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Tandem Breaks Ground on $40M Cargo Facility

ROCKFORD, IL-The company has started work on the 30-acre property, which will be developed into 400,000 sf of industrial space.

By Cari Brokamp | Updated on August 28, 2008

ROCKFORD, IL-Tandem Development Group LLC has broken ground on the first phase of a $40 million air cargo facility at the Chicago Rockford International Airport. The development, to be known as the Chicago Rockford International Cargo Center, will include 400,000 sf in three buildings on a 30-acre property at 60 Airport Drive. The first phase will include a $7.5 million, 72,000-sf speculative facility.

“Rockford will never be O’Hare, but what we envision is that we’re kind of a relief house,” Eric Voyles, VP of national business development for the Rockford Area Economic Development Council, tells GlobeSt.com. “There’s a lot of interest in continuing to grow opportunities at O’Hare, but at the same time, O’Hare has a lot of growth issues they’re trying to work through. We offer companies an opportunity to grow in the Chicago market without having to deal with the cumbersome nature and uncertainty of the planned expansion at O’Hare. We have the capacity now to serve any airplane that’s flying.”

Voyles says operating through Rockford can save company both time and money. He says the average taxi time at O’Hare is around 15 minutes, while it takes that long at Rockford for a plane to commit to land, land and taxi. “We’re talking about hours or 15 minutes,” Voyles says. “When you talk about the costs of operating an airplane, what is the true savings of operating out of Rockford rather than O’Hare?”

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