Des Plaines, IL (January 31, 2017) — Peak Construction Corporation has been awarded to design-build Blue Ribbon Product Company’s new 80,000 square foot warehouse and distribution center in IDI Gazeley’s Rock Run Business Park. Blue Ribbon Products Co. will remain in Joliet, but will relocate to a new seven acre site to facilitate their business growth. The warehouse and distribution center will boast 6,000 square feet of corporate office space, a custom designed training/tasting room, two break rooms, a 4,500 square foot cooler, a unique 500 square foot repacking room, four dock positions, and three drive-through loading lanes with possible expansion into a fourth. The project broke ground in November and is slated for completion at the end of June. Mike Fonda, Hugh Williams, Matt Knafel and Anne McGrath of Avison Young Chicago were the tenant representative brokers. Peak is teamed with Partners in Design Architects, Inc. and Jacob & Hefner Associates on the project.
Blue Ribbon Products Company was founded in 1934 by Joseph “Finny” Londergon. Pabst Brewing Company was the sole product supplier in the beginning. Now 3rd generation owned by Finny’s grandsons, Don and David Londergon, Blue Ribbon Products Co. offers a large selection of beer, wine, spirits and non-alcoholic beverages to their clients. Blue Ribbon Products Co. has been in the beverage business for over 80 years and they remain committed to providing quality products and service to their customers – today, tomorrow and for the next 80 years. For more information, please visit www.brpco.com.
Peak Construction Corporation is a design-build general contractor providing services that span multiple markets segments – industrial, office, healthcare, hospitality, construction management – as well as other real estate specialty areas including land entitlement/development. Peak helps clients navigate all the big and small decisions that turn their businesses’ needs/goals into solutions that provide immediate results along with long term value. More information is available at www.peakconstruction.com.
