Waukegan Commercial Real Estate
Selling or leasing a commercial building in Waukegan? Jason Bitton is the #1 RE/MAX Commercial broker in Illinois, and he works Waukegan from his Libertyville office about 20 minutes away: retail, industrial, office, land and investment property, from the Green Bay Road auto corridor and Grand Avenue retail to the industrial parks on Northpoint Boulevard and Amhurst Parkway. Below are the deals he has closed next door in Gurnee and in Zion, and what Waukegan’s commercial buildings sold for in the two years to June 30, 2026, from the state’s own transfer records.
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Who is the best commercial real estate broker in Waukegan?
Jason Bitton of RE/MAX Commercial — the #1 RE/MAX Commercial broker in Illinois (2022, 2024, 2025) — works Waukegan from his Libertyville office about 20 minutes away. He represents buyers, sellers, landlords, and tenants in retail, industrial, office, land, and investment property across the city, from the Green Bay Road auto corridor and Grand Avenue retail to the industrial parks on Northpoint Boulevard and Amhurst Parkway. Next door in Gurnee, he sold the office building at 4156 Old Grand Ave for its owner in February 2025.
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. The deals he has closed near Waukegan are below, and the 78 sales recorded in the city in the two years to June 30, 2026 are in the market report.
Deals Jason has closed near Waukegan
Two next door in Gurnee and one in Zion, each labeled with its own town and each on his public Sold & Leased ledger. None of the three is inside the City of Waukegan, so none is among the 78 sales in the market report below.
4156 Old Grand Ave, Gurnee
A 1,895 SF freestanding brick building, built in 1993 and on the market for the first time in roughly 20 years; it had long housed an insurance agency office. See the property page
1301–1315 21st St, Zion
1,200 SF of retail space, leased for its landlord. See the Zion page
5572 Grand Ave, Gurnee
Haraz Coffee House had the brand, the franchisee and the space; what it didn’t have was the parking and use approval the Village of Gurnee required. Jason ran a parking feasibility study, benchmarked it against neighboring properties and carried the case through the village’s zoning process. The use was approved and the franchisee signed a five-year lease. Read the case study
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What do commercial buildings sell for in Waukegan?
In the two years to June 30, 2026, the City of Waukegan recorded 78 arm’s-length sales of office, retail, commercial and industrial property, at a median price of $462,500 — 32 in the latest 12 months and 46 in the year before.
| Property type | Sales | Median price |
|---|---|---|
| Retail & commercial | 62 | $441,574 |
| Office | 6 | $265,000 |
| Industrial | 10 | $6,402,944 |
| All | 78 | $462,500 |
A group median appears only where enough sales qualify; all three types do. Ten industrial sales is a small group: its median moves with whichever buildings happened to sell, so it is not a price for any one building.
| Period | Sales | Median price |
|---|---|---|
| Latest 12 months | 32 | $777,500 |
| The year before | 46 | $417,500 |
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 4 of the 10 industrial sales could be matched to a building area, too few for a median, and in retail, commercial and office sales the land and the tenants often 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 Waukegan?
About three months, once the building is on the market: sellers who marketed a commercial building in Waukegan reported a median of 3 months (18 sales over the two years to June 30, 2026), and 12 of the 18 sold within six months. 17 of the 18 sold within a year. Another 11 of the 29 sales that reported a marketing time never went on the market at all.
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Source: Jason Bitton RE/MAX Commercial’s database from public records: arm’s-length sales of office, retail, commercial and industrial property in Waukegan, dated July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2026; updated September 24, 2026. Sales are counted per transaction; one sale may cover several parcels, and a building resold on the same day is counted once, at the final price. Price excludes personal property. Marketing time is the seller’s own estimate (29 of the 78 sales report it). A group median appears only where enough 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.
| Median | Waukegan | Market area |
|---|---|---|
| Sales | 33 | 284 |
| Days to an accepted offer | 69 | 120 |
| Then days to closing | 63 | 54 |
| Sale price vs. final asking | 88.9% | 92.6% |
| Sale price vs. first asking | 87.6% | 90.7% |
| Leases | 20 | 266 |
| Days to lease | 177 | 157 |
Market area: all of Lake County plus Arlington Heights, Elk Grove Village, Northbrook, Palatine and Wheeling.
