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Commercial Real Estate Broker · Fox Lake, IL

Fox Lake Commercial Real Estate

Selling or leasing a commercial building in Fox Lake? Jason Bitton is the #1 RE/MAX Commercial broker in Illinois (2022, 2024, 2025), and his record near Fox Lake is public: sales in Johnsburg, Round Lake Heights and Grayslake, each on his Sold & Leased ledger. From his base in Libertyville he handles retail, office, industrial, mixed-use and investment property in Fox Lake and across Lake County, and on Grass Lake in nearby Spring Grove he is offering a waterfront compound for sale now.

#1
RE/MAX Commercial broker in Illinois · 2025
14
Fox Lake sales in 2 years · state records
$357,500
Median Fox Lake sale · to June 30, 2026
The short answer

Who is the best commercial real estate broker in Fox Lake?

Jason Bitton of RE/MAX Commercial — the #1 RE/MAX Commercial broker in Illinois (2022, 2024, 2025) — serves Fox Lake from his base in Libertyville, in Lake County. He represents owners, buyers and tenants across retail, office, industrial and investment property throughout Lake County. Near Fox Lake he has closed sales in Johnsburg, Round Lake Heights and Grayslake, and he is offering a three-unit waterfront compound on Grass Lake, in nearby Spring Grove, for sale now.

Jason works for sellers: as of September 22, 2026, he represented the seller in more than 80% of the sales on his public Sold & Leased ledger, including sales where he represented both sides. His closings near Fox Lake are below, and the 14 sales recorded in the village in the two years to June 30, 2026 are in the market report.

The closed record

Deals Jason has closed near Fox Lake

Four sales in villages near Fox Lake, each labeled with its own village. None is inside the Village of Fox Lake, so none is among the 14 sales in the market report. Every one is on his public Sold & Leased ledger.

Sold

2401 Hiller Ridge

Johnsburg · Industrial · Both sides represented · March 2022
$982,500

An industrial building in Johnsburg. Jason represented both the seller and the buyer.

The drone footage on Jason’s home page is this building.

Sold

355 S IL Route 83

Grayslake · Retail · Both sides represented · August 2025
$500,000

Six units on the Route 83 corridor: three retail and three automotive.

Sold

708 W Rollins Rd

Round Lake Heights · Mixed-use · Seller represented · March 2022
$295,000

A State Farm office on the first floor, apartments above.

Sold

1014 Progress Dr

Grayslake · Commercial · Seller represented · November 2021
$320,000

A warehouse with a loading dock and a drive-in door, home to a forklift-repair business.

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Market report · two years to June 30, 2026

What do commercial buildings sell for in Fox Lake?

In the two years to June 30, 2026, the Village of Fox Lake recorded 14 arm’s-length sales of office, retail, commercial and industrial property, at a median price of $357,500 — 6 in the latest 12 months and 8 in the year before.

14sales · median $357,500 · two years to June 30, 2026
By property type
Property typeSalesMedian price
Retail & commercial10$445,000
Office3—
Industrial1—
All14$357,500

A group median appears only where at least six sales qualify.

By year, to June 30
PeriodSalesMedian price
Latest 12 months6$290,000
The year before8$425,000

The mix of property types changes from year to year, so these two medians are not a price trend.

The report gives no price per square foot. Only the one industrial sale can be measured, and in retail, commercial and office sales the land and the tenant set the price as much as the building does, so a per-square-foot median would mislead.

Time to sell · two years to June 30, 2026

How long does it take to sell a commercial building in Fox Lake?

The state records are too thin to say for Fox Lake: only 2 of the 14 sellers reported a marketing time on the transfer declaration, and a median needs at least six.

Jason keeps a live board of buyers and tenants who are looking now. See who is looking →  ·  Ask what your building would sell for →

Source: Illinois Department of Revenue real estate transfer declarations (PTAX-203) for office, retail, commercial and industrial property in Fox Lake, sales dated July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2026; pulled September 25, 2026. Each sale is confirmed inside the Village of Fox Lake by its parcel number in Lake County’s own records. Arm’s-length sales only. Left out: transfers of an entity or beneficial interest rather than a deed; quit-claim, trust, sheriff’s and judicial deeds; sales between related parties, of a partial interest, court-ordered, in lieu of foreclosure, by condemnation, short sales, bank-owned (REO) sales, relocation-company sales and simultaneous trades; sales flagged as likely portfolio or linked multi-property purchases, including purchases with properties in other towns; sales with no price or under $10,000; and sales whose filer said the price was not market value or was affected by the circumstances of the sale. Sales are counted by transfer declaration; one declaration may cover multiple parcels, and a building resold on the same day is counted once, at the final price. Price is the declared price less personal property. Marketing time is the seller’s own estimate on the declaration (2 of the 14 sales report it). A group median appears only where at least six sales qualify. Filings can trail a sale by weeks, so the latest quarter may still rise slightly. Aggregates only. Next update: late November 2026, for sales through September 30.

Listed near Fox Lake

For sale nearby: the Lake-Heim on Grass Lake

On Grass Lake, in the Fox Chain O’Lakes, Jason is offering a three-unit waterfront compound in Spring Grove. It is a listing, not a sale, and it is in Spring Grove, not Fox Lake, so it is not part of the market report above. Its figures are seller-provided or estimated; buyer to verify.

