![]() ![]() Three new indoor pickleball courts will open next to the club’s 13 indoor and outdoor tennis courts featuring clay and hard court surfaces, The Daily Herald reported. The Palatine location will include a new club entrance modeled after Midtown’s Chicago property, The Daily Herald reported. “Our expectation is that it will likely be considered the premier athletic and tennis facility in the Northwest Suburbs,” he said. Now Midtown, which acquired the building in 1984, is poised to take a major step into the future, embarking this month on a $7 million renovation, The Daily Herald reported.īrad Houx, Vice President of Operations, calls it a complete transformation of the club. Midtown Athletic Club Palatine (Ill.) has roots in the community reaching back to the 1970s, when the facility was known as the Forest Grove Swim & Racquet Club, The Daily Herald reported. “Our expectation is that it will likely be considered the premier athletic and tennis facility in the Northwest Suburbs,” Houx says. The Palatine club also will offer the first coworking space within the Midtown family, and the cafe and dining room will be revamped. Three new indoor pickleball courts will open next to the club’s 13 indoor and outdoor tennis courts featuring clay and hard court surfaces. Photo courtesy of Midtown Athletic Club Palatine Midtown Athletic Club Palatine (Ill.)’s Vice President of Operations Brad Houx says the facility will undergo a complete transformation. Every dime we make funds reporting from Chicago’s neighborhoods.Īlready subscribe? Click here to support Block Club with a tax-deductible donation. Block Club is an independent, 501(c)(3), journalist-run newsroom. Midtown’s Bucktown location completed a multimillion renovation in 2018 to add additional services and a boutique hotel.īlock Club Chicago’s coronavirus coverage is free for all readers. When asked if Midtown would set up a GoFundMe campaign to further help its former employees after the layoffs, Tody said the company is still looking into that option. “One thing we will do for everyone is this, if the close-down only lasts 21 days or less and we are back open and can pay bill dues, we will look to make you financially whole once we get back up and running,” Brady said, in the email. While the clubs are closed only a “skeleton crew” will be retained to secure and maintain Midtown’s clubs. Also, any hourly, commissioned and salaried employees who have been working at Midtown for five or more years will get one week pay “at your average of the past six months.”īrady also said employees can use their “accrued vacation and/or sick time pay during this this time.” Hourly and commissioned staff will be paid for “services delivered” through March 16. Salaried staff at the clubs will be paid through March 20. “Nothing about this is easy, nothing feels good right now - but if we want to have jobs for everyone to come back to, we first need to make sure we have a company that is alive and able to offer jobs,” Brady said in the email. Jon Brady, Midtown’s president, sent a separate email to employees Tuesday at 1:58 p.m. Schwartz decided to make the layoffs because while the company has a “healthy balance sheet with a strong cash position” the company isn’t sure how long it could survive an “undetermined period with no revenue.” I wish we could do more, but frankly speaking, Midtown doesn’t have the money to do it.” “My heart is broken, and I am acutely aware of the pain this will cause to many. “It is my responsibility to have a solid business to come back to when this pandemic is over,” Schwartz said. The closure of six of the company’s eight clubs was mandated by the government to help stop the spread of the virus, he said in the email. Steven Schwartz, Midtown’s CEO, announced the layoffs to employees in an email just after 2 p.m. All remaining staff have agreed to significant salary cuts, Tody said. Midtown’s corporate office will be running with a skeleton crew, but most of the company’s office workers are being temporarily laid off just like our club-based employees. JB Pritzker asked for Midtown to close six of eight locations, according to Midtown spokesperson Shari Tody. The Health Ministry of Quebec, the state of New York, and Illinois Gov. The company has eight clubs that include one in Chicago at 2444 N. Uptown, Edgewater, Rogers Park Open dropdown menu.South Chicago, East Side Open dropdown menu.Pilsen, Little Village, Back of the Yards Open dropdown menu.Lincoln Square, North Center, Irving Park Open dropdown menu.Lakeview, Wrigleyville, Northalsted Open dropdown menu.Jefferson Park, Portage Park, Norwood Park Open dropdown menu.Englewood, Chatham, Auburn Gresham Open dropdown menu.River North, Gold Coast, Near North Side.Bridgeport, Chinatown, McKinley Park Open dropdown menu.Midtown Athletic Closes Six Locations, Lays Off 2,000 Workers Close
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