Buildings listed for sale on the MLS in Waukegan took a median of 69 days to reach an accepted offer, then 63 more days to close (33 sales, October 10, 2023 to October 9, 2026; 29 of them under $1 million). They sold for a median 88.9% of the final asking price and 87.6% of the first. Property listed for lease took a median of 177 days to lease (20 leases).
Source: MLS listings of retail, office, industrial and mixed-use property: closed sales and signed leases, October 10, 2023 to October 9, 2026; apartment buildings and sales of a business without its building are not included. Days to an accepted offer are the MLS’s market time, which includes earlier listings of the same building. Medians; aggregates only. This representation is based in whole or in part on data supplied by Midwest Real Estate Data, LLC for the period October 10, 2023 through October 9, 2026. Midwest Real Estate Data, LLC does not guarantee nor is it in any way responsible for its accuracy. Data maintained by Midwest Real Estate Data LLC may not reflect all real estate activity in the market.
Waukegan property for sale and for lease, by type
Listing sites show what is on the market this week. This is the Waukegan record by property type: what sold and for how much. Across all types, sellers who marketed a building here took a median of 3 months to sell (18 sales).
Warehouses & industrial buildings for sale or lease
Retail, storefronts & shopping centers for sale or lease
Office & medical office for sale or lease
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Sales figures come from the market report on this page (arm’s-length sales only).
Why Waukegan 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 of up 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 Waukegan sale has to answer
Which corridor
Waukegan’s industrial buildings concentrate in four corridors: Northpoint Boulevard, Amhurst Parkway, US-41 and Belvidere Road. Which one a building sits in changes how it leases, what it sells for, and who else is competing for the tenant; buildings on the US-41 edge price differently from the interior parks a short drive west.
What kind of building
The city’s inventory runs to multi-tenant parks and standalone masonry buildings, not the 100,000 SF-plus distribution boxes of the interstate corridors to the south. A standalone building on Amhurst Parkway is the classic owner-user property: one building, one company. Pricing it takes a broker who prices that size of building every month.
What the city approves
A buyer’s or tenant’s use, parking included, has to be confirmed with the City of Waukegan before anyone commits. Next door in Gurnee, that approval took a parking feasibility study, which Jason ran and carried through the village’s zoning process for Haraz Coffee House.
People and tools Jason can bring to your sale
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- City zoning, handled — Jason works zoning and use questions directly with the city.
- 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.
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Jason Bitton
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 and northwest suburbs, and the O’Hare corridor.
The Waukegan Commercial Market
Waukegan is Lake County’s county seat and one of its largest commercial markets — a full-spectrum city with an established auto-dealer corridor on Green Bay Road (Route 131), big-box and service retail along Grand Avenue (Route 132) and Belvidere Road (Route 120), a working downtown around Genesee Street, and an industrial base anchored by Waukegan National Airport and the US-41 / Amstutz corridor. By the county records, Waukegan has 377 industrial parcels and 14,348,219 SF of industrial space.
Market Highlights
- ✓ Green Bay Rd (Route 131) auto corridor — Kia, Toyota and national service brands
- ✓ Grand Ave (Route 132) retail and service spine
- ✓ Belvidere Rd (Route 120) commercial corridor
- ✓ Downtown Genesee Street, civic core and lakefront
- ✓ US-41 / Amstutz Expressway access
- ✓ Waukegan National Airport and industrial base
- ✓ Northpoint Boulevard industrial park
- ✓ Amhurst Parkway owner-user corridor
Retail
Big-box and service retail along Grand Avenue (Route 132) and Belvidere Road (Route 120), plus corridor storefronts.
Auto & Highway Commercial
The Green Bay Road (Route 131) auto-dealer strip — dealerships, service, quick-service, and corridor commercial.
Industrial
The largest industrial base in north Lake County — multi-tenant parks and standalone masonry buildings on Northpoint Boulevard and Amhurst Parkway, plus warehouse and manufacturing users near Waukegan National Airport and the US-41 / Amstutz corridor.