How the owner read the guest reviews, fixed each complaint and grew the income: the Lake-Heim case study →

For sellers

Why Fox Lake sellers hire Jason

Beyond pricing, marketing and negotiating, a seller gets the bench Jason has built over years of closings. Across the Chicago area, Jason has closed deals from 1,500 to 98,905 square feet and has sold contractor units, mixed-use, multifamily, medical and office buildings, manufacturing warehouses and national retail stores.

What a Fox Lake sale has to answer

What the price rests on

Fox Lake recorded 14 arm’s-length commercial sales in two years, 6 of them in the latest 12 months. With that few, the comparable sales a buyer leans on are thin, and the building’s own rent and condition carry more of the price.

Two kinds of tenant

A building with a business on the first floor and apartments above has two kinds of tenant to underwrite, so the marketing has to reach buyers who are comfortable with both. 708 W Rollins Rd in Round Lake Heights had a State Farm office on the first floor and apartments above; Jason sold it for the seller in March 2022.

The tax bill

A buyer underwriting a Fox Lake building will ask what it pays in tax. Across 234 commercial and industrial parcels in the village, the median computed property tax is about $2.68 per square foot of building area (Lake County assessor records), so the building’s own number belongs in hand before a buyer runs the costs.

Income a buyer can check

A buyer pays for income it can verify. The Lake-Heim, Jason’s listing on Grass Lake in Spring Grove, is offered with seller-provided Airbnb statements showing about $60,423 in 2025 gross earnings across 393 booked nights, and its guest reviews are public; the buyer verifies both in due diligence.

People and tools Jason can bring to your sale

  • A tested starting point — Mainstreet commercial contract forms, reviewed and revised by many attorneys over the years, give your attorney an established starting point and can reduce drafting time.
  • Flat-fee counsel — real estate counsel who works on a flat rate, when you want one.
  • Fast environmental — environmental consultants who turn time-sensitive reports around quickly.
  • Lenders who answer — lenders who pick up Jason’s call directly and get a buyer’s financing moving.
  • Village zoning, handled — Jason works zoning and use questions directly with the village.
  • Honest trades — roofers, window contractors and other trades with fair pricing, to get a building ready to sell.
  • No competing portfolio — Jason doesn’t own or develop commercial property, so no building of his ever competes with yours for a buyer.

The seller guides, tools and case studies are gathered on one page: selling commercial property in Lake County and Chicagoland.

What clients say

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Meet your broker

Jason Bitton

Commercial Real Estate Broker · RE/MAX Commercial

Jason Bitton is a commercial-only broker based in Libertyville, ranked #1 by commercial production among RE/MAX brokers in Illinois in 2022, 2024, and 2025 and a 2025 RE/MAX Hall of Fame inductee. With more than a decade working exclusively in commercial property, he represents buyers, sellers, landlords, and tenants across retail, industrial, office, multifamily, mixed-use, NNN, and land throughout Lake County, the North Shore, and the O’Hare corridor.

Market Overview

The Fox Lake Commercial Market

Fox Lake is a village in Lake County. Lake County assessor records put 261 commercial parcels with a building inside the village, holding about 2,101,763 square feet of building area, and 9 industrial parcels with a building, about 118,906 square feet. Those are recorded entries, not a market rate; what buildings actually sold for is in the market report.

Market Highlights

  • ✓ 261 commercial parcels with a building, about 2,101,763 SF
  • ✓ 9 industrial parcels with a building, about 118,906 SF
  • ✓ Median property tax about $2.68 per SF of building area
  • ✓ 14 commercial sales in the two years to June 30, 2026
  • ✓ Median sale price $357,500 in state records
  • ✓ Jason’s closings nearby: Johnsburg, Round Lake Heights, Grayslake

Retail & Commercial

10 of the 14 recorded sales in two years, at a median of $445,000.

Office

3 of the 14 recorded sales: too few for a median.

Industrial

9 parcels with a building in county records, about 118,906 SF, and 1 recorded sale in two years.

Property Tax

About $2.68 per square foot of building area at the median, across 234 parcels: each parcel’s tax rate times its assessed value, divided by its recorded building area.

Sources: Lake County assessor records, each parcel confirmed inside the Village of Fox Lake in Lake County’s own parcel map; Illinois Department of Revenue transfer declarations.

Commercial Zoning

What Can You Open in Fox Lake?

Fox Lake’s zoning ordinance (Title 9, Chapter 1 of the Village Code) sorts commercial property into five business districts (D Downtown Business, B-2 General Retail and Limited Service, B-3 Commercial Service and Wholesale, B-4 Resort Business and B-5 Marina) and two manufacturing districts (M-1 Limited Manufacturing and M-2 General Manufacturing). Every B-2 use is also allowed in B-3, and since May 2026 a restaurant, with or without a liquor license, is permitted in D and B-2 through B-5. A downtown transit-oriented zoning update is in draft and has not been adopted.

Fox Lake Zoning Districts

Every commercial, office and industrial district in Fox Lake, with the uses allowed by right and the uses that need special-use approval — 7 districts, 699 listed uses. Open any district for its full list.

D Downtown Business District — 66 permitted, 31 by special use+

Fox Lake's downtown along Grand Avenue between York Street and Pistakee Lake Road, for shopping and personal service businesses; the street-level floor must be 100 percent business, and upper floors may be business or residential. S marks a special use approved under Sec. 9-1-6-10. (Sec. 9-1-4-1.A.6; use Table 1, Sec. 9-1-4-2.)

