Precise Food Ingredients, a spice manufacturer, has added 40,748sf of contiguous warehouse space to its long-time operations hub inthe 221,400-sf Frankford Trade Center III at 1432 Wainwright Way."We'd been talking to them for a long time about an expansion,"Jeff Thornton, senior leasing broker for the Indianapolis-basedDuke Realty Corp., tells GlobeSt.com. "The need finally becamegreat enough."

In addition, USFI Inc. has tapped 49,345 sf and Brandt AffixingInc. grabbed 35,641 sf in Frankford Trade Center III. "Basically,we took the building from 46% occupancy to 100% occupancy in a20-day period," Thornton confides. The Frankford Center dealsfilled the last holes from last year's 85,000-sf hit by UltimateElectronics Inc.

Thornton says dealmakers inked stair-stepped, seven-year leasesfor USFI and Brandt. Brandt, like Precise Food Ingredients, hasjust turned on lights to its new warehouse space, doubling in sizewith the move from 1625 Crescent Dr. in Carrollton. USFI, withlocations along Ford Road and Royal Lane, hasn't penciled itsmove-in as yet on Duke's calendar.