Industrial Development

Welcome to the 2023 Industrial Development Update by RCEDC. We are thrilled to share with you the latest developments in our region's industrial landscape.

Companies of all sizes, from all across the world are choosing to invest in Racine County. Since establishing their presence here in the 90's, Ashley Capital's Gary Rosecrans and Lee & Associates' John Sharpe quickly realized the value of doing business in Racine County.

There is a new 188,000 square foot speculative development planned for Caledonia's DeBack Farms Business Park.

Hillwood, a national investment and development company, expanded their footprint in Racine County purchasing a 19-acre parcel, where they recently celebrated the groundbreaking of what will be a 247,105 SF industrial speculative building.

During the next several years, nearly 1 million square feet of industrial development is planned for the DeBack Farms Business Park in the Village of Caledonia. Scannell Properties, headquartered in Indianapolis, plans to develop a 65-acre site in the park over three phases. A General Mills warehouse and distribution center is planned to occupy the first building.

EVEN A GLOBAL PANDEMIC CAN'T SLOW THIS COMMUNITY DOWN The City of Burlington and RCEDC have been partnering on economic and community development projects since the early 1990’s. Through this team effort, the City has been able to site a…

With fulfillment centers in Oak Creek (constructed) and Kenosha (operational), Amazon plans to utilize Racine County's centralized location as home for two new delivery hubs. One hub will be located in Sturtevant's Enterprise Business Park, and the other in Yorkville's…

1570 International Drive, Mount Pleasant, WI Building 3 is a recently completed speculative industrial building for lease, developed by HSA Commercial. The state-of-the-art building features a total of 116,600 SF (divisible to 20,000 SF) on 6.89 acres with office space…

Racine County is located in the fast-growing industrial corridor between Milwaukee and Chicago along Interstate 94. Racine County celebrates its manufacturing heritage, rich farmland, beautiful beaches, and distinctive architecture.

The Village of Caledonia, WI is located along Lake Michigan in the northeast corner of Racine County. The community, population 25,400, is known for its rural character, horse farms, and park system. Residents and businesses benefit from the community’s central location in Southeast Wisconsin.

Racine County, the Village of Yorkville and Racine County Economic Development Corporation (RCEDC) are pleased to welcome Hillwood, a Perot Company, to the Yorkville community. Hillwood is a Dallas-based organization ranked as one of the top industrial, commercial and residential real estate companies in the country.

YORKVILLE, WI -- Johnson Health Tech North America, a manufacturer of award-winning fitness equipment, relocated their manufacturing operations to the Grandview Business Park in the Village of Yorkville in 2017.Their previous production facility was in a 1940’s industrial building in Milwaukee;…