Permitted by right: Accessory uses, permitted in district, Antique shops, Appliance stores, retail, Automobile accessory stores, Bakeries, retail where a maximum 30% of floor area is devoted to the processing of goods, Boat accessories, Candy stores, Carpet and rug stores, Christmas tree sales, Clothing stores, Collection bins on property owned by or leased to a unit of local government, Construction buildings, temporary and not to exceed the completion date of such construction, Convenience store (without gas), Currency exchanges, Department stores, Drugstores, Dry cleaning, retail, Dwellings located above the ground floor (must conform to standards of the R-4 district), Electrical fixture, electronics and equipment sales, service and repair, Financial institutions, including drive-in facilities, Florist, Food stores including meat and fish markets, and delicatessens, Furniture stores, Furriers, retail, Garden center/greenhouse/nursery, retail, Gift shops, Hair, nail, and beauty salons, Hardware stores, Health clubs, Hobby shops for items to be assembled or used away from the premises, Ice cream stores, Interior decorating shops, including the making of articles when conducted as part of the retail operation and secondary to the principal use, Jewelry stores, Laundromat, Leather goods and luggage stores, Liquor stores/packaged goods, Locksmith shops, Meat markets, retail, Medical clinics, dental clinics and physician offices, Microbrewery/distillery/brewpubs, Music stores, Office - professional, business, institutional or public, Office supply stores, Paint and wallpaper stores, Parks, publicly owned, Pet grooming, Photographic supply stores, Plumbing fixture sales stores, Printers and lithographers, retail, Psychic readings and associated services, Public open land, refuge or preserve, Public services uses (including, but not limited to, those listed above) owned and/or operated by the village of Fox Lake, Radio and television sales and repair shops, Real estate offices, permanent, Real estate offices, temporary, Resale stores, Restaurants (one category since Ord. 2026-22, May 26, 2026, which dropped the liquor-license split), Shoe sales and repair, Small wireless facilities (subject to sections 7-1E-1 through 7-1E-8 of the Village Code), Sporting goods stores, Tanning salons, Tattoo parlors/body piercing, Taverns, Temporary real estate office as part of the development limited to the selling or renting of units in such development for no longer than the completion of the sale of all units, Toy stores, Variety stores

Special use approval required: Appliance repair shops, Auditoriums, Automobile rental, Automobile service stations, Bed and breakfast, Cannabis dispensaries, Cannabis infusers (the table adds a footnote 1 that has no footnote text), Catering establishments, Cigar lounge, Clubs, lodges, meeting halls, and recreational centers, Colleges and universities and other accessory buildings necessary for operation, Colleges, universities and trade schools, Convenience store (with gas), Drive-through window, Fruit and vegetable market, Game room, Hotels/motels, Massage therapy, Meeting halls, Off site parking lot, Outdoor temporary holiday sales, Planned unit development (PUD), Public service uses: filtration plants, pumping stations and water reservoirs, sewage treatment plants, police and fire stations, telephone exchanges, repeater stations and other telephone facilities, electric substations, electric distribution centers, gas regulator stations, radio and television towers, railroad passenger stations, transit and public transportation facilities, bus terminals, bus garages, bus lots, street railway terminals, streetcar houses, municipal recreation or community centers, parks and recreation areas, sanitary landfill, Recreational centers, Restaurants, drive-in or drive-through, Short term housing rentals, Small wireless facility height variations (subject to sections 7-1E-1 through 7-1E-8 of the Village Code), Temporary uses (subject to subsection 9-1-6-10D3 of this zoning ordinance), Theaters, Towers, commercial radio and television, Upholstery services

Read the D district in the official code

B-2 General Retail and Limited Service District — 70 permitted, 54 by special use+

Areas where the principal use is the retail sale of goods and services; the district heading sets a 20,000 square foot minimum area. S marks a special use approved under Sec. 9-1-6-10. (Sec. 9-1-4-1.A.8; use Table 1, Sec. 9-1-4-2.)

Permitted by right: Accessory uses, permitted in district, Antique shops, Appliance repair shops, Appliance stores, retail, Automobile accessory stores, Automobile rental, Bakeries, retail where a maximum 30% of floor area is devoted to the processing of goods, Boat accessories, Candy stores, Carpet and rug stores, Christmas tree sales, Clothing stores, Collection bins on property owned by or leased to a unit of local government, Construction buildings, temporary and not to exceed the completion date of such construction, Convenience store (without gas), Currency exchanges, Department stores, Drugstores, Dry cleaning, retail, Dwellings located above the ground floor (must conform to standards of the R-4 district), Electrical fixture, electronics and equipment sales, service and repair, Financial institutions, including drive-in facilities, Florist, Food stores including meat and fish markets, and delicatessens, Fruit and vegetable market, Furniture stores, Furriers, retail, Garden center/greenhouse/nursery, retail, Gift shops, Hair, nail, and beauty salons, Hardware stores, Health clubs, Hobby shops for items to be assembled or used away from the premises, Hotels/motels, Ice cream stores, Interior decorating shops, including the making of articles when conducted as part of the retail operation and secondary to the principal use, Jewelry stores, Laundromat, Leather goods and luggage stores, Locksmith shops, Meat markets, retail, Medical clinics, dental clinics and physician offices, Meeting halls, Monument sales, Music stores, Office - professional, business, institutional or public, Office supply stores, Outdoor temporary holiday sales, Paint and wallpaper stores, Parks, publicly owned, Pet grooming, Photographic supply stores, Plumbing fixture sales stores, Plumbing fixtures and equipment sales, service and repair, Printers and lithographers, retail, Psychic readings and associated services, Public open land, refuge or preserve, Public services uses (including, but not limited to, those listed above) owned and/or operated by the village of Fox Lake, Radio and television sales and repair shops, Real estate offices, permanent, Real estate offices, temporary, Resale stores, Restaurants (one category since Ord. 2026-22, May 26, 2026, which dropped the liquor-license split), Shoe sales and repair, Small wireless facilities (subject to sections 7-1E-1 through 7-1E-8 of the Village Code), Sporting goods stores, Tanning salons, Taxi service, Toy stores, Variety stores

