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VOL.35 NO.4
THE LEADING NEWS SOURCE FOR INDUSTRIAL REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS & USERS
AUGUST 2025
Patience, Problem Solving, and Client Support: Inside Meridian Design Build’s Project Playbook
RIM Logistics Lobby
By Brandi Smith
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ver a period of more than nine years, Meridian Design Build kept revisiting a 40-acre infill site in Romeoville, one of the last parcels in the area available for large-scale light industrial development. During that time, a number of developers kicked the tires asking Meridian and other general contractors to help them understand construction costs and evaluate site challenges and anticipated project timelines. The well-located site had more
than its share of challenges including site balance concerns, subsurface rock conditions, and flood plain and wetlands mitigation constraints. There were also significant offsite improvements that would be required to accommodate the development including enhancements to an adjacent storm water detention facility and the construction of a public roadway and related utilities across the site frontage.
“After years of looking at the site, we were retained in 2022 by an interim owner of the site to complete design work and helped them get the project to the point where it was nearly shovel ready,” said Howard Green, Meridian’s Executive Vice President and Co-Founder. Meridian worked with Arete Design Studio and Jacob CONSTRUCTION (continued on page 8)