Investment & Land
Development corners and corridor investment property.
Where Waukegan’s Industrial Buildings Actually Are
Waukegan is the largest industrial submarket in north Lake County. By the county record it has more industrial square footage than any other municipality in the county — 14,348,219 square feet, over 50 percent more than Libertyville’s 9,345,103. That inventory is not spread evenly. It concentrates in four corridors, and which one a building sits in changes how it leases, what it sells for, and who else is competing for the tenant.
Northpoint Boulevard
North Waukegan’s purpose-built industrial road. Multi-tenant industrial and flex space on an interior loop, away from the retail corridors and laid out for truck circulation rather than storefront visibility. This is where a growing local company goes when it needs a real bay and not a storefront.
Amhurst Parkway
The densest single concentration of industrial buildings in the city. A short, self-contained parkway of standalone masonry buildings — the classic Waukegan owner-user property: one building, one company, and none of the campus overhead priced into a large-park rent.
US-41 / Skokie Highway
The highway edge. Buildings flanking Route 41 carry the visibility and direct highway access that distribution and service users pay for, and they price differently from the interior parks a short drive west.
Route 120 / Belvidere Road
The east-west connector, with commercial frontage running in front of industrial and contractor-yard uses behind it. Belvidere is where industrial and retail zoning meet, which is why permitted-use questions come up here more than anywhere else in the city.
Jason works the 5,000 to 40,000 SF tier across all four corridors, with most assignments landing between 10,000 and 25,000 SF. That is the band Waukegan is built for: the city’s inventory runs to multi-tenant parks and standalone masonry buildings rather than the 100,000 SF-plus distribution boxes that dominate the interstate corridors to the south. An owner here is better served by a broker who prices this size of building every month than by a team built around institutional portfolios.
Who Actually Works in Waukegan
Waukegan holds 30,371 jobs inside city limits. That is the daytime population a commercial tenant actually draws from — a different, and for commercial purposes more useful, number than the residential count most listings quote.
29.7% of those jobs are industrial — manufacturing, wholesale trade, and transportation & warehousing combined. Manufacturing leads at 3,923 jobs, with Transportation & warehousing (2,745) and wholesale trade (2,338) behind it.
The city itself counts 89,076 residents in 32,042 households, with a median household income of $71,919 (U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates).
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD LODES8 2023 (workplace area characteristics). Figures count jobs located in Waukegan, not residents. Updated annually.
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Waukegan’s Unified Development Ordinance (adopted 2024) runs from B1 Neighborhood Convenience and B2 Community Shopping to B3 General Commercial — the corridor district where retail, restaurants, drive-throughs, personal services and professional and medical offices are permitted by right, while auto sales, auto repair and car washes need a conditional use — plus B4 Downtown and the R/LI and I industrial districts near the airport and rail corridors.
B3 General Commercial is the workhorse corridor district on Green Bay Rd and Grand Ave — retail storefronts, quick-service restaurants, service businesses and medical offices by right; auto sales, auto repair, car washes and dwelling units by conditional use.
The smaller-format B1 and B2 districts run through the neighborhoods and B4 Downtown covers the Genesee Street core, while the R/LI Research/Light Industrial and I Light Industrial districts concentrate warehouse, manufacturing, and flex users near Waukegan National Airport and the US-41 / rail corridors.
Waukegan Zoning Districts
The commercial, office and industrial districts in Waukegan, with the uses allowed by right and the uses that need special-use approval — 11 districts, 333 listed uses, from the code checked October 2026. Open any district for its full list.
B1 Neighborhood Convenience District — 13 permitted, 16 by special use+
Pedestrian-scale development serving nearby neighborhoods: a narrow set of commercial, institutional and limited residential uses, mainly along local roads. (Sec. 8.06.C.1; uses Table 9.02-1.)
