Sussex-based Quad/Graphics Inc. is making plans to build a $14 million, 225,000-square-foot expansion of its 900,000-square-foot plant in West Allis at 555 S. 108th St. The project was recently approved by the city’s plan commission. However, the company also is considering expansion of its plants in Virginia and Nevada and may expand one of this facilities instead.
Sussex-based Quad/Graphics Inc. is making plans to build a $14 million, 225,000-square-foot expansion of its 900,000-square-foot plant in West Allis at 555 S. 108th St. The project was recently approved by the city’s plan commission.
However, the company also is considering expansion of its plants in Virginia and Nevada and may expand one of those facilities instead, said Quad/Graphics spokeswoman Claire Ho. A decision will be made in the next month about which facility to expand, she said.
The company’s West Allis facility is located northwest of Highway 100 and Theodore Trecker Road, just south of a Colder’s store and is near the Zoo Interchange. The building addition would be used for production and warehousing, with some space for offices, mechanical support equipment and finishing and printing operations.
Quad would add an additional 80 employees at the plant if it is expanded.
Truck traffic at the building is expected to increase by about 15 percent if the facility is expansion.
If the project moves forward, construction for the addition would begin in the spring. The project would consist of a 195,000-square-foot, 35-foot high addition with a mezzanine, bringing the total size to 225,000 square feet. The addition would also have a 40-foot high penthouse on top of the north end of the building, with a total height of 75 feet, the equivalent of a seven-story building.
