New Distribution Facilities Coming to Chicago

CHICAGO—Officials from Dayton Street Partners, a Chicago-based commercial real estate investment and development firm, say they are ready to break ground for a 40,000-square-foot warehouse/distribution facility on a vacant 1.61-acre parcel located at 4150 N. Knox Ave. in Chicago.

The new project, a joint venture with Chicago-based WBS Equities, LLC, is part of a growing effort by developers to place such facilities in the city and close to urban consumers that now expect same-day or next-day deliveries. Amazon, for example, announced earlier this year that it was renovating a small Goose Island warehouse into a distribution outlet.