Special use approval required: Assisted living facility, Assisted living facility (over 55 years), Auditoriums, Automobile service stations, Bed and breakfast, Boat and marine sales, Bowling alleys, Cannabis craft growers, Cannabis dispensaries, Cannabis infusers, Car washes, Catering establishments, Cemeteries, including mausoleums and crematories (must conform to state and federal standards), Cigar lounge, Clubs, lodges, meeting halls, and recreational centers, Colleges and universities and other accessory buildings necessary for operation, Colleges, universities and trade schools, Contractor's equipment storage yard, Contractor's shop, Convenience store (with gas), Drive-through window, Funeral parlors and undertaking establishments, Game room, HVAC and equipment sales, service, repair, Hospitals, Laboratories - medical, dental, optical, Liquor stores/packaged goods, Massage therapy, Memory care facility, Motor vehicle sales establishments, Multi-family in Washington Street business district, Nursery/daycare, Nursing homes, Off site parking lot, Planned unit development (PUD), Public service uses: filtration plants, pumping stations and water reservoirs, sewage treatment plants, police and fire stations, telephone exchanges, repeater stations and other telephone facilities, electric substations, electric distribution centers, gas regulator stations, radio and television towers, railroad passenger stations, transit and public transportation facilities, bus terminals, bus garages, bus lots, street railway terminals, streetcar houses, municipal recreation or community centers, parks and recreation areas, sanitary landfill, Radio and television towers, Railroad rights of way and trackage, not to include reclassification yards, terminals or maintenance facilities, Recreational centers, Religion institutions, other than churches, Restaurants, drive-in or drive-through, Retail and service businesses similar to the permitted uses in B-2, Self-storage, Short term housing rentals, Skating rinks, indoor, Small wireless facility height variations (subject to sections 7-1E-1 through 7-1E-8 of the Village Code), Storage of motor vehicles, Swimming pools, indoor and outdoor (commercial or Municipal), Tattoo parlors/body piercing, Taverns, Temporary uses (subject to subsection 9-1-6-10D3 of this zoning ordinance), Theaters, Towers, commercial radio and television, Upholstery services

Read the B-2 district in the official code

B-3 Commercial Service and Wholesale District — 98 permitted, 56 by special use+

Retail and wholesale sale of goods and services to the village and to traffic passing through, including highway-oriented service and commercial recreation; one acre minimum area. Sec. 9-1-4-2.C also carries every B-2 permitted and special use into B-3; B-3's own column already covers them except B-2's special use for businesses similar to B-2 permitted uses, kept here as one reference item. S marks a special use approved under Sec. 9-1-6-10. (Sec. 9-1-4-1.A.9; use Table 1, Sec. 9-1-4-2.)

Permitted by right: Accessory uses, permitted in district, Antique shops, Appliance repair shops, Appliance stores, retail, Appliance stores, wholesale, Automobile accessory stores, Automobile rental, Automobile service stations, Bait shops, Bakeries, retail where a maximum 30% of floor area is devoted to the processing of goods, Bakeries, wholesale, Boat accessories, Boat repair and service, Bowling alleys, Candy stores, Carpet and rug stores, Catering establishments, Christmas tree sales, Clothing stores, Collection bins on property owned by or leased to a unit of local government, Construction buildings, temporary and not to exceed the completion date of such construction, Convenience store (with gas), Convenience store (without gas), Convention centers, Currency exchanges, Department stores, Diaper services, Drugstores, Dry cleaners, wholesale, Dry cleaning, retail, Dwellings located above the ground floor (must conform to standards of the R-4 district), Electrical fixture, electronics and equipment sales, service and repair, Financial institutions, including drive-in facilities, Florist, Food stores including meat and fish markets, and delicatessens, Fruit and vegetable market, Funeral parlors and undertaking establishments, Furniture stores, Furriers, retail, Game room, Garages, commercial or municipal, Garden center/greenhouse/nursery, retail, Gift shops, Golf courses, par 3 and miniature, HVAC and equipment sales, service, repair, Hair, nail, and beauty salons, Hardware stores, Health clubs, Hobby shops for items to be assembled or used away from the premises, Hotels/motels, Ice cream stores, Interior decorating shops, including the making of articles when conducted as part of the retail operation and secondary to the principal use, Jewelry stores, Laboratories - medical, dental, optical, Laundromat, Leather goods and luggage stores, Liquor stores/packaged goods, Locksmith shops, Meat markets, retail, Medical clinics, dental clinics and physician offices, Meeting halls, Microbrewery/distillery/brewpubs, Monument sales, Music stores, Office - professional, business, institutional or public, Office supply stores, Outdoor temporary holiday sales, Paint and wallpaper stores, Parks, publicly owned, Pet grooming, Photographic supply stores, Plumbing fixture sales stores, Plumbing fixtures and equipment sales, service and repair, Printers and lithographers, retail, Printers and lithographers, wholesale, Psychic readings and associated services, Public open land, refuge or preserve, Public services uses (including, but not limited to, those listed above) owned and/or operated by the village of Fox Lake, Radio and television sales and repair shops, Real estate offices, permanent, Real estate offices, temporary, Resale stores, Restaurants (one category since Ord. 2026-22, May 26, 2026, which dropped the liquor-license split), Shoe sales and repair, Small wireless facilities (subject to sections 7-1E-1 through 7-1E-8 of the Village Code), Sporting goods stores, Storage facilities, commercial or Municipal, Tanning salons, Tattoo parlors/body piercing, Taverns, Taxi service, Temporary real estate office as part of the development limited to the selling or renting of units in such development for no longer than the completion of the sale of all units, Theaters, Toy stores, Upholstery services, Variety stores, Vending machine business, self-service, coin or currency operated, Veterinarian offices and animal hospitals

