- ProLogis has pre-leased 186,000 square feet of a new 437,000-squarefoot building in Tianjin, China, to Jinji Total Logistics, a third-party logistics service provider that serves Samsung in Asia. The facility, which is scheduled for completion early next year, will be used to distribute Samsung products within China. Samsung has a manufacturing facility just over a mile from the building.
- WOW Logistics has built a new 126,000-square-foot distribution center in Chippewa Falls, Wis. The new facility, which will serve WOW's client Premium Waters, is located across the street from two other WOW DCs. The three buildings combined provide WOW with nearly a million square feet of distribution space in Chippewa Falls.
- AMB Property Corp. has completed the first building in its AMB Morgan Business Park near the Port of Savannah, Ga. The new 347,000- square-foot facility is also the first spec building in the southeastern United States that meets the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver Standard for environmentally responsible design.
- Freight forwarder Target Logistic Services has opened a facility near the airport in Salt Lake City, Utah. The new building will allow Target to offer its full range of domestic and international supply chain services to customers moving freight through Salt Lake City. The terminal is equipped to handle high-tech components, aerospace equipment, automotive parts, and retail products.
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