Bay Valley, a wholly owned subsidiary of TreeHouse Foods Inc., will use the facility primarily as a warehouse and distribution center. The company will also package and label canned soup products in the facility. Bay Valley chose the site, in part, because "the infrastructure of the intersection of I-88 and I-39 is very strategic for them…(for) access for their customers and access for incoming products," Kiersey says. Additionally, "there is the opportunity that the building could be rail-served."

The building will use sustainable design and construction techniques, such as recycled and locally sourced materials and an energy-efficient florescent lighting system, he says. Construction on the facility has already begun and is expected to be completed by the end of the fourth quarter, Kiersey tells GlobeSt.com. The facility is reportedly expected to initially house between 80 and 100 employees. Bay Valley reportedly received a three-year tax abatement for the site.

The park is on 300 acres at the intersection of interstates 88 and 39, in the growing I-39 submarket, and is about 75 miles west of Chicago. When completely built out, the park is expected to have 10 distribution facilities with a total of four million sf. ProLogis is "aggressively seeking other build-to-suit customers" and is not planning on building a speculative building at this time, Kiersey says.