Special use approval required: Any special use allowed in B-2 (Sec. 9-1-4-2.C), Assisted living facility, Assisted living facility (over 55 years), Auditoriums, Automobile painting, upholstering, repairing, reconditioning and body and fender repairing, Bed and breakfast, Boat and marine sales, Boat rental, Boat storage, Building/landscape materials sales or storage, Cannabis craft growers, Cannabis dispensaries, Cannabis infusers, Car washes, Cemeteries, including mausoleums and crematories (must conform to state and federal standards), Cigar lounge, Clubs, lodges, meeting halls, and recreational centers, Colleges and universities and other accessory buildings necessary for operation, Colleges, universities and trade schools, Contractor's equipment storage yard, Contractor's shop, Drive-through window, Driving range, Dwellings for manager or operator and their families when located on premises where they are employed, Exposition center, Haunted houses, temporary, Heliports, Hospitals, Mail order houses, Massage therapy, Memory care facility, Motor vehicle sales establishments, Multi-family in Washington Street business district, Nursery/daycare, Nursing homes, Off site parking lot, Outdoor club, Parcel delivery facilities, Planned unit development (PUD), Public service uses: filtration plants, pumping stations and water reservoirs, sewage treatment plants, police and fire stations, telephone exchanges, repeater stations and other telephone facilities, electric substations, electric distribution centers, gas regulator stations, radio and television towers, railroad passenger stations, transit and public transportation facilities, bus terminals, bus garages, bus lots, street railway terminals, streetcar houses, municipal recreation or community centers, parks and recreation areas, sanitary landfill, Radio and television towers, Railroad rights of way and trackage, not to include reclassification yards, terminals or maintenance facilities, Recreational centers, Religion institutions, other than churches, Restaurants, drive-in or drive-through, Retail and service businesses similar to the permitted uses in B-3, Self-storage, Short term housing rentals, Skating rink, outdoor, Skating rinks, indoor, Small wireless facility height variations (subject to sections 7-1E-1 through 7-1E-8 of the Village Code), Storage of motor vehicles, Swimming pools, indoor and outdoor (commercial or Municipal), Temporary uses (subject to subsection 9-1-6-10D3 of this zoning ordinance), Towers, commercial radio and television, Towing services

Read the B-3 district in the official code

B-4 Resort Business District — 33 permitted, 34 by special use+

Short-term living quarters for visitors and vacationers, recreation facilities, and access to the area's natural recreational resources; one acre minimum area. Sec. 9-1-5-8 names B-4 among the districts for a recreational vehicle park special use, but Table 1 does not mark that use in B-4. S marks a special use approved under Sec. 9-1-6-10. (Sec. 9-1-4-1.A.10; use Table 1, Sec. 9-1-4-2.)

Permitted by right: Accessory uses, permitted in district, Bait shops, Boat launching, Boat liveries, Boat rental, Boat slip rental, Bowling alleys, Cabins or cottages for seasonal use, Christmas tree sales, Collection bins on property owned by or leased to a unit of local government, Construction buildings, temporary and not to exceed the completion date of such construction, Convention centers, Dwellings located above the ground floor (must conform to standards of the R-4 district), Financial institutions, including drive-in facilities, Gift shops, Golf courses, par 3 and miniature, Hotels/motels, Ice cream stores, Microbrewery/distillery/brewpubs, Office - professional, business, institutional or public, Outdoor temporary holiday sales, Parks, publicly owned, Public open land, refuge or preserve, Public services uses (including, but not limited to, those listed above) owned and/or operated by the village of Fox Lake, Real estate offices, temporary, Restaurants (one category since Ord. 2026-22, May 26, 2026, which dropped the liquor-license split), Single-family dwelling attached, Single-family dwelling detached, Skating rink, outdoor, Skating rinks, indoor, Small wireless facilities (subject to sections 7-1E-1 through 7-1E-8 of the Village Code), Swimming pools, indoor and outdoor (commercial or Municipal), Upholstery services

