Zion Retail for Lease - Far North
1,200 SF BUILT-OUT RETAIL — $2,400/MONTH — DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM JEWEL-OSCO — ZION PLAZA, ZION
Move-in-ready 1,200 SF retail suite at Zion Plaza, directly across 21st Street from Jewel-Osco — the grocery anchor that drives daily-needs traffic on this corridor. Suite 1313 is fully built out as standard retail in excellent condition: display window on 21st Street, private restroom, print/copy room, drop ceilings, central heat and air with after-hours HVAC, and Wi-Fi connectivity. No buildout period, no demolition, no landlord work letter to negotiate. $2,400 per month, terms from 1 to 10 years, available in 30 days.
WHY THIS SPACE WORKS
A 1,200 SF operator is usually choosing between a cheap standalone building on a street nobody drives and an anchored center whose rent only a national franchise can carry. This is the middle. You get the cross-traffic of a Jewel-Osco directly across the street — customers already making that trip several times a week — inside a six-store strip at a monthly number a local business can actually service. The tenant mix is deliberately non-competing daily services, including H&R Block and a Cricket Wireless store that opened here in 2026, so an incoming retail, service, food or office use lands in front of established repeat traffic instead of fighting a neighbor for it. Zoning is Highway Business, the district Zion writes for busy commercial corridors — medical offices, restaurants, personal services and a deep retail list are permitted uses.
THE SPACE
1,200 SF, ground floor, in-line with the other retail. Fully built out as standard retail space and in excellent condition — turnkey for most retail and service uses. Display window fronting 21st Street. Private restroom. Print/copy room. Drop ceilings. Central air and heating with after-hours HVAC available. Wi-Fi connectivity. Wheelchair accessible. Available in 30 days. Tenant to verify all measurements, systems and conditions.
LEASE TERMS
$2,400 per month — $24.00/SF/YR on 1,200 SF. Terms from 1 to 10 years. Available in 30 days.
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PARKING AND SIGNAGE
43 surface spaces on the 0.53-acre site — approximately 5.4 spaces per 1,000 SF of the center's 8,000 SF gross leasable area, above the five-per-thousand retail standard. Zion requires one space per 300 SF for general business use, so a 1,200 SF tenant needs four; the center carries more than ten times that across its six stores. Free, unrestricted, and directly at the door. 205 feet of frontage on 21st Street, with wall, canopy, monument and pylon signage all permitted sign types in the district (permit required; window and promotional signs need none).
CO-TENANCY
Six-store strip center with a stable, daily-needs tenant mix including H&R Block and Cricket Wireless. Repeat-visit traffic, and no direct competition for most incoming uses.
LOCATION
21st Street frontage in Zion, far north Lake County — directly across from Jewel-Osco and one block west of Sheridan Road (Illinois Route 137). Minutes to Lewis Avenue, Illinois Route 173 (Rosecrans Road) and Illinois Beach State Park, with I-94 access west via Route 173. The trade area serves Zion, Winthrop Harbor, Beach Park, Waukegan and Gurnee, and sits close enough to the state line to draw shoppers from the Kenosha area as well.
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PROPERTY FACTS
Zion Plaza | 1301-1315 21st St. Suite 1313 — 1,200 SF available. $2,400/month. Center gross leasable area 8,000 SF, 6 stores. Strip center. Built
