SV could get distribution center
SPRING VALLEY—A 184,000 square-foot steel distribution center could be coming to corner of Route 6 and Route 89 on Spring Valley’s north end, Mayor Cliff Banks announced Monday night.
Although city officials won’t give immediate details on what company could be locating at the development, Banks said a distributor is interested in moving in — but he said the company has not yet given its name.
“They’ve asked us to keep their name quiet for right now,” Banks told reporters Monday, explaining that the company plans to leave another site to relocate in Spring Valley.
Banks said the possible distribution center could provide as many as 35 jobs, and could be ready for operations by summer 2010. Banks noted the development would be a steel distribution center, but he could not say what kinds of products the company specializes in distributing.
“All they told us was steel,” Banks told reporters, laughing.
The center would be an about $8.25 million development covering 22 acres of former farmland on the southwest corner of Route 6 and Route 89, across from Spring Valley Motel, according to a city building permit request issued by current site owner and project developer, Appleton, Wis.-based firm Bomier Properties Inc.
Plans indicate the distribution center would be built from steel, and would include 4,000 square feet of office space. The site is located in Spring Valley’s Enterprise zone and TIF district, Banks said.
Work at the future distributor site began this week, as contractors had received a “partial permit” for earth moving and grading, city officials explained Monday. Full development plans and the building permit for the site currently are under review by city officials, city engineer Jack Kusek said Monday.
The center would be adjacent to the four-way stop at the junction of Route 6 and Route 89. Banks said traffic at the distribution center would amount to “about 10 trucks coming in and out during the day.” He noted that Bomier Properties and Illinois Department of Transportation are conducting a traffic study for the site.
The site already is adjacent to city utility infrastructure, which is an advantage for the development, Banks told the BCR.
“It’s ready for them to hook into,” Banks said.
Banks said Spring Valley has been one of several local municipalities competing to land the steel distribution center, and had been working on the development deal since “when (former mayor) Jim Narczewski was in.”
“I think you’re going to see something else pop up the road right after this (development)—something even bigger,” Banks said, explaining the city and another developer have been in talks over a “major project” along Route 89.
“Things are looking good for the city, I think,” Banks said.
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