Special use approval required: Antique shops, Auditoriums, Bed and breakfast, Boat storage, Cannabis craft growers, Cannabis dispensaries, Cannabis infusers, Catering establishments, Cemeteries, including mausoleums and crematories (must conform to state and federal standards), Clubs, lodges, meeting halls, and recreational centers, Drive-through window, Driving range, Dwellings for manager or operator and their families when located on premises where they are employed, Game room, Health clubs, Heliports, Liquor stores/packaged goods, Meeting halls, Off site parking lot, Outdoor club, Planned unit development (PUD), Public service uses: filtration plants, pumping stations and water reservoirs, sewage treatment plants, police and fire stations, telephone exchanges, repeater stations and other telephone facilities, electric substations, electric distribution centers, gas regulator stations, radio and television towers, railroad passenger stations, transit and public transportation facilities, bus terminals, bus garages, bus lots, street railway terminals, streetcar houses, municipal recreation or community centers, parks and recreation areas, sanitary landfill, Radio and television towers, Railroad rights of way and trackage, not to include reclassification yards, terminals or maintenance facilities, Recreational centers, Restaurants, drive-in or drive-through, Self-storage, Short term housing rentals, Small wireless facility height variations (subject to sections 7-1E-1 through 7-1E-8 of the Village Code), Tattoo parlors/body piercing, Taverns, Temporary uses (subject to subsection 9-1-6-10D3 of this zoning ordinance), Theaters, Towers, commercial radio and television

Read the B-4 district in the official code

B-5 Marina District — 28 permitted, 27 by special use+

Areas where the principal use is water-oriented commercial uses; one acre minimum area. S marks a special use approved under Sec. 9-1-6-10. (Sec. 9-1-4-1.A.11; use Table 1, Sec. 9-1-4-2.)

Permitted by right: Accessory uses, permitted in district, Bait shops, Boat accessories, Boat and marine sales, Boat launching, Boat liveries, Boat rental, Boat repair and service, Boat slip rental, Boat storage, Bowling alleys, Cabins or cottages for seasonal use, Christmas tree sales, Collection bins on property owned by or leased to a unit of local government, Construction buildings, temporary and not to exceed the completion date of such construction, Gift shops, Outdoor temporary holiday sales, Parks, publicly owned, Public open land, refuge or preserve, Public services uses (including, but not limited to, those listed above) owned and/or operated by the village of Fox Lake, Real estate offices, temporary, Restaurants (one category since Ord. 2026-22, May 26, 2026, which dropped the liquor-license split), Skating rink, outdoor, Skating rinks, indoor, Small wireless facilities (subject to sections 7-1E-1 through 7-1E-8 of the Village Code), Swimming pools, indoor and outdoor (commercial or Municipal), Taxi service, Upholstery services

Special use approval required: Antique shops, Cemeteries, including mausoleums and crematories (must conform to state and federal standards), Clubs, lodges, meeting halls, and recreational centers, Drive-through window, Dwellings for manager or operator and their families when located on premises where they are employed, Game room, Health clubs, Heliports, Hotels/motels, Liquor stores/packaged goods, Meeting halls, Off site parking lot, Outdoor club, Planned unit development (PUD), Public service uses: filtration plants, pumping stations and water reservoirs, sewage treatment plants, police and fire stations, telephone exchanges, repeater stations and other telephone facilities, electric substations, electric distribution centers, gas regulator stations, radio and television towers, railroad passenger stations, transit and public transportation facilities, bus terminals, bus garages, bus lots, street railway terminals, streetcar houses, municipal recreation or community centers, parks and recreation areas, sanitary landfill, Radio and television towers, Railroad rights of way and trackage, not to include reclassification yards, terminals or maintenance facilities, Recreational centers, Recreational vehicle park, Restaurants, drive-in or drive-through, Self-storage, Short term housing rentals, Small wireless facility height variations (subject to sections 7-1E-1 through 7-1E-8 of the Village Code), Tattoo parlors/body piercing, Taverns, Temporary uses (subject to subsection 9-1-6-10D3 of this zoning ordinance), Towers, commercial radio and television

Read the B-5 district in the official code

M-1 Limited Manufacturing District — 63 permitted, 56 by special use+

Light industry with few, if any, adverse effects on neighboring properties, held to high performance standards; 20,000 square foot minimum area. Cannabis businesses must also meet the distance limits and village-wide caps in Sec. 9-1-5-15. S marks a special use approved under Sec. 9-1-6-10. (Sec. 9-1-4-1.A.12; use Table 1, Sec. 9-1-4-2.)

