A family tradition since 1921

Family-owned and operated product, service, and recreational businesses for 104 years

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Current Portfolio

Sheridan Brick & Tally - Commercial and Residential Operations - sheridanbrick.com

Undisclosed - Publishing and media; photography and design, essays and editorials, archival work, and cultural initiatives

Undisclosed - Alternative investment platform; non-traditional real assets

Past Portfolio

1921 - Bloomington Evening Bulletin (Bloomington, IL) - Evening route only

1938 - Paradise Food Mart (Elgin, IL)

1941 - Bowlway Recreation (Elgin, IL) - Considered America’s finest bowling alley

1948 - Tucker Automobile franchise (Will Co., IL)

1949 - People’s Liquor Store (Elgin, IL)

1960 - McDonald’s (DeKalb, IL) - First Greek-American franchise owner

“Thana” Name

In 1974, founder C.L. Boulos (1909-1981) established a personal holding company under the name Thana in connection with McDonald’s Corporation’s $4 million (inf. adj.) stock acquisition of part of the original business. The name honored: 1) a similar spelling to his birthplace, Thanas, a village near Tripoli, Greece, and; 2) his nephew, Athanasios, whose name coincidentally contains the common Greek diminutive “Thana.”

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