Industrial

KINGS MOUNTAIN, NC-It took a year to find a tenant to fill the South Carolina developer's first 100,000-sf structure but company officials are confident the new space in Kings Mountain Commerce Park will be leased quickly because of current demand. The site is 20 miles west of Downtown Charlotte.

ORLANDO-Michael Heidrich, director of industrial and land sales/leasing at locally based Realvest Partners Inc., tells GlobeSt.com potential tenants continue to go after bulk distribution and office/ware/house/flex space in Orlando's 90 million-sf industrial market.

AUSTIN-The Calendar Club already has flipped the page to April when it will be moving into an extra 54,000 sf at the Expo Business Park. The deal's signed and the plans are in the works for the nationwide chain, which now occupies 124,000 sf.

WOODBRIDGE, NJ-The Gilbert organization, buying the facility it had been leasing, needed the space permanently to handle its increasing volume of business. Blau & Berg was the agency handling the transaction.

HIGH POINT, NC-The 24-acre manufacturing facility will be built across from another four-building plant operated by Brayton Co. on Swathmore Road. The estimated hard construction cost of the project is $17 million. High Point is 70 miles north of Downtown Charlotte.

TACOMA, WA-The 13.7-acre property in the heavy-industrial waterfront area here was the only such parcel that Simpson had not yet developed. The subsidiary of Seattle-based Simpson Investment Company owns about 150 acres here, including a timber mill.