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- Joliet: The Will County Seat, is the fastest growing city in Illinois and the 15th fastest growing in the United States.
- Population within a 5-mile radius of the site is 116,000 and is expected to increase to 193,000 by the year 2012
- IDOT plans to expand IL Rt. 59 to four or five lanes by 2007
- Home Depot construction began in Spring '06
- 220,000 sq. ft. of grocery stores and 500,000 sq. ft. of other retail built in the last 5 years (1-mile radius)
- Average annual housing starts of over 1,300 units since 1995
- Shorewood: In a recent livability study conducted by Chicago Sun Times, Shorewood ranked 16 out of 153 suburbs.
- Plainfield: A March 31, 2006 Press Release from the Village of Plainfield ("Village Receives Special Census Results") reads, "As of October 27, 2005, the Village's population was 30,314 and the housing count was 10,186... The increased population illustrates the wonderful quality of life that the Village offers as well as the popularity of the region." - Jim Testin
- Will County is the 4th fastest growing county in the United States, adding 140,000 people between April 2000 and July 2005.
- Industrial and Retail development in Will County is leading the metro area with over 20 million square feet of new space added in the last two years alone.
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