The publicly traded Cott, which has kept a tight lid on thelease, is planning a midsummer occupancy at 15200 Trinity Blvd.,Kevin Santaularia, president of Dallas-based Bradford Cos.,confirms for GlobeSt.com. The beverage maker inked a 10-year leasefor the former Mattel Corp. warehouse, emptied three years ago fora build-to-suit in Fort Worth's Railhead Industrial Park.

Santaularia says the conversion of warehouse space intomanufacturing and distribution will require extensive construction.The building, positioned on 15 acres, has 77 dock doors and a30-foot clear height. Though he won't say what it took to hookCott, the building had been on the market for $2.95 per sf and it'sa safe bet that talks got aggressive with the Trammell Crow Co.team from Tampa and Dallas.

"We did what we believe was a market deal," Santaularia says,adding the leasing team passed on several requests to divvy thebuilding, owned by the Ohio State Teachers Retirement System, inhopes that a player like Cott would land on its doorstep.