Permitted by right: Body Art Establishment, Cultural Facility, Dwelling: Live/Work, Dwelling: Unit Above or Below the Ground Floor, Elementary, Middle, or High School, Financial Institution, Indoor Entertainment (Small), Indoor Recreation, Personal Services Establishment, Place of Worship (Small), Professional Office, Restaurant, Retail Goods Establishment
Special use approval required: Banquet Hall, Bar/Tavern, Dwelling: Community Residence (Large) — in B1 only above or below the ground floor (Sec. 9.02.B.12.d), Dwelling: Community Residence (Small) — in B1 only above or below the ground floor (Sec. 9.02.B.12.d), Dwelling: Residential Care Facility — in B1 only above or below the ground floor (Sec. 9.02.B.14), Dwelling: Single-Room Occupancy Units — in B1 only above or below the ground floor (Sec. 9.02.B.15.d), Government Facility, Hospital, Indoor Entertainment (Large), Laundromat, Place of Worship (Large), Planned Unit Development, Small Wind Energy System (Ground-mounted), Vocational School, Wireless Telecommunication Facility, Wireless Telecommunication Tower
B2 Community Shopping District — 13 permitted, 18 by special use+
Pedestrian- and auto-oriented development serving neighborhoods and communities: a range of commercial, institutional and limited residential uses, mainly along major and minor arterial roads. (Sec. 8.06.C.2; uses Table 9.02-1.)
Permitted by right: Bar/Tavern, Body Art Establishment, Cultural Facility, Dwelling: Live/Work, Dwelling: Unit Above or Below the Ground Floor, Financial Institution, Garden Center, Indoor Entertainment (Small), Indoor Recreation, Personal Services Establishment, Professional Office, Restaurant, Retail Goods Establishment
Special use approval required: Animal Boarding or Shelter, Banquet Hall, Club, Lodge, or Hall, College or University, Day Care Center, Funeral Home / Crematory, Gas Station, Government Facility, Indoor Entertainment (Large), Laundromat, Microbrewery or Distillery, Place of Worship (Large), Place of Worship (Small), Planned Unit Development, Small Wind Energy System (Ground-mounted), Vocational School, Wireless Telecommunication Facility, Wireless Telecommunication Tower
B3 General Commercial District — 14 permitted, 35 by special use+
Auto-oriented commercial development serving the City and surrounding communities: a wide range of commercial, institutional and limited residential uses, mainly along major arterial roads. (Sec. 8.06.C.3; uses Table 9.02-1.)
Permitted by right: Animal Boarding or Shelter, Bar/Tavern, Body Art Establishment, Cultural Facility, Drive-Through Facility, Financial Institution, Garden Center, Indoor Entertainment (Small), Indoor Recreation, Personal Services Establishment, Professional Office, Restaurant, Retail Goods Establishment, Vocational School
Special use approval required: Banquet Hall, Cannabis Dispensary, Car Wash, Club, Lodge, or Hall, College or University, Convention and Exhibition Halls, Day Care Center, Dwelling: Live/Work, Dwelling: Residential Care Facility, Dwelling: Unit Above or Below the Ground Floor, Fleet Management Facility, Funeral Home / Crematory, Gas Station, Government Facility, Hotel/Motel, Indoor Entertainment (Large), Laundromat, Machinery and Equipment Sales and Rental, Marina, Motor Vehicle Dealership, Microbrewery or Distillery, Motor Vehicle Rental, Motor Vehicle Repair and/or Service, Motor Vehicle Sales, Multi-Modal Facility, Outdoor Entertainment, Outdoor Recreation, Pawn Shop, Place of Worship (Large), Place of Worship (Small), Planned Unit Development, Research/Development Facility, Small Wind Energy System (Ground-mounted), Title or Payday Loan Establishment, Wireless Telecommunication Facility, Wireless Telecommunication Tower
B4 Downtown District — 12 permitted, 21 by special use+
Dense, pedestrian-oriented development in Downtown Waukegan with a wide range of commercial, residential and institutional uses; a parking garage must hold commercial, civic or institutional space on at least half of its street-facing ground floor. (Sec. 8.06.C.4 and 8.13.B.6; uses Table 9.02-1.)
