Illini Hi-Reach Moves Headquarters to Crown Point

An Illinois construction equipment rental and distribution company is moving its headquarters to Northwest Indiana, closer to the Lowell home of its president, Larry Workman.

Illini Hi-Reach, which is one of the biggest independent aerial rental firms in the country, recently opened up a new location, its fourth, on a 6-acre site at 520 E. 110th Ave. in Crown Point, right off of Interstate 65. The company, which rents, sells and services lifts to construction firms building bridges or anything tall, built a new 30,000-square-foot building and furnished it with new aerial lift equipment.

The family owned company, which was founded by Workman, has been in business since 1993 and has locations in East Dundee, South Beloit and Lemont, all in Illinois. Workman is moving the headquarters from Lemont, where the branch will remain open, to Crown Point partly to avoid an hour-and-a-half commute every day.

Illini Hi-Reach also wanted to strengthen its presence in Northwest Indiana, where it's been active for 20 years. The company has been involved in several huge Northwest Indiana projects, including blast furnace relines, construction of Majestic Star Casino, and expansion of the Praxair plant in East Chicago. The firm does a lot of business here with construction firms, trade unions, steel mills and refineries, but it was a trek on the Borman between Portage and Lemont.

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