Wirtz Realty Corp., developer and subsidiary of Wirtz Corp., has announced the opening of a 605,000-square-foot, multi-use office, training and distribution center on May 2. In cooperation with the Town of Cicero, Wirtz Realty redeveloped 35 of 66 acres formally known as the Sportsman’s Park Race Track into a state-of-the-art facility including corporate offices, conference centers, training facilities, 500,000 square feet of warehouse space, a public plaza, pedestrian path and commercial outlots. The tenant will be Wirtz Beverage Illinois.
In 13 months, Wirtz Realty transformed the dilapidated land, in part, into the new warehouse, which will have the capacity to hold 2.5 million cases of wine and spirits and includes a 25,000- square-foot temperature-controlled wine storage facility, the largest in the country. The advanced conveyor system sorts and moves up to 10,000 cases per hour to 39 shipping and receiving bays. Once fully transitioned, the building will serve as the central headquarters for nearly 1,000 Wirtz Beverage Illinois employees and 1,500 premier beverage products.
Two stories of corporate offices, a full gym with locker rooms for employees and a company-cafeteria, emphasizing healthy fare, also complement the facility. The Alchemy Room, designed by chefs, sommeliers and mixologists, features a commercial kitchen and demonstration bar with high-definition video screens for training, education and beverage development.
