HSA Commercial Plans to Build $20 Million Industrial Building in Franklin

Based in Chicago HSA Commercial Real Estate plans to construct a $20 million, 271,780 square foot speculative industrial building in Franklin, according to Planning Commission documents. The building would be located at 3303 W. Oakwood Road in a new industrial park being developed southwest of South 27th Street and Oakwood Road. This industrial park is also where a Canadian dairy company Saputo Inc. plans to build a facility of approximately 340,000 square feet and employs around 600 people. The HSA project in Franklin is just the latest specific industrial development planned for the I-94 north-south corridor between Milwaukee and the Illinois state line and HSA has been one of the most active developers in this domain. The Oak Creek Plan Commission this week approved HSA Commercial’s plans for a 154,759 square foot speculative industrial building on a 9.8-acre site at 10551 S. Oakview Parkway in the Oak Creek Business Park. OakView.

HSA also recently purchased a 65.2 acre site in the village of Somers in Kenosha County, where he plans to build a 773,764 square foot warehouse. “HSA has found that there is significant demand in the region for modern, flexible light industrial, manufacturing or distribution warehouse space for single or multiple tenants with loading docks,” the company said in a filing with the Oak Creek Plan Commission.

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