Industrial

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.

PHILADELPHIA-The US sales and distribution arm of the Germany-based athletic footwear and apparel supplier fills three of five buildings owned by Aurora, CO-based ProLogis at Airpark Distribution Center on I-275 and Route 20.

ATLANTA-The 52-year-old, $8 billion Dallas-based homebuilding and financial services firm is paying about $3.2 million for the East Fox Court dirt in suburban Alpharetta, GA, across from Roberts Realty Investors Inc.'s Addison Place apartment community.

CHICAGO-Work has begun on redeveloping over 100 acres of the enormous former U.S. Steel South Works in Chicago. The site will be home to a new Solo Cup factory by 2004; a lakefront park is also under way nearby.