Metro Edge Development Partners, a commercial real estate development firm and Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), announced it has finalised agreements with Corgan, Clune Construction, Power Construction and Ujamaa Construction to design and build its state-of-the-art data centre in the Illinois Medical District (IMD). They join T5 Data Centers as the team that will design, construct and operate the data centre.
“Metro Edge was founded as a firm focused on high-impact, technology-driven developments that have a positive impact on the market and the local community,” said Bradley Beile, COO of Metro Edge. “We are thrilled to have best-in-class partners like Corgan, Clune, Power and Ujamaa working with us to design and construct this facility. It is a testament to not only their belief in this project, but also the importance of the development and the positive impact it will have on the West Side.”
The US$257 million data centre is expected to break ground in 2023 and open in 2024. Metro Edge has announced the company secured a 75-year ground lease on a 1.97-acre parcel in the IMD to build and operate a 19.8 Megawatt, five-storey, 184,720 sq ft high-performance data centre that will address the technology infrastructure needs of local and regional healthcare, financial, educational and government organisations. The facility has already secured 50% preleasing.
