MERIDIAN AWARDED NILES REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT

NILES, ILL. — Scannell Properties has selected Meridian Design Build to provide design-build services for a new 306,448-square-foot package sorting and distribution center in Niles. The scope of the project includes the redevelopment of a 34-acre site at the northeast corner of Howard and Lehigh that was home for more than 50 years to a Grainger Industrial Supply distribution center. The project will include demolition of an existing 756,000-square-foot building and adjacent parking lots. The new automated sort facility will include 249 exterior trailer stalls and 556 employee parking stalls. Additional improvements include a vehicle maintenance garage and gateway security building designed to support daily operations at the facility. Precept Design LLC is providing architectural services. Spaceco Inc. is completing civil engineering work.