75 Acres In Oak Creek Purchased For Potential Amazon Site: Report

OAK CREEK, WI — A developer has purchased 75 acres in Oak Creek that are believed to be part of a development that will eventually house a four-story Amazon distribution center.

According to a Milwaukee Business Journal report, the 75-acre section of land near I-94 along Ryan Road was sold to an affiliate of Hillwood Development Co., LLC for $9.8 million.

"...a formal announcement of Amazon’s plans in Oak Creek isn’t expected until everything is final. However, Hillwood spending nearly $9.8 million to buy the project site indicates the e-commerce center development is moving forward," the Business Journal is reporting.

Earlier this year, Patch reported that the City of Oak Creek is looking to spend up to $30 million on a new business park that hopes to capitalize on the $10 billion Foxconn electronics plant that is currently under construction in Racine County.

It wasn't too much later before more details about the business park emerged, as online retail giant Amazon is rumored to want to build a a 2.5 million-sq. ft. warehouse and distribution facility that would bring more than 1,000 jobs to Oak Creek, as reported by the Milwaukee Biz Times on July 10. The name of the new business park would be the Ryan Business Park.

According to the report, Amazon would build on approximately 80 acres and construction would hopefully be done by 2020. The Milwaukee Business Journal says the site for the potential Oak Creek Amazon Fulfillment Center is larger than the one currently in operation in Kenosha.

In a Daily Reporter article published July 9, officials said the Ryan Business Park would be built on 85 acres of land next to a Canadian National railroad line south of W. Ryan Road. Doug Seymour, Oak Creek director of community development, told the Daily Reporter that work on the business park would hopefully begin by fall and have companies moving in by 2020.

According to the article, Oak Creek's OakView Business Park is nearly full, and Mayor Dan Bukiewicz said officials wanted to be ready with land once Foxconn's plant opens.

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