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PROPOSED NO CASH BID REQUEST
Requestor: THOMAS J. SOMER, Corporation Counsel
Request: No Cash Bid Request
Location: City of Chicago Heights
Volume and Property Index Number:
CITY OF CHICAGO HEIGHTS
VOLUME PROPERTY INDEX NUMBER
012 32-16-311-003-0000 (vacant land)
012 32-16-311-004-0000 (vacant land)
012 32-16-400-004-0000 (vacant land)
012 32-16-400-005-0000 (vacant land)
015 32-21-104-002-0000 (vacant land)
015 32-21-104-003-0000 (occupied industrial building)
Summary: It is the intention of the City of Chicago Heights to convey all parcels to the Third Party Requestor, Wilkins & Son, LLC. Wilkins & Son, LLC is currently leasing the land from the current owners and minimal work is being conducted within the actual structure. Building upon recent growth and expansion, Wilkins & Son has had a successful and longstanding presence in Chicago Heights resulting in growth and job expansion for the community. As background, Wilkins & Son, including Wilkins Rebuilders/Brookfield Iron & Metal, is a metal scrapping company that dismantles all types of machinery and farms out parts to be reused or remanufactured. Also, Wilkins has had two property expansions in the last two years, adding nearly 50 jobs.
This new land opportunity would allow operations to continue to expand with the creation of a trailer dismantling center in addition to the opening of a rail facility that would utilize the onsite rail spur to transport scrap. With this added mode of transportation Wilkins also could trans-load scrap for two publicly traded companies. A direct result of this new expansion will be an increase of job opportunities in Chicago Heights. The redevelopment of the parcels will return the property to a viable use beneficial to the municipality. The redevelopment will also return the properties to a tax producing status, thereby generating economic development for the municipality and other taxing bodies.
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