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Uline asked Kenosha officials to extend the conditional use permit for a planned distribution facility of more than 1 million square feet, citing economic uncertainty and lease extensions at its Pleasant Prairie properties.
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The Kenosha Plan Commission approved a 12-month extension, allowing Uline to delay pulling a construction permit while keeping its previously approved building plans intact.
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Uline said it still plans to develop the property and is pausing, not changing, the project.
Industrial supplies distributor Uline paused plans for a new, 1 million-square-foot distribution facility in Kenosha, Wisconsin, citing uncertainty in the economy.
At a recent City of Kenosha Plan Commission meeting, Uline’s director of construction, Brad Folkert, requested an extension of the company’s conditional use permit for the project, WISN reported.
Folkert told the commission that broader economic conditions, combined with the company’s ability to extend leases at its Pleasant Prairie properties, has reduced the immediate need to move forward with the new facility.
An image from the April 2026 request submitted to the Kenosha, Wisconsin, City Planning Commission. Image: Uline, Kenosha City Plan Commission
The commission approved a 12-month extension of the permit. Without that extension, Uline would have been required to obtain a construction permit. Folkert said the company still intends to develop the site and does not plan to alter the previously approved building plans, but is “just looking to pause for a little bit.”
Headquartered in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, Uline is a national distributor of shipping, packaging and industrial supplies and employs more than 9,000 workers, according to the company website.
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