Infrastructure Investments Spur Industrial Development in Chicago Market

State and federal agencies are collaborating on massive transportation infrastructure improvements, and funds continue to flow to improve and expand our region’s road and rail infrastructure.

In addition, the Illinois Tollway has been proactively deploying capital for projects. As a result, industrial occupiers are benefitting from an enhanced flow of goods and more efficient distribution, while the industrial development community has responded with new speculative and build-to-suit projects in key areas to take advantage of these transportation improvements.

I-57 Corridor Before 2014, there wasn’t a full four-way interchange at I-57 and I-294, which represented one of the few rare nodes in the nation where two interstates crossed paths but did not allow a full connection. The opening of the $600 million Tri-State Tollway and I-57 Interchange has since spurred an influx of new development in the I-57 submarket…Please click here to read Kristin Hiller’s story in REBusiness Online.