Vernon Hills Mayor Roger Byrne, village officials, business owners, Gary and Mark Steinhafel, and employees of Steinhafels made it official on Monday, September 12...Steinhafels furniture store is now a member of the Vernon Hills family of businesses and a new neighbor to its residents. They did the honors in front of the new, 101,000 square foot super store, the second largest facility of its kind in the Chicago area employing 100 people.

Opening to rave reviews and brisk sales on its first day August 27, and then on Labor Day weekend, Steinhafels is located in the space formerly occupied by the EXPO Design Center, 569 N. Milwaukee Ave., Vernon Hills, in the Marketplace Shopping Center.