Quick overview

  • Master planned industrial park
  • 536 acres when fully developed
  • Sites from three acres to 300 acres
  • $30,000 per acre
  • Sell, build to suit or lease

Location

  • Two miles from Interstate 80, Twelve miles from Interstate 39
  • 45 miles from intermodal facilities at Rochelle, IL and Elwood, IL
  • CSX Rail fronting site, two spurs on site, more planned
  • Illinois River barge service via ADM terminal adjacent to OIP.
  • 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, IL)

  • Less than one hour from three of five largest Illinois cities — Aurora, Joliet, Naperville
  • Ninety minute 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 strengths

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 plan 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 plus cancer, mental health care and quick 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