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SAN FRANCISCO-AMB Property Corp. is adding to its developmentand investment portfolios with major projects in the NorthwesternUS, Canada and France. Over the past several weeks, the publiclytraded air cargo REIT has made significant acquisitions in Seattleand San Francisco and launched major developments in Toronto, Milanand Paris.

In Milan, AMB secured a land position that it says will allowentry into the Milan market with an expected 1.3 million-sfmulti-phase development. The site is located south of the citycenter along route SP40 in Siziano, between the A1 motorway(connecting Milan to Bologna) and the A7 route to Genoa. AMB alsolaunched development of a 590,100-sf distribution centerapproximately seven miles north of Paris and four miles south ofCharles de Gaulle International Airport. The $51-million projectwill expand AMB's near the airport to about 1.6 million sf.