Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Office Depot will acquire OfficeMax to combine two of the leading office supply stores nationwide.
Office Depot is merging with Naperville-based OfficeMax, the Associated Press reports. Office Depot will aquire its rival company in a $1.2 billion all stock deal. OfficeMax addressed the merger in a brief statement posted on its website today: “The OfficeMax mission is simple: We provide workplace innovation that enables our customers to work better. As a combined company, OfficeMax and Office Depot will have the resources to provide a wide array of services and solutions to help you move your business ahead,” the statement read. Until the merger is complete, which is expected at the end of 2013, OfficeMax and Office Depot will continue to run as two separate companies, the OfficeMax statement read. There is no word on if any area …
Friday, July 15, 2011
Evanston residents living near Office Depot got their wish when the Sign Review and Appeals Board voted that the company had to construct their signs within City regulations. But some worry that the decision could drive the company out of town.
Evanston’s Sign Review and Appeals Board voted Thursday that two proposed signs for the city’s recently-renovated Office Depot must comply with city regulations. In the third consecutive meeting devoted almost entirely to resolving the matter, the board unanimously decided that strict standards set forth in the city code prevented them from granting Office Depot the right to construct a sign which exceeded city limitations for overall height. Though the board did not specify which standards the proposed signs violated, neighbors repeatedly accused Office Depot of ignoring portions that called for the company to prove the variations were a unique hardship, did not harm public welfare, and were not self-created. Board member Thomas Keith …
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Friday, June 10, 2011
The decision over whether to allow Evanston’s Office Depot to build two new illuminated signs that exceed City limitations was deferred again at Thursday night's Sign Review and Appeals Board meeting.
Residents seeking closure on whether or not Evanston’s Office Depot will be allowed to build two new illuminated signs that exceed city limitations will have to attend at least one more meeting after the Sign Review and Appeals Board tabled the issue Thursday night for the second time in as many months. The decision was postponed again at the board's monthly meeting after Office Depot representatives failed to comply with a previous request to create and present blueprints or visuals illustrating what the proposed signs would look like if designed in compliance with the city’s ordinance. Office Depot seeks to construct northward and eastward facing signs displaying the company’s logo at the recently renovated 2722 Green Bay Road store. At …
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Friday, May 13, 2011
Thursday night's Sign Review and Appeals Board meeting was packed with Evanston residents opposing Office Depot's proposal to build two new illuminated signs that exceed City limitations.
The decision over whether to allow Evanston’s Office Depot to build two new illuminated signs that exceed City limitations for both letter size and overall height has been deferred until next month’s meeting of the Sign Review and Appeals Board. Evanston residents butted heads with Office Deport representatives at Thursday night’s board meeting at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center, 2100 Ridge Ave., which board members described as the “most contentious, most attended” meeting they had ever seen. Office Depot representatives in attendance sought approval from the board for two proposed signs on their recently renovated 2722 Green Bay Road store: a northward facing Office Depot logo reaching 25 feet 2 inches at its highest point (9 feet 10…
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011
They say the sign would damage the character of the neighborhood.
Evanston residents who live near the Office Depot on Green Bay Road are organizing against two new proposed illuminated signs that the store has requested permission to install. One sign would face north and the other would face east, both would be more than 20 feet high with lighted 4 to 5 foot tall red letters. Since the sign is above the city's size limits, the store is requesting a variation to the sign regulations at an upcoming Evanston Sign Review and Appeals board meeting. "There is a feeling that the Office Depot changes are leading to a 'big box' store presence in a mixed residential-small store neighborhood," said Randy Otte, one of the organizers of the petition. "The height and size of the proposed signs (and the false façade…
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