WEST BUCKTOWN — A Sherwin-Williams paint store is headed to the southwest corner of Western and Wabansia avenues along the Bucktown and Logan Square border, it was announced on Thursday.
The Cleveland, Ohio-based paint manufacturer signed a lease for a one-story building at 1652 N. Western Ave., according to documents filed with the building owner's mortgage.
Once open later this fall, the new paint store will be the 18th of its kind within city limits and the 100th in Chicago metro area, according to Mike Conway, a spokesman for Sherwin-Williams.
Founded in 1866, Sherwin-Williams operates more than 4,000 paint stores across the United States, Conway said.
"Wherever we open up a new store, there is a great growth opportunity to serve customers. About 85 percent of folks who walk in are professionals and 15 percent are DIY'ers or do-it-yourselfers," Conway said.
No renderings for the new store are available, Conway said.
The building is owned by "Mev Bucktown LLC," an entity which bought an auto garage on the site last year and demolished it in June to build the new retail structure, records show.
A spokesman from Mev Bucktown LLC said that the store will offer four parking spots to its customers.
Wilson Burbano, a car salesmen who works across the street from the forthcoming store, said that he thinks a paint shop will be a good addition to the neighborhood.
"There is a lot of construction around and it's good for construction and homeowners who want to paint," Burbano said, adding that the store is "closer than going to the Home Depot on North Avenue."
Ben and Nicole Pavlovic, who live just west of the shop, said they had hoped a restaurant would move in.
"Belly Shack kind of pioneered the west side of Western on that stretch between North and Armitage. Then Animale came in and has been doing great things," Pavlovic said.