Permitted by right: Accessory uses, permitted in district, Animal pounds, shelters, and kennels, Appliance repair shops, Appliance stores, retail, Appliance stores, wholesale, Automobile accessory stores, Automobile painting, upholstering, repairing, reconditioning and body and fender repairing, Automobile service stations, Bakeries, wholesale, Beverage bottling and distributing, Boat accessories, Boat repair and service, Building/landscape materials sales or storage, Carpet and rug stores, Catering establishments, Christmas tree sales, Collection bins on property owned by or leased to a unit of local government, Colleges, universities and trade schools, Construction buildings, temporary and not to exceed the completion date of such construction, Contractor's equipment storage yard, Contractor's shop, Convenience store (with gas), Convention centers, Diaper services, Driving range, Dry cleaners, wholesale, Electrical fixture, electronics and equipment sales, service and repair, Feed and grain sales, Financial institutions, including drive-in facilities, Freight terminals, Furniture stores, Garages, commercial or municipal, Garden center/greenhouse/nursery, retail, Golf courses, par 3 and miniature, HVAC and equipment sales, service, repair, Hardware stores, Haunted houses, temporary, Health clubs, Laboratories - medical, dental, optical, Laundries, wholesale, Mail order houses, Manufacturing, Meat markets, wholesale, Microbrewery/distillery/brewpubs, Motor freight terminals, Office - professional, business, institutional or public, Outdoor temporary holiday sales, Parcel delivery facilities, Parks, publicly owned, Pet grooming, Plumbing fixtures and equipment sales, service and repair, Printers and lithographers, wholesale, Public open land, refuge or preserve, Public services uses (including, but not limited to, those listed above) owned and/or operated by the village of Fox Lake, Real estate offices, temporary, Recreational centers, Recycling center, Small wireless facilities (subject to sections 7-1E-1 through 7-1E-8 of the Village Code), Taxi service, Towing services, Upholstery services, Veterinarian offices and animal hospitals, Warehousing

Special use approval required: Airports or aircraft landing fields, Asphalt mixing, Auditoriums, Boat and marine sales, Boat launching, Boat liveries, Boat rental, Boat storage, Bowling alleys, Cannabis craft growers, Cannabis cultivation center, Cannabis dispensaries, Cannabis infusers, Cannabis processor, Cannabis transporter, Car washes, Cemeteries, including mausoleums and crematories (must conform to state and federal standards), Clubs, lodges, meeting halls, and recreational centers, Concrete mixing, Drive-through window, Dwellings for manager or operator and their families when located on premises where they are employed, Equestrian academies and arenas, Exposition center, Extraction of earth products, Farming, including necessary buildings and the keeping of farm animals, Fuel sales and storage, wholesale limited to 120,000 gallons per tank with storage not to exceed 500,000 gallons, Gunsmith, Heliports, Kennels, Off site parking lot, Outdoor club, Planned unit development (PUD), Public service uses: filtration plants, pumping stations and water reservoirs, sewage treatment plants, police and fire stations, telephone exchanges, repeater stations and other telephone facilities, electric substations, electric distribution centers, gas regulator stations, radio and television towers, railroad passenger stations, transit and public transportation facilities, bus terminals, bus garages, bus lots, street railway terminals, streetcar houses, municipal recreation or community centers, parks and recreation areas, sanitary landfill, Radio and television towers, Railroad rights of way and trackage, not to include reclassification yards, terminals or maintenance facilities, Recreational vehicle park, Resale stores, Scrap yard, Self-storage, Skating rink, outdoor, Skating rinks, indoor, Small wireless facility height variations (subject to sections 7-1E-1 through 7-1E-8 of the Village Code), Solar farms, Stables, Stadiums, Storage facilities, commercial or Municipal, Storage of disabled vehicles, Storage of motor vehicles, Swimming pools, indoor and outdoor (commercial or Municipal), Temporary uses (subject to subsection 9-1-6-10D3 of this zoning ordinance), Theaters, Towers, commercial radio and television, Vape stores, Wireless service antenna tower(s), Wireless service tower(s), Wrecking/recovery services

Read the M-1 district in the official code

M-2 General Manufacturing District — 40 permitted, 43 by special use+

Industry and its necessary accessories where effects on surrounding property are often associated, held to high performance standards; 50 acre minimum area. A parcel of 800 acres or more with earth-extraction rights can seek the M-2 Reclamation Overlay District special use for long-range mixed-use development (Sec. 9-1-6-12). S marks a special use approved under Sec. 9-1-6-10. (Sec. 9-1-4-1.A.13; use Table 1, Sec. 9-1-4-2.)

Permitted by right: Accessory uses, permitted in district, Agritourism, Automobile painting, upholstering, repairing, reconditioning and body and fender repairing, Building/landscape materials sales or storage, Collection bins on property owned by or leased to a unit of local government, Colleges, universities and trade schools, Construction buildings, temporary and not to exceed the completion date of such construction, Contractor's equipment storage yard, Contractor's shop, Convention centers, Cultivation of garden and field crops, Driving range, Dry cleaners, wholesale, Extraction of earth products, Feed and grain sales, Financial institutions, including drive-in facilities, Freight terminals, Garages, commercial or municipal, Garden center/greenhouse/nursery, retail, Haunted houses, temporary, Laundries, wholesale, Mail order houses, Manufacturing, Meat markets, wholesale, Microbrewery/distillery/brewpubs, Motor freight terminals, Office - professional, business, institutional or public, Outdoor temporary holiday sales, Parcel delivery facilities, Parks, publicly owned, Printers and lithographers, wholesale, Public open land, refuge or preserve, Public services uses (including, but not limited to, those listed above) owned and/or operated by the village of Fox Lake, Real estate offices, temporary, Recycling center, Small wireless facilities (subject to sections 7-1E-1 through 7-1E-8 of the Village Code), Taxi service, Towing services, Upholstery services, Warehousing

