Kelly Construction Co Removes Old Building and Begins New Parking Lot for Pan's Food Center.

Pan's Food Center (824 S. Oak Park Ave. Oak Park Tel: 708-848-1340)  is getting much needed parking for its customers.
Oak Park has lost several small grocery stores in the past few years, and many were admired by residents.  Certified Foods and the Villager were the latest to close.  The meats at Villager were the finest around and much of what is left is only large national chains.  We wish Pan's better luck.



Tim Kelly of Kelly Construction directs the work on site.
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Mr. Kelly, a lifetime Oak Park resident and former Village Park Trustee and President has a good reputation for doing the difficult jobs and getting them done.  There's a link below to show the difficult job of moving an entire house.

Click here to see photos of Hemingway's house being prepared and moved by Kelly Construction.




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The new parking lot requires a new drainage system.   All parking lots  with over four spaces requires a sewer system drain to meet legal  requirements.  There is still much to be done on the  parking lot, concrete  curbs and the lot itself.
 
The old building (now gone), was a theater at one time, now demolished and removed by  Kelly's company.  Since the structures used every bit of their allowed  real-estate they were built wall to wall.  One building gone and there  are two walls that haven't seen the light of day or weather for  years.  A patch was installed on one wall where a door had been  located to the theater but many other parts of both building look to be In need of some additional work.  This property has been vacant and a  growing eyesore to the neighborhood and Village for years and will now  give parking to Pan's grocery store.




Adjoining buildings will need some work later, the lower photo show a patched opening to the old theater.
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Kelly Construction Co
Category: Business to Business, Construction and Real Estate, Construction Contractors, Residential Construction Contractors, Real Estate, Home Builders, Home and Garden, Construction and Improvement, General Construction Contractors
810 Wenonah Ave, Oak Park, IL 60304
708.386.5900



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