Appendix 7-5 Development in Prairiewood and Lakeview Corporate Parks
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APPENDIX 7-5 DEVELOPMENT IN PRAIRIEWOOD AND LAKEVIEW CORPORATE PARKS PRAIRIEWOOD CORPORATE PARK: PrairieWood Corporate Park is a mixed-use real estate development located in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. The park is located off I-94 midway between Chicago and Milwaukee, one mile north of the Wisconsin/Illinois border. The original project included approximately 270 acres business/office park on the west side of I-94 and south of 104th Street. The business/office park could accommodate office, industrial and warehousing uses. WISPARK LLC, a Milwaukee based utility holding company originally created the Park, sold approximately 69 acres to Jockey International, Inc. in 2001 and sold the remainder of the Park in 2007 to Center Pointe Properties. The development plan is flexible to meet the needs of a variety of prospective tenants. When fully built out, the Park could support approximately 600,000-square-feet of office development and 2 million square-feet of warehouse and/or manufacturing space with employment at full build-out estimated at 2,500 to 3,500 jobs. The following is a listing of PrairieWood Corporate Park tenants as of January 1, 2009. Uline Corporate Campus: In 2008, Uline purchased approximately 196 acres of land and began construction on a 274,705 square foot corporate office building and 1,086,400 square foot distribution building. The campus is located south of Highway Q just west of the West Frontage Road. Corporate Office Building: A 203,000 square foot office building plus 76,000 square foot basement) will be three stories with a full basement. The basement will contain main electrical and mechanical rooms and storage space. The first floor will include a main lobby, training rooms and an associated breakout area, office space, fitness center and a shipping/receiving area. The second floor will include kitchen/server and dining space, conference rooms and office space. The third floor will contain office space, some conference rooms and a multi- Uline Corporate Office under construction purpose room. The primary use of the facility is business use. The building will be provided with four (4) elevators that serves each floor level. Two of the elevators are sized to accommodate ambulance stretchers. When the building is complete in the spring of 2010, the corporate offices will house 650 employees with 850 employees projected by 2015. Distribution Center: A 1,086,400 square foot distribution center includes a 30,000 square feet office area in the northeast corner of the building. The office function will support the distribution center functions including Human Resources and break and lunch room facilities. Upon completion of this building, at the end of 2009, the distribution center will have 200 employees with 250 employees anticipated by 2015. Village of Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin 2035 Comprehensive Plan 663 Appendix 7-5 LAKEVIEW CORPORATE PARK: LakeView Corporate Park is a mixed-use real estate development located in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. The park is located off I-94 midway between Chicago and Milwaukee, one mile north of the Wisconsin/Illinois border. The original project includes a 1,542-acre business/office park and a 425-acre nature conservancy area on the Des Plaines River floodplain. The business/office park accommodates office, industrial, warehousing and service/retail uses. WISPARK LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wisconsin Energy Corporation, a Milwaukee based utility holding company that development the Park. LakeView Corporate Park has become a joint venture with WISPARK LLC and LakeView Corporate Park CenterPointe Properties. The development plan is flexible to meet the needs of a variety of prospective tenants. LakeView is located in a park-like setting with abundant green space and high quality amenities. In addition to the 425-acre nature conservancy area, a 110-acre spring-fed lake is immediately northwest of the business park. Land immediately around Lake Andrea has been developed as the Prairie Springs Park with the LakeView RecPlex recreational facility and the Village IcePlex facility. As of January 23, 2009 there were 84 companies located in the LakeView Corporate Park, representing approximately 7,010 jobs. It is anticipated that LakeView Corporate Park, when fully built out will be home to approximately 10,000 to 12,000 jobs. It is also estimated that 20 million square feet of business space will be constructed. The park is having considerable spin- off effect on the greater Kenosha community in terms of additional industrial companies located in Kenosha's Business Park as well as additional residential and retail construction throughout the Kenosha and Racine metropolitan area. The following is a listing of LakeView Corporate Park tenants as of January 1, 2009. Albany-Chicago Company, an aluminum and zinc die casting machine manufacturer, moved from