Historic downtown Mount Prospect building faces demolition

A nearly 100-year-old building in downtown Mount Prospect will be torn down to make room for a new commercial development.But the new structure wil...

January 8, 2023
2:12 AM

A nearly 100-year-old building in downtown Mount Prospect will be torn down to make room for a new commercial development.But the new structure will be built along the historic outlines of the Edward Busse Building at the corner of Northwest Highway and Emerson Street, said Nick Papanicholas Jr., president of Nicholas & Associates and its affiliate, Wingspan Development Group."We're going to tear it down and rebuild it in a similar fashion to what it currently is," he said. "We're going to make it a little bit bigger.

Steve Zalusky