Jay Cornforth, president of the eastern region for Prologis, said the company was drawn to the site despite the complications by its location three miles from Manhattan and a rare opportunity to build a huge warehouse facility.

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His company, which now employs 18 people, recently moved into a 65, 000-square-foot warehouse, ten times the size of its original facility.

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"Our office has spoken with the Dewhirst director who is keen to promote the facility and find a potential buyer for the warehouse in order to secure in excess of 100 jobs and to keep the custom-built unit in operation, " they said in a joint statement.

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In addition to storing them in their usual warehouse, in Schaumburg, Kendall would now send a phantom number of books up to the facility in Kewanee.

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