ROANOKE, TX-LEGO Systems Inc. has expanded its North Americandistribution center by nearly 200,000 square feet, moving into596,000 square feet at the Alliance Global Logistics Hub, which ispart the 17,000-acre AllianceTexas development.

The Denmark-based company, which provides toys and teachingmaterials for children, currently occupies the 402,500 square-footAlliance Gateway 62 building at 400 Patriot Pkwy. LEGO first openedits Alliance distribution center in 2006. The center is managed byExel Inc., a third-party logistics company that occupies about 2.5million square feet at Alliance.

“LEGO only has one distribution facility in North America, andtheir business had grown exponentially so they ran out of space,”says Tony Creme, who represented Hillwood internally on the deal.The tenant was represented by Dan Cook of Cushman & Wakefieldof Texas.