NORTHBROOK, Ill. — Zengeler Cleaners, billed as the Midwest’s oldest and largest dry cleaner, will relocate the company’s headquarters here in this Chicago suburb next year, the company reports.
A new state-of-the-art, environmentally friendly facility is scheduled to open at 770 Skokie Blvd., just around the corner from its current location on Dundee Road, with the development project having received approval from the Northbrook Village Board in May.
“Zengeler Cleaners is very excited about the relocation of our Northbrook store,” says company President Tom Zengeler. “This move will benefit all the stakeholders—our customers, the Village of Northbrook and Zengeler Cleaners.”
The new store will feature state-of-the-art processing that will automate and expedite order processing, and feature architecture and infrastructure consistent with the evolving character of the Northbrook community.
The 770 Skokie project is a mixed-use development featuring a variety of stores. In addition to Zengeler Cleaners, it will feature a Mariano’s grocery store as the anchor property, plus Verizon, PNC Bank, Chipotle and Panera Bread. Real-estate firm Morningside Group is leading the project.
While his dry cleaner’s new location is expected to open sometime in 2015, the exact timing is “dependent on a variety of factors, not the least of which is weather,” Zengeler says.
Zengeler Cleaners has seven other Chicagoland locations, along with eight home pickup and delivery routes. The company was founded by John Zengeler in 1857 and has been owned and operated by the Zengeler family for its entire 157 years in existence.
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