Removing a long-vacant office building along a busy street in Libertyville is a small demolition job, but what comes next is considered a big deal in town.
Nearly three years after the plan was introduced, removal of a single-story building at 500 Peterson Road began Tuesday to clear the site for a $25 million mixed-use development to include “attainable” apartments for those 55 and older.
“It is such a pleasure to see the building come down,” said Chase Morris, vice president of real estate development for Community Partners for Affordable Housing, while watching an excavator tear at the brick structure…