Hitachi Transport System Ltd,, a subsidiary of consumer electronics maker Hitachi, has selected global facilities and services provider ProLogis of Denver to construct a 569,000-sf distribution center in Osaka, Japan. The five story facility, dubbed the ProLogis Parc Maishima II, is slated for completion in the second half of 2006.
Printing and prototype systems manufacturer 3D Systems Corp . is relocating its headquarters to Waterford Park in Rock Hill, S.C. The first phase of the $10-million, 75,000-sf facility will reach completion in September 2006. The developer for the project is Koll Development Co. with Choate Construction Co. as general contractor. 3D Systems will close its operations in Grand Junction, Colo., and Valencia, Calif. The next phase of the Rock Hill campus is slated for completion in late 2008.
Chesterfield, Mo.-based MiTek Industries is building a 177,600-sf machinery manufacturing facility on ten acres in the Fountain Lakes Commerce Center in St. Charles, Mo. Replacing MiTek's current Earth City plant, the new facility will feature expanded R&D and office space. The project team includes consultant Balke Brown Associates and general contractor Tarlton Corp. Completion is slated for summer of 2006. MiTek is a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
Plymouth, Mich.-based Atlas Tube, the world's largest manufacturer of hollow structural sections, is initiating construction on a $55-million manufacturing plant in Blytheville, Ark. The 450,000-sf facility will begin production in the third quarter of 2006 with full operations under way by year-end. Located near Nucor Steel Arkansas, the plant is Atlas' fifth manufacturing plant and will bring total annual production capacity up to 1.5 million tons per year.
Cobey Inc., a Clarence-based manufacturer of industrial pump systems, will build a 90,000-sf headquarters and manufacturing plant on 12 acres in the Buffalo Lakeside Commerce Park in Buffalo, N.Y. The $10-million facility will consist of 72,000-sf of manufacturing operations and 18,000 sf of office and administrative space. Construction is slated to begin in late 2005 or early 2006.
BD Medical Pharmaceutical Systems , a maker of medical technology products, will broke ground on a $33.5-million addition to its Columbus, Ohio, manufacturing plant October 13, 2005. The project is comprised of a 15,000-sf sterilization addition to the existing 230,000-sf facility and equipment to increase manufacturing and production capacity for glass drug containers. One-third of the new production capacity will be functional in one year. The sterilization facility is slated for completion in two years.
Pacific Allied Products , the largest plastics manufacturer in Hawaii, will open a 30,000-sf plant in Kapolei’s Campbell Industrial Park in October 2005. The $5-million manufacturing plant and state-of-the-art bottling equipment will enable Pacific Allied Products to triple its current annual production of 60 million bottles to over 200 million bottles. Pacific Allied Products produces bottles for Coca-Cola, Pepsi , and other companies.
Unilin Flooring is near to completing the first phase of its planned 1.1 million-sf manufacturing plant in Thomasville, N.C. Phase one, a 600,000-sf project including facilities for the press, cutting and milling, impregnation, and packaging will become operational in July 2005. Construction on a 14-dock distribution center will reach completion in August 2005.
Oiles America Corp ., a maker of self-lubricating bearings, has recently completed a 32,000-sf expansion of its Concord, N.C., plant. Built by general contractor C.M. Black Construction Co., the $2-million addition will raise employment at the facility to 100 workers. Sited in The International Business Park at Concord, the expansion of Oiles' existing 46,000-sf plant to a footprint of 78,000 sf will enable the company to relocate headquarters operations to the facility from Plymouth, Mich.
Team Specialty Products (TSP), a developer and manufacturer of mechanical and electical products for government research and development clients, broke ground in June, 2005 on a 22,000-sf addition to its existing 15,000-sf facility in Albuquerque. Located in the Sandia Science & Technology Park near Kirtland Air Force Base, the expansion will enable TSP to expand its work force from 64 to 90 employees. The addition was designed by architect Alexander Harris, with Gerald Martin as general contractor.
SteelCorr, Inc. will initiate construction of a new $650-million company headquarters and steel mill in Columbus, Miss., in June 2005. Sited on 1,400 acres next to the Golden Triangle Regional Airport, the plant will produce 1.5-million tons of flat-rolled steel annually and will employ 450. SteelCorr, formerly based in Birmingham, Ala., received a $25-million infrastructure grant from the state and a $12-million grant from Lowndes County towards the construction of the facility.
BRG Precision Products , a maker of radio synchronized time displays for government agencies, will relocate its manufacturing and shipping operations into a 43,000-sf building planned for construction in the Derby Industrial Park in Derby, Kan. The $2-million project represents a 600 percent expansion of the company's footprint. Construction is expected to begin in summer of 2005 with occupancy slated for December of the same year. BRG is currently working on a $20-million contract replacing information displays in the Pentagon.
Thales Avionics has completed the design and construction of a tenant improvement project for its two-story, 127,000-sf Irvine, Calif., facility. Located in the Irvine Spectrum Business Park, the project was designed by Irvine-based Ware Malcomb with Turelk of Long Beach, Calif., as general contractor. The facility includes a manufacturing area; R&D engineering and training space; corporate lobby; general office space; conference rooms; demonstration rooms; secure access; a vibration room; and an exterior LN2 tank.
Honeywell International broke ground in early May 2005 on a new $8-million manufacturing facility in Wichita, Kan. Located on 6.3 acres at the Wichita Mid-Continent Airport, the 57,200-sf building will consolidate area operations as well as allowing room for future expansion. The project team is comprised of Wichita-based firms Gossen Livingston Associates as architect and Dondlinger & Sons Construction as general contractor.
Germany-based VEKA Inc., a maker of vinyl frames for encasing residential windows and doors, will construct a 100,000-sf manufacturing plant in Terrell, Texas. Sited on 24.5 acres in the Metrocrest Business Park, the $6-million facility is expected to open in fall of 2005. VEKA is planning a three-phase expansion of the plant in the future which could enlarge the facility's footprint up to 500,000 sf.
