Checkers Restaurant to open in Calumet City

A new Checkers restaurant is expected to open next spring or early summer in Calumet City.

The City Council approved a measure to offer the business a Class 8 tax incentive. Commercial property in Cook County is assessed at 25 percent of market value. A Class 8 designation cuts that rate to only 10 percent…Please click here to read David P. Funk’s story in the Times.