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Yorkville ready to expand Beecher and Faxon roads for CyrusOne data center · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Yorkville ready to expand Beecher and Faxon Roads for cyrus
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  Speaker 1: Ie Data center. Written by Joey Weslow. This article is
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  Speaker 1: being read by an automated voice brought to you by Everlett.
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  Speaker 1: The City of Yorkville has made the final property acquisitions
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  Speaker 1: for multiple roadway expansions necessary for the two hundred and
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  Speaker 1: twenty eight acre cyrus Ie Data Center. While the city
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  Speaker 1: is covering the upfront costs, all the costs will eventually
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  Speaker 1: be paid by the developer. According to city officials, both
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  Speaker 1: Beecher and Faxon Roads are being expanded and reconstructed to
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  Speaker 1: enable greater access to the site, especially for the significant
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  Speaker 1: amount of construction trucks, tractors, and machinery. The eight single
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  Speaker 1: story warehouses for the data center will be located at
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  Speaker 1: the northeast corner of Faxon Road and Elbmain Road. The
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  Speaker 1: project is part of the city's vision to transition the
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  Speaker 1: Eldamain Corridor from mostly agricultural properties to an industrial and
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  Speaker 1: manufacturing hub. The City Council approved a sixty eight thousand,
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  Speaker 1: three hundred and twenty three dollars acquisition of a one
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  Speaker 1: point five to seven acre parcel to expand Faxon Road.
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  Speaker 1: The property was acquired from the Brummel family Trust. The
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  Speaker 1: city council also approved a thirty nine thousand, seven hundred
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  Speaker 1: and fifty dollars acquisition of a zero point five to
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  Speaker 1: three acre parcel to expand Beecher Road. The property was
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  Speaker 1: acquired from the Robert Ildefonsa Living Trust LOFTUS. During the
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  Speaker 1: July twenty eighth City Council meeting, city officials said these
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  Speaker 1: two acquisitions are likely the last needed for the necessary
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  Speaker 1: roadway expansions. The property acquisitions come in the wake of
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  Speaker 1: the city imposing new sound limits and water usage requirements
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  Speaker 1: for cyrus Ie. The city also recently announced it is
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  Speaker 1: no longer providing a few million dollars in tax incentives
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  Speaker 1: to cyrus One. The developers also recently came to terms
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  Speaker 1: with the new development agreement that includes the developers paying
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  Speaker 1: the city fifteen million dollars up front on the issuance
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  Speaker 1: of the first building permit. At previous city meetings, several
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  Speaker 1: residents have voice concerns about possible noise pollution, especially during
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  Speaker 1: the potentially lengthy ten to twenty year construction period. Residents
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  Speaker 1: also question whether the city's studies accurately reflected the comprehensive
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  Speaker 1: noise effect of multiple data center projects being under construction
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  Speaker 1: at the same time, namely the one thousand, thirty four
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  Speaker 1: acre Project Cardinal and the five hundred forty acre Project
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  Speaker 1: Steel data centers in residential areas. The city limits sound
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  Speaker 1: pollution to sixty decibels during the day and fifty decibels
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  Speaker 1: at night. Sound pollution from a typical highway usually ranges
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  Speaker 1: from seventy eighty decibels received at nearby properties. Construction at
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  Speaker 1: the site began earlier this spring. Roadway improvements are expected
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  Speaker 1: to be completed by November thirtieth, twenty twenty five, and
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  Speaker 1: the railroad crossing work is expected to be completed by
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  Speaker 1: November thirtieth, twenty twenty eight. The developer said each building
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  Speaker 1: will take eighteen months to complete. The first building is
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  Speaker 1: expected to be up and running by the end of
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  Speaker 1: the first quarter of twenty twenty eight. Cyrus One is
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  Speaker 1: a Texas based development company. Cyrus Ie and Greendor Capital
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  Speaker 1: were involved in another project in town, a one hundred
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  Speaker 1: and twenty eight acre data center, which is no longer
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  Speaker 1: moving forward, according to city officials.