Industrial

HOUSTON-Emser Tile of Los Angeles makes a second expansion move in two years, signing for a 112,000-sf warehouse owned by Chicago-based First Industrial Realty Trust. The commercial tile supplier more than doubles its warehouse space with the new deal.

PHILADELPHIA-Although net absorption of industrial space remains negative, overall industrial vacancy in the four suburban counties is 10.5%, and direct vacancy is 9.6%, a range that has held for the past seven quarters.

DETROIT-The Michigan Economic Development Corp. agrees to arrange tax-increment financing for brownfields in three Michigan cities, where more than $350 million in private investment is expected to follow.

PORTLAND-A division of freight hauler Schneider National takes one-third of the smaller building at the first phase of Rivergate Corporate Center, a 488,000-sf speculative project by Multi-Employer Property Trust. A 400,000-sf user may soon help launch the 607,000-sf second phase of the development.

LONDON-Denver-based ProLogis, the world's largest industrial REIT, will develop two build-to-suit distribution facilities for Ahold Polska for a total of 614,618 sf in Piotrksw and Bedzin, two key Polish distribution markets.

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ-The Post Office is looking to replace its existing 65-year-old local facility with a new 28,000-sf complex that would include 6,000 sf for its retail unit.