I know through the last Dude Pit LE fiasco that we only dealt with John. Dan did not seem to be around much in that 6+ month period. Seems John has been running the business for a while?
I got the feeling that Dan was held responsible for the mess, as John & Dan did not appear to be one the same page, or in communication on the mess?
The bottom line is Lakland stood behind the orders at a decent price, although they were not a limited edition. They did their best to please all buyers.
As far as them staying in Chicago, one can only guess as the place where they are at, I belive, was own by Dan's family (?), which had a steel foundry on it. I know he steel company was recently bought by a German company, which said they are moving it & selling off the land.
Lakland will have to relocate eventually either way.