3,799 SqFt Fully-Equipped Bakery And Production-Scale Commercial Kitchen

3,799 Sq Ft Fully-Equipped Bakery & Production-Scale Commercial Kitchen Far Northwest Side of Chicago, IL - For Lease! "Rare Turnkey Food-Production Opportunity In Chicago's Gladstone Park/Norwood Park Trade Area" Exceptional opportunity to lease the entire 3,799 sq ft ground floor of this historic bakery property on N Milwaukee Ave on Chicago's far northwest side. Formerly associated with the longtime Gladstone Park Bakery and currently home to New Paradise Bakery, this established food-service location combines an attractive customer-facing bakery/café with a large, fully equipped commercial production kitchen - ready for the next operator. The 2-story masonry building dates to 1920, while the ground-floor bakery underwent a major renovation in 2022, including updated plumbing and electrical systems and extensive food-production improvements. Rather than taking over an empty shell and spending substantial time and capital designing, permitting and equipping a commercial kitchen, a new tenant can step into an established food-production facility with the infrastructure already in place. AN EXTRAORDINARY EQUIPMENT PACKAGE The landlord-owned furniture, fixtures and equipment remain with the premises for the lease term and renewals, providing an enormous head start for the next operator. The extensive equipment package includes a Middleby Marshall 6x-shelf oven, Hobart rolling rack oven with racks, multiple Hobart commercial mixers, twin-arm dough mixer, spiral mixer, Baxter proofers, 2-pass dough sheeter, Baker's Pride mini pizza oven, 12' exhaust hood, fryers, range with flat-top grill, Hobart slicer, gelato machine, milk pasteurizer, cookie dough stamper, shrink-wrap machine, dough racks and numerous commercial prep tables. Cold-storage capacity is equally impressive with an 18'x10' walk-in cooler and 20'x20' walk-in freezer, plus additional refrigeration and freezers. The retail area is also nicely outfitted with refrigerated pastry display cases, gelato display case, sandwich station, POS system, tables and seating, allowing an operator to combine high-volume production with a customer-facing retail component. A BAKERY LOCATION WITH HISTORY This address has a long association with baking on Chicago's northwest side. The former Gladstone Park Bakery became a neighborhood institution known especially for decorated cakes. New Paradise subsequently transformed the property into a Sicilian-inspired bakery, café and gelateria and opened here in 2022 following extensive renovations with nearly all new bakery equipment. That history gives the next tenant something virtually impossible to recreate in a new location - a property that area residents already recognize as a destination for baked goods and specialty foods. This truly is a unique opportunity to lease a large, fully built-out and extensively equipped bakery/commercial kitchen on one of Chicago's established northwest side commercial corridors. Bring your concept, recipes and staff - the expensive infrastructure is already here! Feel free to stop by the location as a customer first. This is a HIGHLY confidential listing, please do not talk to any owners, employees or patrons. Showings by appointment only outside of business hours.