Portillo’s top brass and members of the Normal Town Council along with Mayor Koos and others participated in the ceremonial groundbreaking on Landmark Drive where the Motel 6 once stood.
Portillo’s plans to hire over 200 workers when it open in mid-August.
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The Town of Normal provided $2 million worth of incentives to Tartan Realty Group to make the deal happen.
Portillo’s is also opening a location in Champaign. No monetary incentives were reportedly involved in that deal.