Oregon Industrial Sites Attracting Interest

PORTLAND-Interest in Oregon’s industrial spaces has picked up in the last four weeks, as five companies have approached state and/or local officials seeking significant chunks of land or available space to ramp up manufacturing and distribution operations.

Combined, these companies are seeking more than 100 acres of land and 600,000 sf of buildings. Better yet, they’re looking to close deals soon in order to be operating by late 2001 or early 2002.

The names of the companies are kept off the email alerts sent out by conomic development officials, and brokers or property owners submit offers based on what detail is provided. That detail points to a lot of activity in the coming months, despite the economic slowdown.