Activity by air freight and third-party logistics firms looking to establish a presence in the areas around the Los Angeles ports continues to be brisk in what is otherwise a lackluster South Bay industrial market, Quinlan says.

Hong Kong-based CTSI Logistics, which moved its Los Angeles warehouse-distribution center to the Carson Town Center in January, has signed a four-year lease expansion taking an additional 17,942 sf and increasing its presence at Carson Town Center to 48,482 sf. The building, located at 21023 S. Main St., features office space, easy-access freight doors, new dock positions, and a mezzanine for future expansion. The new facility features supply chain activities such as pick/pack and cross-docking operations as well as inbound and outbound air/ocean freight consolidation. Gregg Boehm of The Klabin Co. represented CTSI.

OMS, a logistics company specializing in the importing of clothing, shoes and other garments from Asia, has signed a new five-year lease and expansion at 21175 S. Main St. One year after locating its 42,000-sf foot West Coast Distribution Center at the Carson Town Center, New York-based OMS will take an additional 53,000 sf and will occupy approximately half of the 188,360-sf building. According to its broker, OMS is taking advantage of the Asian manufacturing boom; the firm's distribution center in Carson Town Center is its gateway to the Pacific Rim. Brian Polkinghorne in the Torrance office of CB Richard Ellis represented the tenant.