Permitted by right: Bar/Tavern, Body Art Establishment, Dwelling: Unit Above or Below the Ground Floor, Financial Institution, Hotel/Motel, Indoor Entertainment (Large), Indoor Entertainment (Small), Indoor Recreation, Personal Services Establishment, Professional Office, Restaurant, Retail Goods Establishment
Special use approval required: Cannabis Dispensary, Club, Lodge, or Hall, Convention and Exhibition Halls, Cultural Facility, Day Care Center, Dwelling: Live/Work, Elementary, Middle, or High School, Funeral Home / Crematory, Garden Center, Government Facility, Laundromat, Microbrewery or Distillery, Multi-Modal Facility, Outdoor Entertainment, Place of Worship (Large), Place of Worship (Small), Planned Unit Development, Small Wind Energy System (Ground-mounted), Vocational School, Wireless Telecommunication Facility, Wireless Telecommunication Tower
H/C Health/Civic District — 5 permitted, 16 by special use+
Office buildings, business headquarters, civic and cultural buildings, schools, hospitals, medical services and other institutions in a mutually compatible setting. (Sec. 8.06.C.5; uses Table 9.02-1.)
Permitted by right: Cultural Facility, Dwelling: Unit Above or Below the Ground Floor, Financial Institution, Personal Services Establishment, Professional Office
Special use approval required: College or University, Dwelling: Live/Work, Elementary, Middle, or High School, Funeral Home / Crematory, Garden Center, Government Facility, Homeless Shelter, Hospital, Hotel/Motel, Indoor Recreation, Planned Unit Development, Research/Development Facility, Small Wind Energy System (Ground-mounted), Vocational School, Wireless Telecommunication Facility, Wireless Telecommunication Tower
E Entertainment District — 7 permitted, 18 by special use+
Large-scale entertainment and retail developments serving the City and surrounding communities, with cultural uses and multi-unit dwellings; the only district where a casino can be approved. (Sec. 8.06.C.6; uses Table 9.02-1.)
Permitted by right: Bar/Tavern, Body Art Establishment, Financial Institution, Hotel/Motel, Indoor Entertainment (Small), Restaurant, Retail Goods Establishment
Special use approval required: Banquet Hall, Cannabis Dispensary, Casino, Convention and Exhibition Halls, Cultural Facility, Drive-Through Facility, Dwelling: Unit Above or Below the Ground Floor, Indoor Entertainment (Large), Indoor Recreation, Microbrewery or Distillery, Multi-Modal Facility, Outdoor Entertainment, Place of Worship (Large), Place of Worship (Small), Planned Unit Development, Small Wind Energy System (Ground-mounted), Wireless Telecommunication Facility, Wireless Telecommunication Tower
R/LI Research/Light Industrial District — 10 permitted, 15 by special use+
Research, light industrial, business, corporate and professional office uses developed in a unified way on large tracts with access to the interstate highway system. (Sec. 8.06.D.1; uses Table 9.02-1.)
Permitted by right: Cultural Facility, Garden Center, Light Manufacturing, Personal Services Establishment, Place of Worship (Small), Professional Office, Research/Development Facility, Restaurant, Vocational School, Warehousing and Distribution Facility
Special use approval required: Animal Boarding or Shelter, Day Care Center, Fleet Management Facility, Government Facility, Hospital, Hotel/Motel, Indoor Recreation, Machinery and Equipment Sales and Rental, Microbrewery or Distillery, Outdoor Entertainment, Place of Worship (Large), Planned Unit Development, Small Wind Energy System (Ground-mounted), Wireless Telecommunication Facility, Wireless Telecommunication Tower
I Light Industrial District — 6 permitted, 21 by special use+
Low-intensity manufacturing with minimal impact on neighbors: a narrowly defined set of light manufacturing, office and research uses. (Sec. 8.06.D.2; uses Table 9.02-1.)
Permitted by right: Light Manufacturing, Machinery and Equipment Sales and Rental, Professional Office, Research/Development Facility, Vocational School, Warehousing and Distribution Facility
Special use approval required: Adult Entertainment Establishment, Airport, Cannabis Craft Grower, Cannabis Cultivation Center, Cannabis Dispensary, Cannabis Infuser, Cannabis Processor, Cannabis Transporter, Car Wash, Contractor Yard, Fleet Management Facility, Gas Station, Microbrewery or Distillery, Motor Vehicle Repair and/or Service, Planned Unit Development, Restaurant, Self-Storage (Indoor), Small Wind Energy System (Ground-mounted), Utility, Wireless Telecommunication Facility, Wireless Telecommunication Tower
L1 South Lakefront District — 6 permitted, 17 by special use+
South lakefront open space and moderate-density housing (one- to four-unit, townhouse and low-rise multi-unit) with limited commercial uses; every commercial use here needs a conditional use. (Sec. 8.06.E.1; uses Table 9.02-1.)
