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Broadway Antique Market up for sale, Chicago's largest multi-dealer antique store

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After nearly 30 years in Edgewater, the owners of Broadway Antique Market are retiring and selling the store. Co-owners Duane Scott Cerny and Jeff Nelson have run the city's largest and oldest multi-dealer antique store at 6130 N. Broadway since 1998, when they moved their business from Wrigleyville. "We have contributed to the decor of literally thousands of homes around the country," Cerny, 67, told the Sun-Times. Part of their motivation to sell is their ballooning annual property tax bill, which recently spiked to $103,000 from $70,000, Cerny said. "A six-figure bill is just not sustainable," Cerny said. Property taxes aside, business has been solid for a long time, Cerny said. Cerny said he has watched Edgewater thrive since moving to the neighborhood. He is excited about recent efforts to redevelopment Broadway for more growth. "The neighborhood has been good to us," Cerny said. "Ideally what we're hoping is for someone to come in who can buy the business and the building and kee

First report: Broadway Antique Market, The Beloved Edgewater Vintage Store, Is For Sale — blockclubchicago.org, 1d