By Kevin Haas
Rock River Current
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MACHESNEY PARK — ABC Supply Co. plans to open a new sales and distribution center near the Illinois 173 and Interstate 90 intersection early next year.
Village trustees approved a deal earlier this summer to facilitate the company’s construction of a 15,000-square-foot addition to a building in the Park 90 industrial park.
Once construction is complete, the warehouse space will total 45,000 square feet along with screened, outside storage. Operations are expected to start in the first quarter of 2023 with a total of 22 employees, the village said Wednesday in a news release.
“We have immense gratitude for the investment that ABC Supply is making here in Machesney Park,” Mayor Steve Johnson said in a news release. “The village’s streamlined development process and business-friendly practices were the ultimate catalysts to landing this project.”
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The building ABC Supply is taking over was previously occupied by Kaman Industrial Technologies, 9926 N. Alpine Road.
The village’s redevelopment agreement offered tax incentives from the industrial tax-increment finance district in the area on a pay-as-you-go basis. ABC’s estimated expenses are $2 million, meaning up to that amount could be reimbursed over the course of several years as more property tax revenue is generated at the site, village officials said.
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ABC Supply is a Beloit-based wholesale distributor of roofing, siding and other building supplies and tools. It is the country’s largest wholesale distributor of roofing supplies and one of the largest distributors of siding, windows and other building products, according to the company’s website.
“They’re a premier business in the Stateline area and we’re fortunate to have the opportunity to work with them,” Village Administrator James Richter II told the Rock River Current. ”We look forward to welcoming them to Machesney Park.”
Other businesses in the Park 90 industrial park include Quantum Design, TH Foods, HMC Products, and SCP Distributors.
This article is by Kevin Haas. Email him at khaas@rockrivercurrent.com or follow him on Twitter at @KevinMHaas