Editing Sauk Village, Illinois (section)

==Development and growth==
[[File:LogistiCenter at Sauk Village.jpg|thumb|The LogistiCenter at Sauk Village is a 525-acre master planned Industrial/Manufacturing Park offering a Class-1 rail service from Canadian National Railroad. Located within minutes of the City of Chicago along Sauk Trail and Illinois 394]]
The largest growth of the village came in the early 1990s when the village annexed nearly {{convert|1|sqmi}} as a result of a major land grab with neighbors Steger and Ford Heights. The size of the annexation was only rivaled by the growth in the early 1960s when the village just began and housing growth was at an all-time high. The largest parcel annexed came in 1991 when {{convert|500|acre|km2}} at the northwest corner of Sauk Trail and the Calumet Expressway was finally added to the village. The {{convert|500|acre|km2|adj=on}} parcel was previously proposed for the GM-Saturn plant by Mayor Paesel and the new Chicago Bears Stadium by Trustee Wiszowaty.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nwitimes.com/uncategorized/article_dfedf4bb-e7b8-57e2-9db5-062012c15fad.html|title=Village trustee wants Bears stadium in Sauk Village|first=Larry |last=Galicia|website=nwitimes.com|date=December 5, 1990 |access-date=December 30, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813223024/http://www.nwitimes.com/uncategorized/article_dfedf4bb-e7b8-57e2-9db5-062012c15fad.html|archive-date=August 13, 2012}}</ref>

Development would finally take off in 2004 when Sauk Village marketed the property to national developers and selected DP Partners out of Reno, Nevada. In November 2004 the company entered into a development agreement with the village. In January 2005, DP Partners closed on the first {{convert|100|acre|km2}} and began development two months later. In its master plan, the company plans to spend $150 million to develop {{convert|5000000|sqft|m2}} of warehouse and manufacturing space. LogistiCenter Business Park currently occupies {{convert|325|acre|km2}} and has a {{convert|496260|sqft|m2|adj=on}} distribution facility (expandable up to 1.2 million square feet).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.logisticenter.com/sauk-village/plans |title=Flexible Plans |access-date=November 2, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120124943/http://www.logisticenter.com/sauk-village/plans/ |archive-date=November 20, 2008 }}</ref>

Winpak announced it was locating a portion packaging facility in Sauk Village, after purchasing 28.9 acres of land within the LogistiCenter development in 2011, a Class A business park.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://dermody.com/news/article-from-costar-group-winpak-buys-29-acres-at-logisticenter-at-sauk-village/ | title=Winpak Buys 29 Acres at LogistiCenter at Sauk Village | date=August 10, 2011}}</ref> The 2011 buildout was for 267,000 sqft and in 2016 Winpak completed their planned expansion to a total of 615,000 sqft. Through incentives by the State of Illinois, Cook County and Commonwealth Edison, Winpak was able to remain in Sauk Village.

Sauk Village found success in 2017 with the sale of 32 acres of land that it had owned for years at the Northwest corner of Sauk Trail and Illinois 394.  Gas-N-Wash was Sauk Village's first major commercial development in over 30 years which included a $13 million private investment.  The owners broke ground in 2018 and by June 2019 Gas N Wash owners celebrated their grand opening of their 12,000 square foot convenience store, restaurants and truck stop thanks to the Economic Development efforts of Mayor Derrick Burgess.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/SaukVillage/posts/gas-n-wash-officially-opened-in-sauk-village/10157287759395768/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/304701045767/10157287759395768 |archive-date=February 26, 2022 |url-access=limited|website=[[Facebook]]|title=Sauk Village, Illinois on Facebook }}{{cbignore}}</ref>