I-80 Industrial Highlights
Quick Overview
- Easy access to national interstate corridors of I-80 (East-West) and I-39 (North-South)
- More than 3,000 employees work in corridor businesses
- Overall planned industrial area is less than half built out
- All infrastructure in place – sites are “shovel ready”
- Excellent car and truck access
- Many sites from one-half acre to 100 acres
- Price varies by parcel and owner
- Sale, build-to-suit or lease
Location
- Located at Interstate 80 interchange (Exit 90)
- Ten miles from Interstate 39
- 45 miles from intermodal facilities at Rochelle, IL and Elwood, IL
- International flights available at O’Hare and Midway in Chicago area, Rockford, Peoria, Bloomington and Quad Cities — travel times between one and two hours
- Local corporate flights at Skydive Chicago (Ottawa) and Illinois Valley Regional Airport (Peru)
- Less than one hour from three of five largest Illinois cities — Aurora, Joliet, Naperville
- Ninety minutes from downtown Chicago
- Logistics center of United States
- Ship to two-thirds of U.S. in two days
Labor
- Available labor pool of both skilled and unskilled
- Major training opportunities available at IL Valley Community College (IVCC) located twenty minutes from Ottawa — some training can be done at IVCC satellite campus in downtown Ottawa
- IVCC has new 85,000 square foot technology center — CNC and welding are srengths
Utilities
- Ameren — electricity
- Nicor — natural gas
- AT&T — telephone, internet, fiber
- Mediacom — cable television, internet
- MTCO — internet fiber
Incentives
- Enterprise Zone
- Tax Increment Financing (TIF)
- Foreign Trade Zone
- State incentives and grants
- Low cost financing
- Business friendly — quick local review and permitting
Quality of Life
- Dynamic downtown with many unique shops and restaurants
- Good public and private schools with strong extracurricular programs and college credit opportunities through local community college
- Access to cutting edge health care via OSF hospital system plus cancer, mental health care and prompt care facilities
- Located at confluence of Illinois and Fox Rivers plus four State parks in immediate vicinity — many outdoor recreation opportunities — fishing, boating, canoeing, kayaking, hunting, hiking, biking, horseback riding, zip-lining, sky diving and more
- Ten annual festivals plus summer concert series
- Regional community theater
- No traffic congestion
- Low crime rates
- County seat of LaSalle County
Population
- Ottawa — 18, 656
- 20 mile radius — 125,744
- 40 mile radius — 925,460
- 60 mile radius — 3,901,633
Income
- Average household — $64,297