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SKOKIE, ILL. — Freeport, Maine-based outdoor retailer L.L. Bean will be opening its second Chicagoland store in Old Orchard Shopping Center in Skokie. The 30,000-square-foot location will be built to the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED standards, and will include the creative use of recycled and reclaimed materials, as well as energy-efficient heating, cooling and lighting systems. It is scheduled to open in November. L.L. Bean has previously announced a new store to be located inside The Arboretum of South Barrington in South Barrington, Ill. The two stores are part of the retailer’s plans to open 32 stores nationally by 2012.