Industrial

WAUKEGAN, ILL. — Bridge Development Co. has selected PREMIER Design + Build Group to construct Bridge Point North, a 240-acre business park redevelopment within McGaw Park in Waukegan. The first phase of the project includes more than 17 million cubic feet of demolition and reconfiguration of existing roadways and infrastructure and the construction of a 625,000-square-foot building and a 400,000-square-foot building. Additionally, the first phase will include the installation of a new heating system and sanitary sewers in a few of the existing structures. Plans for the second phase are currently underway and include up to seven buildings, totaling 1.1 million additional square feet. Cornerstone Architects LTD is providing architectural services and Manhard Consulting LTD is providing civil engineering services.

JOLIET, ILL. — Newmark Grubb Knight Frank (NGKF) represented Saddle Creek Logistics in its relocation to a 1.1 million-square-foot build-to-suit distribution facility in Joliet. Located within CenterPoint Intermodal Center, the state-of-the-art facility will be situated on 60 acres. The $43 million facility will feature 32-foot clear ceiling heights, 132 dock doors, four drive-in doors, ample parking, 328 trailer stalls and 15,000 square feet of office space. Saddle Creek is relocating to the new facility from its current 590,000-square-foot facility at 21051 W. Walter Strawn Drive in Elwood, Ill. The company plans to occupy the new space by February 2016. Jack Cozzie of NGKF and Ladson Montgomery of Newmark Grubb Phoenix Realty Group represented Saddle Creek, while Dan Leahy and Adam Roth of NAI Hiffman represented CenterPoint in the transaction.