Industrial

WARREN, MI-A former tank factory, measuring more than 1 million sf, is on the verge of beginning a new life as a home to automotive suppliers and manufacturers, according to its redeveloper.

CHARLOTTE-The city owns and controls the 3.3-acre old convention center site that has been in limbo since the new convention center opened in 1995.

LINCOLNTON, NC-This North Carolina sector, some 40 miles northwest of Charlotte, is flourishing these days by giving tax breaks to new or expanding companies.

ATLANTA-EHCA hopes to get an OK from the state to serve the affluent, growing north metro Atlanta population.

LIVERMORE, CA- Located along the 580 corridor, construction of the four-building Copper Hill Business Park is expected to break ground in the beginning of next year. As things stand currently, the first three buildings have already been approved by the Planning Commission, with final approval of the last building expected by January.

ORLANDO-Greg Hughes' Chesapeake Logistics Inc. of Tampa, FL is paying $31 million for the assets of 500,000-sf Mid-Florida Freezer Warehouses Ltd. in Port Canaveral, 60 miles east of Downtown. Mid-Florida Freezer officials concealed from Federal inspectors and later sold contaminated drums of fruit juice over a 30-year period, the government charged.

ORANGEBURG, NY-Lord Baltimore Capital Group has sold a two-building, 378,000-sf warehouse/distribution facility here to Rockland Realty Holding Corp.

ORLANDO-The California computer maker's federal court lawsuit alleges locally-based Dacanay Consulting and two Clearwater, FL companies resold counterfeit software.