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"What NorthPoint proposes to do next to our treasured cemetery is a disgrace to all veterans. Anyone who votes yes to this project should expect to get a no vote for their reelection from the Joliet veterans.”
"No American would countenance the building of an industrial park next to Arlington National Cemetery. This is no different. We have joined this suit via the Allen Lynch Medal of Honor Foundation because we have one, singular constituency: our living and fallen comrades. We consider this final resting place as sacred, inviolable and worthy of our efforts to mitigate it being defiled as it has been. It doesn't matter if it's Arlington or Abraham Lincoln, they are the same."
“After reviewing the current and past plans, NorthPoint Development would undoubtedly destroy our area. Recklessly approving this project would cause monumental consequenes, inhibit future rowth, and cause irrepreable damage to our county ... If NorthPoint is successful, it will mark the beginning of the end of Will County as we know it.”
“In the strongest language we urge caution because of the impact to public safety, the lack of infrastructure to support the warehouse trucking facility in terms of roads, and the lack of revenue its going to generate to cover the costs.”
“The Will County Farm Bureau strongly opposes forced annexation and condemnation of land.”
"The proposed industrial development by NorthPoint is not in the best interest of Manhattan School District 114, its students, or its citizens"
The FOIA case was heard in the 3rd Appellate Court at noon on September 11th, 2023. This is the Kieken v. Joliet case, where Joliet was sued to produce any traffic or environmental studies when... Read more →
Nothing about NorthPoint is easy, and that was the case again this week with the annexation of 55 more acres for the massive warehouse project. NorthPoint Development wants to develop more than 1,200 acres for warehouses, a plan fiercely opposed by residents who live closest to the proposed development called the Third Coast Intermodal Hub.... Read more →
Listen to Stop NorthPoint attorney Bob Fioretti and founders John Kieken and Ron Adamski discuss options after the outgoing Mayor of Joliet snuck in a last-minute annexation for NorthPoint. WJOL April 20, 2023... Read more →
Just before the Joliet City Council on April 18 narrowly approved annexing some 55 acres in Jackson Township, with outgoing Mayor Bob O’Dekirk casting the tie-breaking vote, Township Supervisor Matt Robbins told the council the owner, East Gate Logistics – that is, NorthPoint, already has the property on the market. ... Read more →
The 55 acres would give NorthPoint the land contiguity it needs to develop warehouses in more than 900 acres previously annexed into Joliet in 2021, according to a city staff report.... Read more →
In the larger deal, Target confirmed it has leased a 1.2 million-square-foot industrial building under construction in the Third Coast Intermodal Hub, an industrial park under construction in Joliet. It's the biggest industrial lease in the Chicago area in more than two years and part of a multiyear expansion of Target’s local distribution network.... Read more →
