"It's in place and ready to go as soon as they do a deal," saysMichael Pyles, the point man for Dallas/Fort Worth InternationalAirport board's drive to expand FTZ 39. The decision gives addednegotiating leverage to developers for their distribution centersand warehouses in and around the Union Pacific intermodal yard insouthern Dallas County. The zone is classified as a second site soit's a wide open prairie instead of being structured as a subzone,which is tenant-specific.

Pyles tells GlobeSt.com that the six landowners in the expansionarea paid a pro-rata share based on acreage to cover the $200,000tab to expand FTZ 39 from 574 acres to nearly 3,200 acres. SanDiego-based Allen Group is the largest stakeholder, having added1,949 acres to its previously approved 1,303 acres ofFTZ-designated land in the Dallas Logistics Hub. Sunridge BusinessPark's owner, Wilmer-Pleasant Run LP of Dallas, got approval for434 acres; Dalport Business Park, now owned by Chicago-based FirstIndustrial, put in 356 acres; ProLogis 20/35 Park, owned byDenver-based ProLogis, paid for 175 acres; Crossroads Trade Center,a project of Fort Worth-based Hillwood, locked in 112 acres;Lancaster's airport board secured 50 acres; and Indianapolis-basedDuke Realty Corp. added 32 acres in Duke Intermodal Park. The landblock straddles the cities of Hutchins, Wilmer, Lancaster andDallas' southernmost tip, where several million sf of spec productis rising or proposed, including the Allen Group's first twobuildings, totaling 827,850 sf, at 4800 and 4900 Langdon Rd.

"We do have others showing interest," Pyles says. "We probablywill do an expansion in the future if they go through the hoopsthese people did."