ELMHURST, IL – Super Ego Holding, which has been the subject of a federal investigation that "60 Minutes" reported on, appears to be leaving its Elmhurst site.
On Monday, a developer presented a plan for the property at 677 N. Larch Ave. during a meeting of the City Council's zoning committee. The industrial park site is next to Mariano's grocery store.
Super Ego, a trucking firm, now owns the property, but has put it up for sale. The Serbian-owned company moved its headquarters there four years ago and renovated much of the building.
If all goes as planned, the developer, Oakbrook Terrace-based Molto Properties, wants to build a new office-warehouse complex and then lease it. This would mean the demolition of the existing building.
"It looks like a good project for the area," Alderman Chris Jensen, who heads the council's zoning committee, said in an interview with Patch. "It will be an improvement for the use of that lot."
He said the city was still reviewing the plan, but it appears the developer will seek no exceptions to the local zoning code, Jensen said.
Molto has history in Elmhurst. In 2022, the firm redeveloped the 26-acre Patten CAT equipment dealership into a complex that consists of technology company Hanwha Vision and a Target sorting facility for online orders.
"They have a vested interest in projects that fit," Jensen said. "They are investing in Elmhurst going forward, and I think that's a great thing."
In a story Friday, Patch detailed the federal investigation into Super Ego, a truckers' class-action lawsuit against the company, a neighbor dispute and a crime problem from a few years ago.
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