Article: Greentree Shopping Center needs business

STAFF WRITER

With the departure of Franklin Foods two years ago and O'Reilly's Fine Furniture last year, the once bustling Greentree Shopping Center in Libertyville now has many empty parking spaces.

Libertyville village officials are trying to take a more active role in the future redevelopment of the shopping center plaza, located on South Milwaukee Avenue north of Greentree Parkway.

In August of 2000, the Franklin Foods grocery store, which once filled the largest retail space in the shopping center, did not renew its lease and moved its operations to Waukegan. Then, last fall, O'Reilly's Fine Furniture moved to a new and larger location on Route 176 in Libertyville.

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