Industry in Gladstone Park
Industry in Gladstone Park is concentrated primarily on N. Northwest Highway, which is commonly regarded as its Industrial Corridor. The gamut of its concerns ranges from metal fabricators to food producers and importers to commercial printers. A few are particularly worth mentioning. The Aeronautical Electric Company, 5656 N. Northwest Highway, which makes specialized lighting systems, and Midwest Swiss Embroidery/Screen Printing, 5590 N. Northwest Highway, are long-standing members of the community that have been in business since 1944 and 1950 respectively.
With industrial land remaining more affordable in Gladstone Park as compared to that in denser areas of Chicago, seasoned small manufacturers and importers – as well as entrepreneurs with new ideas – find their business prospects more viable in this small sub-community of Jefferson Park than almost anywhere else in the city. And because there are an unusually large number of smaller properties along N. Northwest Highway’s industrial corridor, many operations need only limited amounts of capital investment to set up for success in Gladstone Park.
For a description of how the industrial corridor got established in the community from the 1920s onward, go to Industrial Development in the History section.
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