Huge I-55 Distribution Center Underway In Shorewood

SHOREWOOD, IL - Construction is underway near Joliet for the Heartland Corporate Center, a 757,880-square-foot warehouse building being built near I-80 and I-55 by the Shorewood interchange. Chicago-based HSA Commercial Real Estate and Clarion Partners of New York partnered on the project which "will be the largest single warehouse building HSA Commercial has developed since the firm was founded in 1981," a press release states.

The new warehouse is underway on a 46-acre parcel and will have 36-foot clear heights, 108 truck docks and 240 parking spaces for employees and visitors.

Site work is already underway with tenant occupancy planned for early 2019, according to the press release. "The new distribution center is being developed on a speculative basis."

Shorewood recently annexed the tract into the village, developers said.

“Despite the unprecedented growth and development in the I-55 corridor over the last couple years, absorption and demand have remained extremely strong, which speaks to the strategic value of the market for large warehousing and logistics firms,” said Robert Smietana, vice chairman and CEO with HSA Commercial Real Estate. “We feel very confident about a quick lease-up based on the interest we have experienced thus far for Heartland Corporate Center, which is the single largest warehouse building we have developed in our company’s history.”

Rosemont, Ill.-based Meridian Design Build is the general contractor for the development, and David Bercu and Matthew Stauber of Colliers are responsible for project leasing, the press release noted.

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