Special use approval required: Adult entertainment, Airports or aircraft landing fields, Asphalt mixing, Auditoriums, Boat storage, Cannabis craft growers, Cannabis cultivation center, Cannabis infusers, Cannabis transporter, Cemeteries, including mausoleums and crematories (must conform to state and federal standards), Clubs, lodges, meeting halls, and recreational centers, Concrete mixing, Drive-through window, Dwellings for manager or operator and their families when located on premises where they are employed, Exposition center, Farming, including necessary buildings and the keeping of farm animals, Fuel sales and storage, wholesale limited to 120,000 gallons per tank with storage not to exceed 500,000 gallons, Gunsmith, Heliports, Medical marijuana dispensary, Off site parking lot, Outdoor club, Planned unit development (PUD), Public service uses: filtration plants, pumping stations and water reservoirs, sewage treatment plants, police and fire stations, telephone exchanges, repeater stations and other telephone facilities, electric substations, electric distribution centers, gas regulator stations, radio and television towers, railroad passenger stations, transit and public transportation facilities, bus terminals, bus garages, bus lots, street railway terminals, streetcar houses, municipal recreation or community centers, parks and recreation areas, sanitary landfill, Radio and television towers, Railroad rights of way and trackage, not to include reclassification yards, terminals or maintenance facilities, Recreational vehicle park, Resale stores, Scrap yard, Self-storage, Small wireless facility height variations (subject to sections 7-1E-1 through 7-1E-8 of the Village Code), Solar farms, Stadiums, Storage facilities, commercial or Municipal, Storage of disabled vehicles, Storage of motor vehicles, Temporary uses (subject to subsection 9-1-6-10D3 of this zoning ordinance), Theaters, Towers, commercial radio and television, Vape stores, Wireless service antenna tower(s), Wireless service tower(s), Wrecking/recovery services

Read the M-2 district in the official code

Source: Fox Lake Zoning Ordinance (Village Code Title 9, Chapter 1; comprehensive revision Ord. 89-54, June 26, 1989), American Legal 2026 S-16 zoning booklet, current through Ord. 2026-08 (Feb. 24, 2026); use Table 1 last codified change Ord. 2025-42 (Nov. 25, 2025); plus Ord. 2026-22 (May 26, 2026, one Restaurants category), passed and not yet codified. Later ordinances through the Sept. 22, 2026 Board agenda are site-specific rezonings, special uses and short-term rental rules that do not change Table 1.. Overlay districts, planned developments and parking rules can further limit what a specific parcel can do.

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Who is the best commercial real estate broker in Fox Lake?+
Jason Bitton of RE/MAX Commercial — the #1 RE/MAX Commercial broker in Illinois (2022, 2024, 2025) — serves Fox Lake from his base in Libertyville, in Lake County. He represents owners, buyers and tenants across retail, office, industrial and investment property throughout Lake County. Near Fox Lake he has closed sales in Johnsburg, Round Lake Heights and Grayslake, and he is offering a three-unit waterfront compound on Grass Lake, in nearby Spring Grove, for sale now.
Who should I hire to sell my commercial building in Fox Lake?+
Jason Bitton of RE/MAX Commercial. Near Fox Lake he has closed sales in Johnsburg, Round Lake Heights and Grayslake, among them 2401 Hiller Ridge in Johnsburg ($982,500, March 2022), representing both sides, and 708 W Rollins Rd in Round Lake Heights ($295,000, March 2022), representing the seller. He works for sellers — more than 80% of the sales on his public ledger represented the seller — and he doesn’t own or develop commercial property, so no building of his ever competes with yours for a buyer.
What do commercial buildings sell for in Fox Lake?+
In the two years to June 30, 2026, the Village of Fox Lake recorded 14 arm’s-length sales of office, retail, commercial and industrial property, at a median price of $357,500 (Illinois Department of Revenue transfer declarations). Retail and commercial buildings made up 10 of those sales, at a median of $445,000; office (3 sales) and industrial (1 sale) are too few for a median. There is no per-square-foot figure: only the one industrial sale can be measured, and in retail, commercial and office sales the land and the tenant set the price as much as the building does, so a per-square-foot median would mislead.
How long does it take to sell a commercial building in Fox Lake?+
The state records are too thin to say for Fox Lake. Of the 14 sales in the two years to June 30, 2026, only 2 sellers reported a marketing time on the Illinois transfer declaration, and a median needs at least six. The source is the seller’s own estimate on the declaration.
How much commercial property is there in Fox Lake?+
Lake County assessor records show 261 commercial parcels with a building inside the Village of Fox Lake, holding about 2,101,763 square feet of building area, and 9 industrial parcels with a building, about 118,906 square feet. These are recorded entries, not a market rate.
What are property taxes on commercial property in Fox Lake?+
Across 234 commercial and industrial parcels in the Village of Fox Lake, the median computed property tax is about $2.68 per square foot of building area: each parcel’s tax rate times its assessed value, divided by its recorded building area, from Lake County assessor records. It is worth having before a buyer underwrites a building’s operating costs.
Is Jason marketing any property near Fox Lake?+
Yes: the Lake-Heim, a three-unit waterfront compound on Grass Lake, in the Fox Chain O’Lakes, in Spring Grove, offered at $749,900. It has about 131 feet of private sand-beach frontage on about 1.1 acres. It is a listing, not a closed sale; the full offering is on its page.
What kind of commercial property does Jason handle in Fox Lake?+
Jason handles retail, office, industrial and investment commercial property in Fox Lake and across Lake County — buying, selling and leasing. Near Fox Lake he has sold an industrial building in Johnsburg, a mixed-use building in Round Lake Heights, and a six-unit retail and automotive building and a warehouse in Grayslake.

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