{"id":902749,"date":"2026-11-02T02:00:34","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T02:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/902749\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T02:00:34","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T02:00:34","slug":"indoor-golf-facility-proposed-for-plainfield-at-former-grocery-store-site-shaw-local","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/902749\/","title":{"rendered":"Indoor golf facility proposed for Plainfield at former grocery store site \u2013 Shaw Local"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">An indoor golf simulator and recreational training facility is proposed for the space that previously housed Peter Rubi grocery store on Illinois Route 59 in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/tags\/plainfield\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/tags\/plainfield\/\">Plainfield<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">PB&amp;J Golf Group is seeking a special use permit to open an indoor golf simulator facility at 15412 S. Illinois Route 59. The space is north of the Route 59 and Fort Beggs Drive intersection in the Plainfield Plaza shopping center.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">The Plainfield Plan Commission will review the proposal at its meeting at 7 p.m. Nov. 4 at Plainfield Village Hall, 24401 Lockport St., Plainfield. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">The proposed 3,000-5,000 square foot facility would have between three and four simulator bays, customer seating and advanced putting technology. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">The facility would be part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/thebackninegolf.com\/golf-simulator-franchise-g\/?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_campaign=&amp;utm_adgroup=&amp;utm_term=back%20nine&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=22771366217&amp;gbraid=0AAAAAp6gs--ZcEQUtfzRvEGHlUAtAJ0eC&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjw3YvXBhCDARIsAKB-ox_fKfbLoat036k1eQbovI7g7jau5Q4KqQ_Sc2vgF7u-Y7J74WAgax8aAj8bEALw_wcB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/thebackninegolf.com\/golf-simulator-franchise-g\/?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_campaign=&amp;utm_adgroup=&amp;utm_term=back%20nine&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=22771366217&amp;gbraid=0AAAAAp6gs--ZcEQUtfzRvEGHlUAtAJ0eC&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjw3YvXBhCDARIsAKB-ox_fKfbLoat036k1eQbovI7g7jau5Q4KqQ_Sc2vgF7u-Y7J74WAgax8aAj8bEALw_wcB\">Back Nine franchise<\/a> that has locations in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/tags\/north-aurora\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/tags\/north-aurora\/\">North Aurora<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/tags\/naperville\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/tags\/naperville\/\">Naperville<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/tags\/crystal-lake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/tags\/crystal-lake\/\">Crystal Lake<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">Members would have 24\/7 access to the facility, which would be electronically monitored with QR code phone access and security cameras.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">The proposed use would be considered a private recreation facility, which requires a special use permit in a business district. Village staff has recommended approval of the plans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">No outdoor recreation areas, outdoor amplified sound or exterior recreational lighting are part of the proposed development.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">Plans are to open the facility by the end of January. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An indoor golf simulator and recreational training facility is being proposed for the space that previously housed Peter Rubi grocery store on Route 59 in Plainfield.&#10;&#10;PB&amp;J Golf Group is seeking a special use permit to open an indoor golf simulator facility at 15412 S. Illinois Route 59.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/M6YUOO3YCFEEBFTOM7H6GOSBVM.png\" width=\"1440\" height=\"0\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-1gn0vty-0 ijEZZk image-metadata\">PB&amp;J Golf Group is seeking a special use permit to open an indoor golf simulator facility at 15412 S. Illinois Route 59 in Plainfield.<br \/>\n (Photo provided by the village of Plainfield)<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\"> The facility would be owned and operated by Bill and Pam Lopina, Jamie Lopina and her husband Jack Constable and Josh Lopina with his fianc\u00e9, Maya Winslow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">Bill and Pam Lopina are the owners of AMG Management Group in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/tags\/joliet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/tags\/joliet\/\">Joliet<\/a>, a professional property management company. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An indoor golf simulator and recreational training facility is proposed for the space that previously housed Peter Rubi&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":902750,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[28,10819,4779,427,37764,377966,116386,3930,61548,99,123992],"class_list":["post-902749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-business","tag-crystal-lake","tag-development","tag-golf","tag-naperville","tag-north-aurora","tag-plainfield","tag-recreation","tag-shaw-local-front-headlines","tag-sports","tag-will-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=902749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/902750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=902749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=902749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=902749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}