A Presentation To
The Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Industrial Development Group
THE JOLIET ARSENAL
REDEVELOPMENT
Presented by:
Mike Mullen - Chief Operating Officer
Jim Ford - Vice President, Railroad Development
CenterPoint Properties Trust
Wednesday, March 1, 2000
Who is CenterPoint Properties?
 Based
in Chicago, CenterPoint is the largest
owner and operator of industrial property in
the region.
 Currently,
CenterPoint manages a portfolio of
approximately 30 million square feet.
 CenterPoint
has a total market capitalization is
$1.35 billion.
 CenterPoint
is publicly traded on the New York
Stock Exchange (symbol is CNT).
History of the Joliet Arsenal:
 The
23,500-acre Arsenal site is located
approximately 40 miles southwest of Chicago,
three miles south of the intersection of I-55 & I-80.

Opened in the early 1940’s the Arsenal produced
munitions for World War II, the Korean War and
the Vietnam War. The U.S. Army closed the Joliet
Arsenal in 1976.
History of the Joliet Arsenal:
 The Arsenal

is now classified as a Superfund site.
The USEPA and the IEPA have documented an
environmental remediation plan that will assist in
CenterPoint’s development of the site .
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The first phase of remediation was completed in
1999 in order to facilitate CenterPoint’s
intermodal development plans.
Location Map:
Location Map:
Site Plan of the Arsenal:
Aerial View of the Arsenal:
What Will Happen To This Land?
By Federal Law approximately 1,800 acres of the
23,500 have been allocated for industrial
development.
 CenterPoint, in a separate transaction, acquired
in May of 1999 a 375-acre farm to increase the
proposed Deer Run Industrial Park to nearly
2,200 acres.
 The remaining acres of the Arsenal have been
reserved for the Midewin Tallgrass Prairie, and
the Abraham Lincoln National Veterans
Cemetery.

The Deer Run Industrial Park:
The Park Will Include The Following:
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A state-of-the-art, multi-use, intermodal rail
facility (the largest in North America).
17 million square feet of modern distribution,
manufacturing and cross-dock terminal space.
A clean burning, gas fired electric power plant;
possibly as large as 1000 megawatts to supply
power to CenterPoint’s clients at a large discount
to Com Ed rates.
A commercial area for restaurants, hotels, truck
stops and ancillary office facilities.
Chicago’s Rail Predicament:
 Chicago’s
rail yards are congested and pushing
full capacity.
 Intermodal
traffic grew at a rate between 8 and
10 percent in 1997.
 By
the year 2020, the Chicago Metropolitan
area will require more than 4,000 additional
acres of Intermodal capacity.
Source: Chicago Area Transportation Study (CATS)
Proposed Flex Zoning Plan:
Proposed Industrial Park Site Plan:
Proposed Intermodal Plan:
In Summary:
The Deer Run Intermodal facility will allow
CenterPoint to work with the BNSF to:

Attract out-of-state manufacturing and distribution tenants.

Consolidate existing CenterPoint tenants into larger new
facilities at Deer Run, creating a new BNSF client base.

Create over 20,000 construction jobs and 8,000 permanent
jobs (According to study by University of Illinois)

Help Illinois maintain its position as the nation’s rail traffic
hub.

Solve the Chicago area’s current rail traffic congestion
problem.