Huntley approves plan for another warehouse on village's south side

Another warehouse is set to be built on the south side of Huntley near the village's Route 47 and Interstate 90 corridor.

Village trustees approved a final plan Thursday for a nearly 40,000-square-foot building that could hold up to four tenants. The building will be located west of the Weber Grill facility near Freeman Road.

According to village documents, the facility will be owned by the Melrose Park-based trucking company Universe Carrier, which first approached officials about the plan in August.

The proposal is the second phase of a larger project. Phase one, which calls for a 100,000-square-foot building that will serve as a warehouse and tractor-trailer maintenance hub, is slated to be complete this year. The project was approved last year.

"You've built a lot of good things on our southern end," Trustee Ronda Goldman said of Universe Carrier at Thursday's meeting. "I just hope you get some good businesses in there."

No tenants have been identified for the newest building, according to village materials.

Officials involved with the project said they are hoping to have the building completed by September.

The appearance of the new building is expected to be similar to the first one is under construction, Development Director Charles Nordman said.

At a Plan Commission meeting earlier this month, during which the project was reviewed, commissioners recommended the building in a 6-0 vote, but included several conditions for approval.

Some of these conditions include prohibiting the outside storage of shipping and cargo containers, not allowing the company to lease its parking to businesses not working out of the building, as well as no parking on Weber Drive, according to village materials. Loading and unloading cannot happen on Weber Drive either.

Huntley has been active in recent years in bringing industrial developments to the village's south side. The newest building would follow others either already open or under construction.

Others include two new Amazon facilities, one of which opened in late 2022, and a 730,000-square-foot warehouse building.