Cooper's Hawk Construction Photos

NEW LENOX, IL - It's not unusual for a village hall or city government to approve plans for a new business development only to see the project sit idle and never materialize. Last fall, New Lenox officials made a huge splash when they announced Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurants intended to put a new restaurant along Lincoln Highway, just up the road from Lincoln-Way Central High School near the Five Guys restaurant.

Well guess what? The New Lenox Cooper's Hawk project is going to happen.

Construction crews have been going nonstop since early May. Ongoing work includes moving dirt and constructing retaining walls. On Thursday, New Lenox Patch visited the site and saw at least 20 construction workers affiliated with Northern Builders out of Schiller Park keeping busy, mostly operating heavy construction equipment and machinery. Much of their job entails the site preparation.

On Thursday afternoon, Patch interviewed Mayor Tim Baldermann.

"They are on track to still be open for this fall," Baldermann said of Cooper's Hawk. "The Pete's Fresh Market is not opening until the spring of 2020."

The mayor said it's his understanding the Cooper's Hawk building construction may start in the next week or two.

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Images via John Ferak/New Lenox Patch Editor