Property Types Industrial
ProLogis Completes First Lease Transaction in Rome
May 5, 2008

ProLogis has announced that it has leased 327,000 square feet of distribution space in Rome, Italy, to Coop Italia, a major Italian supermarket chain. The customer has leased 100 percent of a recently completed distribution facility at ProLogis Park Anagni, where it plans to serve its network of retail grocery outlets throughout the greater Rome metro area. The warehouse, which is ProLogis' first in Rome, was developed using sustainable construction principles and a number of energy-efficient and environmentally friendly technologies.

 
Recent Industrial Headlines
ProLogis to Increase Presence in Fort Worth with New 2MSF Park
May 16, 2008
Later this year, Denver-headquartered ProLogis will commence development of ProLogis Park Fort Worth on a 130-acre site in the North Fort Worth submarket. At full build-out the industrial complex will encompass seven structures containing a total of 2.1 million square feet of distribution space.
In N.Y., Century-Old Metalwork Shop Gives Way to Luxury Condos
May 16, 2008 - Source: New York Times
The SoHo shop John DeLorenzo and Bro. has been deemed more valuable closed than open.
donovan Second, Third-Tier Cities New Hotspots for Corporate Development: Report
May 16, 2008
Second-, and even third-tier cities, should be on corporations’ radar screens. They are good places to locate new manufacturing plants, call centers and IT hubs, a study on corporate development hot spots has concluded.
Financing in Place for Flex Property in Poway
May 16, 2008
With a $21 million loan in hand from Wrightwood Capital, the Emri Group will acquire a 144,000-square-foot flex building in Poway, Calif., about 20 miles outside of San Diego.
New Studio to Be Built Near Hollywood
May 15, 2008
The United States' largest independent movie studio, a $125 million facility, is slated to break ground in April, 2009, with a projected 18-month construction period, Commonwealth Studios has announced.
 

 

Engaging Your Employees Essential
May 09, 2008
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth --Long gone are the days where the executive leadership of a company can remain sequestered in their offices with an internal focus on hard metrics. It is the soft metrics of customer centricity...

The Name Game: Part 3
May 02, 2008
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth --This is the third and final piece in this series on naming. The first column dealt with how to select a naming firm, the second one addressed the components that go into creating...

The Name Game, Part 2
April 25, 2008
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth --This week's column is part two in a three part series on naming. Last week's column contained advice on how to select a naming firm and today I'll address the elements that go...

The Name Game: Part 1
April 18, 2008
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth --The disciplines of branding and corporate identity have long been personal passions of mine, and nothing within this genre holds greater fascination for me than the practice of corporate naming. This column is...

Knowledge Is Power
April 11, 2008
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth --The ability of an executive to sort out who, what, why, when, where, and how while contemplating how decisions are made will largely determine the qualitative outcome of said eventual decisions. Even though...