The Nicholas Family of Companies is adding the Glacier Ice Arena in Vernon Hills to its growing portfolio of ice hockey rinks in the suburbs. Daily Herald file, 2015

A Mount Prospect developer who is building ice rinks in Rosemont and Elk Grove Village has acquired a long-standing rink in Vernon Hills.

The Nicholas Family of Companies — the parent company of local commercial and residential development firms Nicholas & Associates Inc. and Wingspan Development Group — announced its purchase of the Glacier Ice Arena, a 63,000-square-foot, twin-sheet indoor rink at 670 Lakeview Parkway.

Nicholas is planning large-scale renovations to the 25-year-old building starting later this year and may add a restaurant in the future. But the developer doesn’t anticipate having to shut down as upgrade

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