The owners of Palatine’s Durty Nellie’s, a popular bar and music venue, have announced that they plan on tearing down their establishment and doing something “entirely different”. Co-owner James Dolezal said, “We have loved the evolution of Durty Nellie’s in Palatine, from starting out on the east side of the downtown, to our current location – but our venue has become too large for what customers are looking for today…We have thought long and hard about this decision and taken it very seriously; this proposed new development will help us to stay in the community that we love to serve.”

Per NBC 5, “If approved by the village, the redevelopment plans for the property at 180-190 N. Smith St. would create a six-story, “mixed-use luxury apartment building with commercial uses on the ground floor and roof.” The 18,000-square-foot space would include 85 “high end residential units” and 10,000 square feet of commercial space, 3,500 of which would be dedicated to a new version of Durty Nellie’s, which would allow the business to continue “in a brand new format.”