WEST LAWN — Tenants impacted by an impending order to vacate Ford City Mall have one week to find a solution that will prevent potential disaster at the dilapidated mall or face immediate closure, a Cook County judge ordered Thursday.
Following a heated debate, Cook County Circuit Judge Leonard Murray continued a motion Thursday that would force occupants at Ford City Mall, 7601 S. Cicero Ave., to leave the property because of a defective fire suppression system.
Business owners have seven days to come up with a plan to “spare the tragic consequence that might come to both the individual business owners and their employees and the neighbors and consumers” or prepare to vacate, Murray said. He denied a request from a JCPenney representative to have 30 days to respond to the motion…