Elion Logistics Park Set to Add New Warehouse Kavanaugh and Murphy Roads
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INSIDE THIS EDITION WILDCAT SPORTS $1.00 Meet the WHS Wrestling dream Vol. 46, Issue 49 1 section • 14 pages Seniors ofthe Week team selections Not over 75% advertising www.freepressadvocate.com WILMINGTON, IL | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2020 | A FREE PRESS NEWSPAPER Elion Logistics Park set to add new warehouse Kavanaugh and Murphy Roads. commission. “We were fortunate have planned as well as continuing Murphy Road. Logistics provider will The annexed property includes enough to sign a 500,000 square foot efforts with the department of trans- Stellino added that Elion occupy new building on just under 47 acres of land, west of lease for a build-to-suit with a com- portation and others to continue to Partners have been in contact with Kavanaugh Road and north of pany called Dynamic 3PL. They’re grow the project, as well as additional Johnstone as well as other remaining Kavanaugh Road Murphy Road. currently located in two facilities infrastructure to come to I-55 and residents near the industrial park. Elion is owned by Adar Ridgeport north of us, they’re consolidating, adjacent properties.” “For the record, we reached out BY MARNEY SIMON Industrial Partners. growing into one facility, so they will The public hearing was held vir- to this homeowner in October 2019, Michael Stellino, the managing be joining us in October of [2021].” tually over the teleconferencing web- made an offer, we revised that offer in EDITOR director with Elion Partners which Dynamic 3PL is a warehouse- site Zoom. While there were no public December 2019... the homeowner did serves as the developers of Adar based logistics provider. The plan for comments during the hearing, one not respond. They ended up respond- The Elion Logistics Park at I-55 Ridgeport, said the logistics park cur- the Dynamic 3PL site will be a phased comment was submitted prior to the ing in May of 2020 with a significantly and Lorenzo Road is set for more rently houses 6.4 million square feet construction, with a proposed build meeting via email. City administrator higher demand price. We’ve gone growth. of industrial buildings fully devel- out from the original 500,000 square Joie Ziller said the comment came back and forth,” he told the commis- The Wilmington planning and oped, with a 100% occupancy rate. feet to an approximate 1.1 million from a resident who lives near the sion. zoning commission held a special The most recent project was an square feet total. industrial park. Per the development agreement hearing on Tuesday, Nov. 24, regard- 810,900 square foot building that they “We are also in talks with other “She said she just wants to not be with the city of Wilmington, Adar ing the proposed annexation and were able to lease during the pan- tenants that we are actively perusing forgotten about,” Ziller said. “She’s Ridgeport is required to make an offer rezoning of properties into the indus- demic to join us at Ridgeport and in still waiting on Elion to make her an to property owners within one half trial park. The property in question “Since that time, we’ve been out Wilmington,” Stellino said. “We’re offer on her home.” mile of development at 125% of the sits adjacent to the current border of on the market actively looking for excited about that, we’re excited That resident, Stacey Johnstone, the park, on the northwest corner of SEE ELION, PAGE 2 additional tenants,” Stellino told the about our neighbors and what they lives on Kavanaugh Road, south of Governor: Thanksgiving Thanksgiving over Mother Nature likely to have a negative effect on COVID numbers BY MARNEY SIMON limited to 10 guests, and all EDITOR other meetings/gatherings, including weddings and pri- Tier 3 resurgence mitiga- vate parties, are prohibited. tions continue to stay in effect Additionally, health and across the state. fitness centers, personal care On Monday, Gov. JB services, malls, and retail Pritzker said the state would stores outside of grocery evaluate any effects of the stores or pharmacies are limit- Thanksgiving holiday before ed to 25% capacity. making any changes regarding Masks and social distanc- the current resurgence mitiga- ing remain mandatory in all tions. public spaces. “I spoke to [National When asked about Institute of Allergy and enforcement of those mitiga- Infectious Diseases Director] tions that are supposed to Dr. [Anthony] Fauci to get his close down indoor service at input about Illinois’ situation,” bars and restaurants, Pritzker Pritzker said during a press said local officials should be conference with the Illinois stepping up. Department of Public Health “It isn’t just up to state (IDPH) on Monday. “He said troopers to enforce the law. the massive number of indoor That’s the job of states attor- gatherings by people visiting neys, that’s the job of local law family and friends across the enforcement, that’s the job of nation will very likely bring a mayors and city councils and post-Thanksgiving surge, and county executives and so on... he believes this is no time to and our departments of public pull back on mitigations.” health,” Pritzker said. “So, The entire state of Illinois we’re asking everybody to do entered Tier 3 mitigations on what’s right, to follow the law.” Photo by Joyce Readman Nov. 20. Local departments in BLACK FRIDAY may have been hectic for some residents out shopping for holiday deals but at the Readman household in rural Per those mitigations, Wilmington and Braidwood Wilmington it was peaceful and quiet as a pair of bald eagles roosted on a branch of a dead tree. Joyce and Larry Readman discov- bars and restaurants continue have not been patrolling or ered the eagles perched outside the front their Kankakee River home on Friday morning, prompting Joyce to grab her camera. “We’ve to be restricted from offering enforcing for masks or indoor seen bald eagles before and I’ve taken photos of them, but never have we seen a pair sitting so close together in that tree,” Joyce com- indoor service. Additional mit- service at local bars and igations include capacity lim- restaurants. But, Wilmington mented. Larry said they marvel over watching the eagles, especially when one swooped down to the river and caught a fish. They its at grocery stores and phar- Police Chief Phil Arnold did expect the pair to be around a while as they tend to winter along the open water. “The older we get the more we appreciate what Mother macies of 50%, funerals are SEE COVID, PAGE 2 Nature has to offer,” Larry commented. Wilmington fire district adding new engine to its fleet BY MARNEY SIMON Station 2, which opened up in will stay at Station 1, another ambulance, our latest new one Then we have to re-chassis City. So, they’re pretty brand- EDITOR August at the Elion Logistics one of our rigs will go out to by itself was about $215,00,” because of our amount of calls specific for what we need for Park at Lorenzo Road, the station 2. Right now at Station Zlomie explained. “Then, the we have.” our community.” The Wilmington Fire department is currently 2 we have an engine and an cot, because now with back Zlomie is anticipating the Zlomie said each call out Protection District covers 104 staffing eight firefighters plus ambulance, and in town we injuries and we’re trying to do cost of the new engine to come for the department represents square miles out of two fire the chiefs per day. The depart- have an engine, a ladder truck, more with less people, so now in around $700,000, which is about 15 miles round trip, and, houses. ment includes three ambu- and a water hauler.” we’re sending two people on an average price for such a thankfully, Wilmington is cen- The district is now in the lances, one a new purchase Department equipment the ambulance, so they’re all hefty piece of equipment. trally located to hospitals in process of adding a new engine and another which was re- also includes boats, an ATV, a hydraulic and electric... That The department will cus- Joliet, Kankakee and Morris. to its fleet of vehicles. chassised this year. The third is brush truck, and other special- cot and the unit in the ambu- tomize the vehicle for its Meanwhile, the depart- Fire Chief Tim Zlomie slated for a new chassis next ty units, all of which are lance, that’s $52,000. Then our needs. ment spent some time on live oversees the district, which year. housed at Station 1 near down- heart monitors, the EKGs, that “It’s nothing fancy, it’s just fire training this fall, burning includes two full time chiefs, This fall, the department town Wilmington. machine alone is about a normal fire truck,” he said. nine full time fire medics, one put a bid out for a new engine. The new engine, plus the $32,000. So, with all that added “We basically spec it from SEE FIRE, PAGE 2 full time administrative assis- “Probably roughly department’s other apparatus, up, before we even turned a ground up, and that’s how tant, six contract fire medics, Thanksgiving or Christmas is both a need and an invest- wheel with a brand new ambu- they’ll build it. Because our and around 20 part-time fire time [in 2021], we’ll receive the ment for the department. lance, it’s about $300,000. It’s needs in Wilmington might be medics. new engine to add to the fleet,” “Unfortunately it is very crazy to think that, and we get a little different from the With the addition of Zlomie said.