Airport, Hotel Retailer Expands Facility to 35,500 SF

DES PLAINES, IL-An additional 12,500 sf allows WH Smith to remain at 2311 Mount Prospect Rd. here, in a building developed by First Industrial Realty Trust. Work was done by Chicago-based Keeley Construction, Inc.

By Mark Ruda | January 22, 2001 at 01:01 AM

The company sells newspapers, magazines, books and souvenirs at more than 400 stores in the United States and 700 in the United Kingdom. When the addition is completed this month, it will use an extra 11,000 sf for distribution and the other 1,500 sf for office use. John Scoville of Keeley is the project manager and Dan Earles of Fitzgerald Earles Architects is providing architectural services.

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