On Monday, June 10, the Pleasant Prairie Plan Commission considered and approved Site and Operational Plans for Ta Chen International Inc. The request was made by Melissa Roman with CenterPoint Properties for a 265,298 square foot addition for the building occupied by Ta Chen International located at 8500 109th street in Lakeview Corporate Park.
Ta Chen International, Inc. (TCI) is a distributor of stainless, aluminum, and nickel alloy coils, sheets, plates, long products, tubes, and PVFs. TCI plans to expand the Pleasant Prairie facility from its current 471,645 square foot facility to a 736,943 square foot facility. Ta Chen currently employs approximately 65 employees at the Pleasant Prairie facility and currently has no definite plans to hire additional employees.
This project will include an expansion to the eastside of the existing facility, along with additional dock areas. The six existing driveway access points on the site will remain with one new proposed access driveway to 80th Avenue. The site will be expanded to provide 116 total parking spaces, including five total handicapped accessible spaces, and six new dock doors on the north and south sides of the building for a total of fourteen dock spaces for the site overall. A total of 43 additional future truck parking spaces are proposed to be constructed abutting 109th street.
Construction of the addition will begin this summer and is scheduled for completion in spring 2020.