Renewal by Andersen building $10 million facility

A new $10 million facility being built on the north edge of Davenport will bring more jobs to the area and help the local economy. That’s the word from company officials with Renewal by Andersen of Quad Cities, which provides replacement windows and doors, along with design and installation services.  Company leaders with Renewal by […]

A new $10 million facility being built on the north edge of Davenport will bring more jobs to the area and help the local economy. That’s the word from company officials with Renewal by Andersen of Quad Cities, which provides replacement windows and doors, along with design and installation services. 

Company leaders with Renewal by Andersen, Quad Cities Chamber officials and other local business leaders joined in a ground-breaking ceremony Wednesday morning, Nov. 16, for the company’s new building planned for 250 Research Parkway. (That site is currently an empty field across the street from the offices of Prairie Farms, and a Modern Woodmen Fraternal Financial Illinois/Iowa Northwest Region office.) Construction work on the new building could begin in the next few days and it is expected to be done in July or August 2023. “We are just super excited about this day,” Sam Heer, owner and president of Renewal by Andersen of Quad Cities, said before the ceremony. Mr. Heer added that the Davenport company, now located at 1008 W. 35th St., currently has about 25 full-time employees. The company expects to eventually have about 60 full-time workers when the new facility opens. The company president, commenting on the ongoing struggle for many companies to find employees, said that recruitment is among his companies’ top goals. “We want to be the best place for people to work. … We are in a war for talent.” Renewal by Andersen expects to leave its current location once the new building is ready. It needs the added space because “we are totally out of room” at the 35th Street site, Mr. Heer told a crowd of about 50 people gathered for the chilly celebration. Quad Cities Chamber officials were on hand to celebrate another company investing and growing in the community. “The Quad Cities Chamber was glad to join with community and city leaders to celebrate the groundbreaking of Renewal by Andersen of Quad Cities. It is great to see this QC company expanding and investing in our region’s economy,” Jennifer Walker, the chamber’s vice president of marketing and sales, said in an email statement to the QCBJ.

The company has been in the Quad Cities since January 2017. In that time, it has been doing great business and expanding every year, Mr. Heer added. Once open, the new building will have about 55,000 square feet of which about 25,000 square feet will be used for the company’s offices, warehousing and training facilities. The rest of the building will be available for other local businesses for lease, according to information from Renewal by Andersen. Brian Harry, vice president at Russell, the project’s design and building partner, told the crowd that the project will use 380 concrete trucks, more than two dozen subcontractors and include the installation of 78 windows from Renewal. “We’re really excited to be using those Andersen windows on the project,” he added. In an earlier statement, Mr. Heer said “We are building for not only our future growth but the growth of the community. This new facility will allow us to better support our growing business while offering additional employment opportunities and continued support to the community.”