Industrial

VAN NUYS, CA-The buyer is doubling the size of his business from current operations in Burbank, Calif. The building is in a new business park crafted from a former aerospace facility.

ORLANDO-The triple-B rating from triple-B-plus comes as the New York-based bond-ranking agency worries the sale of the county's refunding revenue bonds could be affected by the civil lawsuit Lake has filed against Fairfield, NJ-based Covanta Energy Corp. to regain control of the 13-year-old, 100-acre incinerator complex near Okahumpka, FL.

DALLAS-Southwest Bindery signs the deal with EastGroup Properties as a result of "aggressive" negotiations that end in a 10-year contract. The inbound tenant exits 40,000 sf for the expansion move and state-of-the-art equipment.

CYPRESS, CA-The manufacturing company inks a 62-month lease for industrial space at 6185 Phyllis Dr. The new tenant is joining current occupants Foxconn and GTECH in the facility.

PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL-Prison REIT Correctional Properties Trust files a universal shelf registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The registration statement allows the company to offer $250 million of its common stock, debt securities and warrants.

VALHALLA, NY-Westchester County government held an informational session nearby its one million-square-foot proposed biomedical research park on the Grasslands campus that attracted a host of commercial real estate development and health care firms.