Retail, Industrial, and Institutional Corridor
The road is well known for being lined with retailers for nearly its entire length, with shopping centers being most concentrated in three clusters: Geneva/Batavia, South Elgin/Elgin and Algonquin/Lake in the Hills/Carpentersville. Additionally, the large lifestyle centers Algonquin Commons, Algonquin Galleria, and Geneva Commons are all found along the corridor. Also in Elgin, Randall Road serves as a major employment center near the I-90 interchange, from Route 72 to Big Timber Road, featuring several million square feet of industrial warehouse space, increasing numbers of office buildings, and three hotels. Development of the Algonquin Corporate Campus, further north, is also expected to add office buildings, industrial warehouses, and create high-paying jobs. Over time, the Algonquin-Elgin area along Randall Road is expected to become an edge city.
Randall Road is becoming a major medical corridor, with three hospitals located along the road, including Sherman Hospital and Provena St. Joseph Hospital in Elgin and Delnor Hospital in Geneva. Several medical office buildings can be found along the road as well, and Advocate and Centegra health systems also maintain a presence along the corridor. Randall Road is also becoming an educational corridor, with Elgin Community College and Aurora University located just off the road. Randall Road also features a high concentration of churches and other places of worship, particularly in the Elgin and St. Charles areas, including some megachurches, most notably Harvest Bible Chapel in Elgin and Christ Community Church in St. Charles.
Kane County Fairgrounds and Government Center is prominently placed along the road in the St. Charles/Geneva area. Other points of interest on Randall Road include Randall Oaks Park & Golf Course (the showcase of the Dundee Township Park District), and Lake in the Hills Airport, a general aviation facility located on Rakow Road, the northeastern extension of Randall Road.
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Famous quotes containing the word corridor:
“And now in one hour’s time I’ll be out there again. I’ll raise my eyes and look down that corridor four feet wide with ten lonely seconds to justify my whole existence.”
—Colin Welland (b. 1934)