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One warehouse would be built with the capacity to expand to 1.1 million square feet.
The State Board of Elections says Councilman Terry Morris must pay a $27,949 fine before running for office again, and Councilwoman Bettye Gavin has decided not seek reelection.
Proposed cannabis facility is on the City Council agenda for Tuesday, but developer wants it tabled until June.
A Will County judge on Friday denied an emergency motion that would have slowed down NorthPoint Development’s plans to start construction.
The joint venture partnership building the Houbolt Road bridge has joined grassroots groups and the village of Elwood in the ongoing legal battles over the NorthPoint project.
The Joliet City Council last week approved a $139,000 contract with Burns & McDonnell to prepare a study that will project water and sewer rates over the next 10 years.
Verus Partners plans to add another 1.5 million square feet of warehouse space at Route 53 and Millsdale Road.
Joliet is considering a $400,000 allocation that would expand mental health care to uninsured and under-insured residents.
A CenterPoint plan to develop up to 2 million square feet of warehouse space inside the CenterPoint Intermodal Center had been tabled twice since the developer spoke out against NorthPoint.
The gas station proposed for the northeast corner of Caton Farm and Ridge roads would include three fuel lanes for trucks and 14 gas pumps for cars.
'A bridge is a street,' city attorney says in telling how NorthPoint annexation agreement makes Joliet the future owner of bridges in the industrial park.
The bridge would be built and paid for by NorthPoint with the city later taking over ownership and maintenance, Councilman Larry Hug said.
Fellow council members from past years remember Shetina, who died Monday.
Joliet Logistics Park could be required to tie into NorthPoint closed-loop but not if bridge construction stalls.
NorthPoint is seeking approval for plats on land west of Route 53 for warehouse development.