HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION - 38-12 - 9/11/2012 - CLASS 6B-1851 ARTHUR AVE.RESOLUTION NO. 38-12
A RESOLUTION DETERMINING THE APPROPRIATENESS FOR CLASS 6B STATUS
PURSUANT TO THE COOK COUNTY REAL PROPERTY CLASSIFICATION
ORDINANCE AS AMENDED FEBRUARY 15, 2006 FOR CERTAIN REAL ESTATE
LOCATED AT 1851 ARTHUR AVENUE, ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS
WHEREAS, the Village of Elk Grove Village desires to promote the development of
industry in the Village of Elk Grove; and
WHEREAS, the Cook County Assessor is operating under an ordinance enacted by the
Cook County Board of Commissioners, and amended from time to time, the most recent
amendment becoming effective as of February 15, 2006, which has instituted a program to
encourage industrial and commercial development in Cook County known as the Cook County
Real Property Classification Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, in the case of abandoned property, if the municipality or the Mayor and
Board of Trustees, finds that special circumstances justify finding that the property is
"abandoned" for purpose of Class 613, even though it has been vacant and unused for more
than 24 months and there has been no purchase for value, that finding, along with the
specification of the circumstances, shall be included in the resolution or ordinance supporting
and consenting to the Class 613 application. Such resolution or ordinance shall be filed with
the eligibility application. If the ordinance or resolution is that of a municipality, the approval
of the Board of Commissioners of Cook County is required to validate that the property is
deemed "abandoned" for purposes of the incentive, and a resolution to that effect shall be
included with the Class 6B eligibility application filed with the Assessor; and
WHEREAS, the Petitioner has applied for or is applying for Class 6B property status
special circumstances pursuant to said aforementioned ordinance, for certain real estate located
at 1851 Arthur Avenue, in the Village of Elk Grove Village, Cook County, Illinois, with the
Property Index Number 08-35-301-044-0000, has proven to this Board that such incentive
provided for in said ordinance is necessary for development to occur on this specific real
estate.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Board of Trustees of the
Village of Elk Grove Village, Counties of Cook and DuPage, Illinois:
Section 1: That the request of the Petitioner to have certain real estate located at 1851
Arthur Avenue, Elk Grove Village, Cook County, Illinois, legally described as follows, and
with the Property Index Number 08-35-301-044-0000 declared eligible for Class 613 special
circumstances status pursuant to the Cook County Real Property Classification Ordinance as
amended February 15, 2006, is hereby granted in that this Board and the Village of Elk Grove
Village, Illinois, has determined that the incentive provided by the said Class 613 Tax Incentive
Ordinance is necessary for the said development to occur on the subject property:
LOT 211 IN CENTEX INDUSTRIAL PARK UNIT 108, A SUBDIVISION IN
THE SOUTH Y OF THE SOUTHWEST'/4 OF SECTION 35 TOWNSHIP 41
NORTH, RANGE 11 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN
COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS
Section 2: That the Special Circumstances as outlined by the petitioner are attached
hereto as Exhibit "A" and made a part thereof.
Section 3: That the Village of Elk Grove Village, Illinois hereby supports and consents
to the amended Class 6B Application and approves the classification of the subject property as
Class 613 property pursuant to the Cook County Real Property Classification Ordinance and
the Class 6B tax incentives shall apply to the property identified as Permanent Real Estate
Index Number 08-35-301-044-0000.
Section 4: That the Mayor and Village Clerk are hereby authorized to sign any necessary
documents to implement this Resolution.
Section 5: That this Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage
and approval according to law.
VOTE: AYES:6 NAYS:0 ABSENT:0
PASSED this 11 n' day of September 2012.
APPROVED this 11`I' day of September 2012.
APPROVED:
Mayor Cram B. Johnson
Village of Elk Grove Village
ATTEST:
Judith M. Keegan, Village Clerk
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Special Circumstances
Requested by Prologis-Exchange IL LLC
1851 Arthur Avenue; Elk Grove Village, Illinois 60007 (PIN: 08-35-301-044-0000)
Prologis-Exchange 11, LLC (`:'Applicant") owns the above -referenced property and
desires to lease the same to an industrial user for warehousing, manufacturing and distribution.
The subject property consists of an approximately 83,192 square foot building on a
roughly 165,600 square foot site that is now 100% vacant and unused. From August 2008 to the
present day, there have been no operations taking place at the subject property, with the same
being merely used as dead storage from May 2010 to October 2010. Accordingly, since August
2008, the subject property has been 100% vacant and unused.
The subject property suffered from functional obsolescence and was in need'of'
significant improvements; therefore, the Applicant.completed substantial rehabilitation to the
subject property in hopes of leasing the same to an industrial user for warehousing,
manufacturing and/or distribution. The, Applicant spent' approximately $939,920 in completing
certain,improyements to the subject property,. Specitically, the improvements included„but were
not limited to, renovating the -subject property's office area; painting the subject property's
ceiling, deck, walls and interior; rehabilitating the subject property's roof and applying epoxy to
the subject property's warehouse floors.
The Applicant plans to continue its substantial rehabilitation of the subject property after
it obtains the Village's support and consent of the,Class 6b Tax Incentive..[[ has allotted
$400;OOQ in rehabilitating the subject property's parking lot. The Applicant expects this
substantialrehabilitation to bring approximately 20 construction jobs to the community.
The.Applicanc.believes that if'it secures a Class 6b Tax Incentive for the subject property,
it will be able to Secure an industrial tenant, which will occupy the currently vacant building and
bringjobs to the community.. Itis for these reasons that it is necessary. to grant, the .Applicant a
Resolution supporting and consenting to a Class 6b`Tax Incentive for the above -referenced
property based on occupation of abandoned property for more than twenty-four (24) months
continuous vacancy. without a purchase for value and with special circumstances and substantial
rehabilitation.