Permitted by right: Day Care Home, Dwelling: Four-Unit (Attached), Dwelling: Single-Unit, Dwelling: Three-Unit (Attached), Dwelling: Townhouse, Dwelling: Two-Unit (Attached)
Special use approval required: Bar/Tavern, Bed and Breakfast, Day Care Center, Dwelling: Multi-Unit, Dwelling: Unit Above or Below the Ground Floor, Elementary, Middle, or High School, Government Facility, Outdoor Recreation, Personal Services Establishment, Place of Worship (Large), Place of Worship (Small), Planned Unit Development, Restaurant, Retail Goods Establishment, Small Wind Energy System (Ground-mounted), Wireless Telecommunication Facility, Wireless Telecommunication Tower
L2 Marina District — 15 permitted, 21 by special use+
Marina, recreational and mixed commercial and residential development serving the City and surrounding communities, including multi-unit and mixed-use buildings and a wide range of commercial and recreational uses. (Sec. 8.06.E.2; uses Table 9.02-1.)
Permitted by right: Body Art Establishment, Cultural Facility, Day Care Home, Dwelling: Four-Unit (Attached), Dwelling: Multi-Unit, Dwelling: Three-Unit (Attached), Dwelling: Townhouse, Dwelling: Two-Unit (Attached), Dwelling: Unit Above or Below the Ground Floor, Financial Institution, Indoor Entertainment (Small), Marina, Commercial / Recreational, Personal Services Establishment, Restaurant, Retail Goods Establishment
Special use approval required: Banquet Hall, Bar/Tavern, Cannabis Dispensary, Club, Lodge, or Hall, Convention and Exhibition Halls, Day Care Center, Elementary, Middle, or High School, Hotel/Motel, Indoor Entertainment (Large), Marina, Motor Vehicle Dealership, Microbrewery or Distillery, Multi-Modal Facility, Outdoor Entertainment, Outdoor Recreation, Place of Worship (Large), Place of Worship (Small), Planned Unit Development, Professional Office, Small Wind Energy System (Ground-mounted), Wireless Telecommunication Facility, Wireless Telecommunication Tower
L3 North Harbor District — 14 permitted, 20 by special use+
Marina, recreational and mixed commercial and residential development serving nearby neighborhoods, including townhouses, multi-unit and mixed-use buildings and a wide range of commercial and recreational uses. (Sec. 8.06.E.3; uses Table 9.02-1.)
Permitted by right: Body Art Establishment, Cultural Facility, Day Care Home, Dwelling: Four-Unit (Attached), Dwelling: Multi-Unit, Dwelling: Three-Unit (Attached), Dwelling: Townhouse, Dwelling: Two-Unit (Attached), Dwelling: Unit Above or Below the Ground Floor, Financial Institution, Indoor Entertainment (Small), Personal Services Establishment, Restaurant, Retail Goods Establishment
Special use approval required: Banquet Hall, Bar/Tavern, Club, Lodge, or Hall, Convention and Exhibition Halls, Day Care Center, Elementary, Middle, or High School, Golf Course, Hotel/Motel, Indoor Entertainment (Large), Indoor Recreation, Microbrewery or Distillery, Outdoor Entertainment, Outdoor Recreation, Place of Worship (Large), Place of Worship (Small), Planned Unit Development, Professional Office, Small Wind Energy System (Ground-mounted), Wireless Telecommunication Facility, Wireless Telecommunication Tower
Overlay districts, planned developments and parking rules can further limit what a specific parcel can do.
Source: Waukegan Unified Development Ordinance (July 1, 2024), Table 9.02-1, as amended October 6, 2025. Confirm your specific use and parking with the City of Waukegan before you commit — or tell Jason what you’re trying to open.
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