Chicago, Illinois to a 148,000 square foot manufacturing and distribution facility on an 8.2-acre site in September 1993. A 7,700 square foot addition was constructed in 1998. In 2001 Albany-Chicago expanded its operation into an adjacent 28,290 square foot building located at 8100 100th Street. In 2007, the two (2) exterior dust collectors on the west side of the existing building were installed. Allen Firm LLC/ZUMA Entertainment Corporation: an attorney office for the entertainment industry occupied a 287 square foot office at 10505 Corporate Drive, Suite 201 B, in 2007. All Solutions located at 11200 88th Avenue, occupies the original 153,000 square foot building constructed in 1998 and the 98,370 square foot addition constructed in 2008. All Solutions warehouses and distributes a variety of Ocean Spray-related products. Avarto Digital Systems (f/k/a Sonopress, LLC) occupies the 534,384 square foot building located at 11150 80th Avenue that was constructed in 1997 for the manufacturing, warehousing and distributing of DVD and VHS and CD’s in 2007. ASM Company occupies 9,500 square feet of office space on 1.59 acres. BP Connect (f/k/a Amoco), a 2,000 square foot a gasoline station located in Lakeview West was built in 1992 at 10477 120th Avenue. In 2001 the existing facility was razed and a new 4,200 square foot facility was constructed on the site. In 2003 a 203 square foot addition was Village of Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin 2035 Comprehensive Plan 664 Appendix 7-5 under construction to add additional restroom facilities. In 2007, permits were issued to replace the Wild Bean Café inside the facility with AM PM food services. Calumet Diversified Meats, Inc., a meat processing company, is located in a $3 million, 37,700 square foot facility constructed by WisPark Corporation on a 59 acre site in 1990. Central Storage & Warehouse, Inc. has constructed a 74,600 square foot public refrigerated warehouse on a 12-acre site. Chancery Pub and Restaurant, completed in 1998, is a 7,420 square foot restaurant and pub which seats 182 persons and has three (3) dining areas, including a private, more formal executive dining room with a big screen TV and VCR. The Chancery is attached to the Radisson Hotel and Conference Center. Cherry Electrical Products occupies approximately 65,509 square feet of office space at 11200 88th Avenue. No manufacturing of electronic and mechanical switches is conducted at this site anymore. Colman Cable, Inc. located at 11290 80th Avenue, occupies the entire 500,000 square foot warehouse/distribution building in 2008. Coleman Cable, Inc. is a leading manufacturer and innovator of wire and cable products servicing the electronic and automotive markets. Coleman Cable’s design and production capabilities serves cable and wire users throughout the world. The company has over 1 million square feet of manufacturing space within six (6) facilities in the U.S. Coleman Cable serves the voice and data, communications, electronic, industrial, Building construction, HVAC, automotive and government market segments. Coleman Cable has several trademarked brands (Signal, Baron, Seoprene, Polar Solar and Road Power) that are recognized names in the industry. CPI Plastics, located at 10680 88th Avenue, began construction in 2003 on a 99,775 square foot manufacturing, warehouse and office facility for the production of plastic bags. Culvers Restaurant opened in the summer of 2001 at 10484 Corporate Drive. The 4,538 square foot facility is a family operated restaurant. Dallas & Mavis – Greatwide Logistics Services, a trucking company occupies the first and second floor office space (21,924 square feet and 1,855 portion of the first floor warehouse storage space) within a portion of the building located at 8201 104th Street to perform office functions (i.e. dispatch, sales, marketing, administration and minimum storage) in 2007. In late 2008 it was announced that this company will close. Dr. Michael Skaredfof, M.D.S.C. In 2004 Dr. Skaredfof occupied a 914 square foot medical office for pain management at the building located at 10411 Corporate Drive. E-bullpen, LLC opened a 2,221 square foot office at 10411 Corporate Drive in 2005. E-bullpen specializes in internet employment recruiting. Elite Metal Finishing Services obtained permits in 2002 to occupy 21,000 to 23,000 square feet of the 58,000 square foot building located at 10555 86th Avenue (the former Form Corp building). Elite Metal Finishing Service was started in 1988 and services welding, polishing and electro polishing needs in the biopharmaceutical, food and dairy, medical and semiconductor industries. Excel, a distribution center for S.C. Johnson Wax, Inc., has occupied a 302,500 square foot warehouse distribution center since late 1996. They also occupied an additional 256,240 square feet of warehouse in a WisPark Speculation Building. In 2001 construction commenced on a 602,950 square foot building located at 9800 72nd Avenue. With the new facility, Excel no longer occupies the 302,500 square foot or 256,240 square foot spaces within the park.