{"id":1004180187,"date":"2017-06-12T10:15:02","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T18:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004180187"},"modified":"2022-12-08T13:53:37","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T21:53:37","slug":"opening-of-waukegan-amazon-distribution-center-on-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/opening-of-waukegan-amazon-distribution-center-on-track\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening of Waukegan Amazon Distribution Center on Track"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Roxana Baiceanu<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1004180188\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/1750-Bridge-Drive-Waukegan-Ill..png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004180188\" data-attachment-id=\"1004180188\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/opening-of-waukegan-amazon-distribution-center-on-track\/1750-bridge-drive-waukegan-ill\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/1750-Bridge-Drive-Waukegan-Ill..png\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1750 Bridge Drive, Waukegan, Ill.\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1750 Bridge Drive, Waukegan, Ill.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;1750 Bridge Drive, Waukegan, Ill.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/1750-Bridge-Drive-Waukegan-Ill..png?w=800\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1004180188 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/1750-Bridge-Drive-Waukegan-Ill..png\" alt=\"1750 Bridge Drive, Waukegan, Ill.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/1750-Bridge-Drive-Waukegan-Ill..png 800w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/1750-Bridge-Drive-Waukegan-Ill..png?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/1750-Bridge-Drive-Waukegan-Ill..png?resize=768,576 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004180188\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1750 Bridge Drive, Waukegan, Ill.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The new 626,848-square-foot Amazon distribution center in Waukegan, Ill. is expected to open its doors by the end of July, 2017. The company has been working on setting up its operations since late 2016, when Bridge Development Partners finalized the construction.<\/p>\n<p>The Lake County Workforce Development Department started the interviewing and training process for the approximately 400 jobs created at the new distribution center. This figure represents\u00a0four times more jobs than Amazon initially announced. \u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>A Top-of-the-Line Distribution Center<\/h2>\n<p>Located at 1750 Bridge Drive, the facility is one of the several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/amazon-expands-in-illinois-again\/\">Class A storage spaces<\/a>\u00a0that Amazon opened in the Chicago metro area within the past year. \u00a0According to Yardi Matrix data, the building sits on 32.5 acres and features 36-foot clear heights, ESFR fire sprinklers, insulated ceilings, sky lights, 90 dock-high doors and four drive-in doors.<\/p>\n<p>The distribution center is less than 2 miles from the four-way interchange at Interstate 94 and Buckley Road and approximately 20 miles from O\u2019Hare airport.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image courtesy of Yardi Matrix<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new facility bears the signature of Bridge Development Partners and is expected to be fully functional by the end of July 2017. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1064,"featured_media":1004180188,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1491,21782,21748,13,21742],"tags":[33254,34456],"class_list":["post-1004180187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chicago","category-development","category-industrial","category-midwest","category-latest","tag-amazon-com-inc","tag-bridge-development-partners"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - 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