EVERETT, WA-The backpack maker moves into its North American distribution facility that is more than double the size of the old one. The new building gives the company about 30 percent more capacity for processing orders.

ORLANDO-The founder/chairman of Realvest Partners Inc. suggests developers/owners should prepare their properties for renewed demand as the national economy continues to improve in 2003. New residential construction will remain strong but the office sector will remain soft throughout next year, the developer tells GlobeSt.com.

EDEN PRAIRIE, MN-A new store in Manhattan will be on two levels, and the retailer will also go with a format two-thirds its normal 45,000-sf format in East Coast markets where land is more scarce.

SPOKANE, WA-About 4.15 million sf of the park stands in renovated WWII supply depot buildings. But for the last several years, Crown West Realty LLC has been signing build-to-suit tenants and putting up spec construction. Now, two more projects are underway.