STERLING – Menards plans to convert its former retail building at 3800 E. Lincolnway into a warehouse and distribution center, local leaders say.

Two projects are planned for the vacant building, according to a letter from Whiteside County Enterprise Zone Administrator Betty Steinert to Rock Falls Mayor David Blanton and City Clerk Bill Wescott.

The first is to convert the existing facility and build a 3,120-square-foot addition into a warehouse and distribution center that will be used to house and ship specialty furniture or other items, Steinert said.