CASE STUDIES
- American Transmission Company
- Calpine
- CenterPoint Properties Trust
- EcoEnergy
- Florence County
- Guardian Pipeline
- Guardian Pipeline Expansion
- Invenergy Wind
- The McCartin Group
- NextEra Energy
- PrimeCo Personal Communications
- TransCanada Pipelines
- TransCanada Pipelines Expansion
- Union Pacific Railroad
- William Charles, Ltd
CenterPoint Properties Trust Services Provided
The Client
CenterPoint Properties Trust
The Issue
CenterPoint, the largest industrial property development
company in the Greater Chicago area, needed help in developing
a business park adjacent to a new railroad intermodal facility
in Rochelle, Illinois. Neil Palmer & Associates was retained to
spearhead the local effort to gain approval for CenterPoint’s
336-acre business park designed to house warehouse, distribution
and manufacturing facilities.
The Actions
• Neil Palmer designed and implemented a community leader and media information campaign.
• He served as the project’s principal spokesperson in the community.
• He led the CenterPoint negotiating team to successfully obtain annexation and zoning approvals.
• He led negotiations with the local drainage district and adjoining property owners.
• He negotiated utility extensions to serve the site.
The Results
• Development successfully annexed to the City of Rochelle
• The city’s plan commission unanimously recommend zoning approval.
• The City Council unanimously approved annexation and zoning, allowing the project to proceed.
• Site development began on schedule.
Neil Palmer provided the community and government relations expertise to help CenterPoint achieve its business objective.
