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Long-Planned Suburban Mega-Project Signs First Tenant

Medline Industries will be the first tenant at the Alter Group’s long-planned Cornerstone, a $750-million, 641-acre mixed-use development in Grayslake, IL. The project’s inaugural facility will be a LEED-certified 1.4-million-square-foot facility for Medline, which will be the fifth-largest warehouse in the world.

“This innovative development in central Lake County will be one of the largest master-planned projects in the United States,” said Michael Alter, president of Alter.

Noting that the area has become “a hub for biotech, pharmaceutical, and packaged goods industries,” Alter said the project “will leverage the growth of Northern Cook and Lake counties to be a powerful revenue generator for local and county governments and schools throughout the life of the development.”

The MXU will include approximately three million square feet of light industrial, research-and-development and office space.  Cornerstone will be built over 12 years in multiple phases.

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Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 16-plus years’ experience covering the commercial real estate industry and 30-plus years in business-to-business journalism. In this capacity, he oversees daily operations while also reporting on both local/regional markets and national trends, covering individual transactions across all property types, as well as delving into broader subject matter. He produces 7-10 daily news stories per day and works with the Connect team and clients to develop longer-form content, ranging from Q&As to thought-leadership pieces. Prior to joining Connect, Paul was Managing Editor for both Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com at American Lawyer Media, where he oversaw operations at both publications while also producing daily news and feature-length articles. His tenure in B2B publishing stretches back into the print era, and he has served as Editor in Chief on four national trade publications. Since 1999, Paul has volunteered as the newsletter editor of passenger rail advocacy groups (one national, one local).

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