Business
A string of Midwest refinery disruptions, led by repeated outages at the ExxonMobil plant in Joliet, has driven Chicago-area gas prices roughly 60 cents above the national average. Gov. Pritzker declared Illinois a diesel disaster area Oct. 6, and DuPage County drivers are paying some of the region's steepest prices.
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Oakbrook Terrace-based Hiffman National announced it manages more than 104 million square feet of commercial real estate across 665 properties nationwide, up from four Illinois assignments when it launched in 2005.
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Naansense, a fast-casual Indian street food restaurant based in Chicago's Loop, is planning to open at 116 N. York St. in downtown Elmhurst, though the restaurant missed an earlier June 2026 target and no new opening date has been announced.
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The Bibim House, a fast-casual Korean-Japanese fusion restaurant, opened June 9 at 113 Schiller St. in downtown Elmhurst's City Centre, becoming the seventh new food business to open in the area since March 2026.
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The Purple Pig, a James Beard Award-winning Chicago restaurant, opened its first suburban location at 15 Oakbrook Center in Oak Brook in early March, featuring live-fire cooking, a retail Marketplace, and a wraparound patio opening Monday, June 29.
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