Enterprise One Actual Property has closed on VenturePark65, an industrial build-to-suit undertaking encompassing 2 million sq. ft in Crown Level, Ind. Lee & Associates will lead the advertising efforts.
Hallmark Building Co., along with Enterprise One, requested a zoning modification in January. Lake County Council unanimously authorised the movement in March. Moreover, the event will profit from a 50 p.c tax abatement for 10 years.
VenturePark65 might tackle two varieties. The conceptual design envisions both a 2 million-square-foot single-facility plan or a two-building structure with the constructions slated to measure 1 million sq. ft and 859,940 sq. ft. Throughout each plans, the buildings would have 40-foot clear heights and 4 drive-in doorways.
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Positioned on roughly 137 acres on the intersection of a hundred and first Avenue and Interstate 65, VenturePark65’s web site is greater than 47 miles southeast of downtown Chicago and roughly 20 miles from the Port of Indiana, in addition to some 45 miles from the Halfway Airport.
Lee & Associates Principal Brian Vanosky and Government Vice President Michael O’Leary will lead VenturePark65’s advertising efforts.
In September, Enterprise One partnered with DRA Advisors to buy a 718,709-square-foot, totally leased industrial asset in Monee, Unwell., simply 28 miles from VenturePark65’s web site. Enterprise One’s acquisition fund, VK Industrial VI closed the deal. Kovitz Funding Group, together with Enterprise One, co-sponsored the fund. Moreover, the duo co-sponsored VK Industrial VII, utilized within the acquisition of a 421,638-square-foot industrial portfolio all through the Windy Metropolis.
Chicagoland’s industrial pipeline shrinks
On the finish of September, metro Chicago’s industrial pipeline included 11 million sq. ft below development. Of those, 5.7 million sq. ft had been in build-to-suit initiatives, in response to a report by Cushman & Wakefield. The pipeline shrunk 42.7 p.c year-over-year.
In the course of the third quarter, builders broke floor on 16 industrial initiatives all through the Windy Metropolis, whereas final yr 46 developments had been added to the pipeline throughout the identical interval, the report exhibits.
By way of industrial completions, Chicago had 10.3 million sq. ft added to its stock through the first 9 months of the yr, a 52.9 p.c lower year-over-year, the identical supply reveals. Nevertheless, build-to-suit deliveries rose 18.2 p.c year-over-year, clocking in at 2.7 million sq. ft year-to-date by means of September.
