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1.19 Acres · Zoned Commercial · Enterprise Zone · Busiest Undeveloped intersection in town

This up and coming commercial property is the last undeveloped commercial property at a traffic signal in Benton, Illinois. It is over 52,000 square feet that currently houses two rented homes generating $1,300 in monthly income. This property is located in one of the towns busiest intersections that leads to other local towns such as McLeansboro, Illinois and Mt. Vernon, Illinois. It currently has nearly 10,000 cars a day pass in front of this location making it Benton’s busiest undeveloped intersection.

     Illinois Department of Transportation’s plans to widen this road, make it a great location for more traffic to come through allowing better access to trucks and better options for expansion of other local businesses.

      With a booming tourism effort, we have over 3.6 Million visitors come to Rend Lake for Hunting, Fishing, Trails, State Parks, Camping, Restaurants, water sports, and more.

     In conjunction with Rend Lake Tourism, Benton also has a lot to offer to visitors. This includes visits to The Historic Franklin County Jailhouse Museum, The Historic Franklin County Garage and the beautiful Benton City Park that is line with gardens, play equipment, tennis courts, basketball courts, baseball diamonds, and outdoor grilling and picnic areas.

     With a large road front access and highly visible road traffic, the possibilities are virtually unlimited for the types of businesses that could develop this property. Great ideas for use would include fuel stations, restaurants, medical offices, and much more. For more information on exact zoning conditions, please see our page on B-2 Zoning in the downloadable packet at the top of this page. 

     Also, in an effort to build economical advances, the city of Benton offers benefits for new businesses and growing businesses. Some of the bonuses include a property tax freeze for building a new business in the enterprise zone along with no sales tax on building materials for your business.

     This property allows easy access to interstate through 2 separate routes. One through a rural setting on route 37 to Route 154 and the other directly through downtown Benton to West Main Street.

This property is being offered at a deal for a huge potential investment.