Hood Container Corporation is beefing up its footprint on Chicago's Southwest Side, signing two industrial leases totaling about 391,560 square feet at 5750–5800 West 51st Street. The packaging manufacturer is spreading out across multiple warehouses in the Garfield Ridge and Bedford Park industrial corridor near I‑55 and Midway Airport. The deals were reported March 6, 2026.
Deal details and who brokered it
According to CoStar, Hood Container signed a pair of leases that together cover roughly 391,560 square feet at the 5750–5800 West 51st Street complex. On the brokerage side, the transactions were handled by Cushman & Wakefield’s Chicago industrial team, led locally by Director Matt Saddler and Managing Director Sally Macoicz, as noted by Cushman & Wakefield.
Property snapshot
Marketing materials and the property listing present the Garfield Ridge Industrial Property as a 391,560‑square‑foot facility on roughly 14.2 acres, built in 1974, with 10 loading docks and a 24‑foot clear height. Those details come from the market listing on LoopNet, which also showed pre‑deal availability in smaller blocks of about 44,680 to 95,165 square feet.
Where Hood Container fits
Hood Container’s own locations page lists a contract‑packaging operation at 5800 51st Street in Chicago, signaling that the company was already running converting and packaging work in the same industrial cluster before the new leases. The latest deal comes as Hood Container continues to invest across its network. Last July the company announced it would invest $118.9 million in St. Francisville, a major mill modernization project.
Market takeaway
Chicago’s logistics scene is still defined by big single‑user industrial commitments. Colliers reported that the region logged 10.7 million square feet of new leases in Q2 2025, the highest quarterly total since early 2023. That level of tenant demand helps explain why packaging and manufacturing players keep zeroing in on sites near highways and airports, a trend that is likely to keep the I‑55 and Midway corridor firmly on occupiers’ shortlists.
