5400 W 35th St

5400 W 35th Street is a substantial brick industrial building on the north side of West 35th Street in Cicero, with its main work halls extending north through the block toward West 34th Street. The street front presents a traditional two-story office face with regular windows and landscaped edges, set beside a wide surface lot, while the larger warehouse volumes sit behind it. The arrangement gives the property a clear public face for staff and visitors and generous working space tucked away from the street.

The office portion occupies the front of the building across two levels. Broad windows bring natural light into the upper rooms, and the lower level connects directly with the adjoining warehouse areas so administrative work stays close to daily operations. Break rooms and restrooms are grouped near the work areas, giving crews convenient places to pause without leaving the floor.

Inside, the main floor is organized as a series of large adjoining warehouse halls with concrete floors and high ceilings that accommodate tall storage bays and wide central aisles. The open layout allows palletized goods to move efficiently from receiving through storage to staging, and roller doors at one end of the hall support dock-based loading activity. A separate finished workroom with glass-block windows and a clean, light interior provides a contrast to the main halls and suits detailed production or packing work.

One distinctive part of the plan is a cluster of enclosed cooler and freezer rooms near the center of the building, supported by adjacent storage, loading and utility spaces. Their separation from the larger dry halls allows temperature-sensitive product to be held apart from general inventory while remaining part of the same workflow. Small offices tucked within the warehouse area offer a place for supervision close to the floor.

Surface parking and open aprons at the north and south ends of the site give cars and trucks room to arrive, park and maneuver around the building. Sited between two east-west streets with frontage near South 54th Avenue, the property fits the established industrial fabric of central Cicero and offers a practical base for storage, distribution and operations that need both large dry halls and separate cooler and freezer rooms.