Romeoville trustees have signed off on a planned unit development for two new warehouses in the 20000 block of West Airport Road, formerly known as the Mostyn farm site.
Panattoni Development Co. plans to build a 787,200-square-foot office/warehouse building and is considering constructing an adjacent 388,000-square-foot warehouse.
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Documents indicate that the first warehouse will have parking spots for 284 cars and 162 trailer stalls. The proposed smaller warehouse would have 100 car parking spots and 87 trailer stalls. A dry detention pond will be constructed and a creek area on the property may be left natural and undeveloped.
Village officials said they are excited about the project because the developers will extend a portion of Pinnacle Drive in the business park area. The goal is to have other developers eventually extend Pinnacle Drive to Renwick Road.
“Pinnacle Drive is a huge goal of the village,” Village Manager Steve Gulden] recently told the board. “The master plan for the village has the road going all the way down to Renwick (Road). We want to relieve truck traffic from Weber (Road) so we can free Weber up for shoppers.”
Gulden said the developer will pay between $3 million and $4 million for the Pinnacle Drive extension project. The village, in return, is reducing basic permit fees by 25 percent or about $250,000, Gulden said.
Trustees also approved annexing the 80-acre warehouse site into the village and changed the zoning from agriculture to planned business, P-B.
Village officials have annexed more than 400 acres in the last year, including some 300 acres of forest preserve land. That land, in collaboration with the Will County Forest Preserve District, will be used to improve the Centennial Trail parking lot and access to the trail and the Des Plaines River near 135th Street. The forest preserve and the trail are located on the far east side of the village and connects to other various trails in nearby Cook and DuPage counties.
Joseph Ruzich is a freelance reporter for the baiduhai.
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