09.11.2015

Illini Hi-Reach moves headquarters

Chicago area rental company Illini Hi-Reach has opened its fourth location and new headquarters in Crown Point, North West Indiana.

The company, founded in 1993, is moving from its current headquarters in Lamont, Illinois, on the South West side of Chicago, which will continue in operation, but now as its second largest location. Other branches are in East Dundee, North West of Chicago and South Beloit, northern Illinois.

The Company broke ground on the new facility - which occupies a six acre site, close to the I-65 Interstate highway - in July 2014. The new buildings cover almost 3,300 square metres, including an eight bay workshop with 20 tonne overhead crane, external wash down bays, and multiple charging stations for battery powered lifts.
The offices occupy over 500 square metres of the space. The company originally said that it was investing $13.6 million in the new facilities and has also received some short term tax incentives to locate in the area.
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The new Crown Point facilities just as they were completed

Owner Larry Workman said: "I live in Lowell, but Crown Point has the proximity to Interstate 65, which places all our locations about an hour apart. We can go from southern Wisconsin through northern Illinois and Northwest Indiana, and we hope to go to southwestern Michigan, making us a true multistate player".

"The location is ideal for a company like us because we need a large shop to do equipment maintenance and outside space for machine storage. It is the building we should have had as the first location, but it turns out to be the latest”.

Illini HI-Reach runs a large, predominantly JLG fleet of boom and scissor lifts, along with telehandlers.