The firm talked about the move some time ago, then fell silent.Five months ago, negotiations started to simmer, Dan Tatsch, seniorvice president of Hillwood Investment Properties, tellsGlobeSt.com. Now, the deal's done and White Consolidated will bemoving into the building in early January 2002. The speedy action,he says, is being pushed by a strategy to reduce operating costsand relocate closer to the region's freeway network.

White Consolidated Industries, owned by Sweden-based Electrolux,currently leases a site in Carrollton. "My understanding is thisbuilding is going to give them significant improvement in theiroperating efficiency...and reduce costs," Tatsch says.

The regional wholesale distributor of Electrolux appliances willbe joining Southwest Moulding, which moved into 182,256 sf inOctober at 3601 Pinnacle Point Dr. situated just off Interstate 30in the Dallas bounds. Tatsch says there are several proposals outfor the building's balance, but "nothing's firm yet."