The GEDC office is busy with new and ongoing projects. Despite the supply chain disruptions, the industrial market remains strong.
Project Birdcage - A company looking to build a new advanced manufacturing and warehousing facility. A virtual site visit has been completed.
Project Snowpiercer - An international supplier in the electric vehicle battery industry is seeking a manufacturing facility. An in-person site visit has been completed.
Costco is constructing a 1 million sq. ft. building just north of the current meat facility in Morris. They began construction earlier this summer and the project is moving quickly.
Ridgeline Property Group is proposing a 1.1 MSF spec building in Minooka adjacent to Trader Joe’s. If it moves forward, this would be the first spec building in Grundy since the Grainger building.
Love’s Travel Center closed on property at the corner of Rt. 6 and Brisbin Road in Morris. Also at the interchange, 500+ acres are being withdrawn from Grundy County’s EDPA and being put into a City of Morris TIF. Multiple projects are under consideration in the region.
Airgas is moving forward in Coal City along the UP railroad. The product is coming up from the gulf coast and will be distributed to the region via truck.
Procter & Gamble is going up fast on N. Rt 47. The company is expected to take occupancy Q4 2021 with the hopes of shipping product in Q3 2022. There is considerable automation and technology being planned.
Walmart purchased property in Minooka and is annexing additional property. Construction is being discussed, but nothing is finalized.
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