FedEx SmartPost, a subsidiary of FedEx Ground, is opening a sorting facility in Southaven to serve a growing business-to-consumer base, a group of customers it owes almost entirely to the power of online shopping.

SmartPost signed a five-year lease on 150,527 square feet in the DeSoto Trade Center Building III at 4325 Executive Drive in Southaven.

By early October, it intends to have about 80 full- and part-time employees at the facility, gearing up for the peak holiday season.

"Business is consistently growing," said Ward Strang, SmartPost president and chief executive. "We're offering a tremendous product that fits well with the ...

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FedEx SmartPost, a subsidiary of FedEx Ground, signed a 150,527-square-foot lease with Hillwood Investment Properties at DeSoto Trade Center Building Three in Southaven.

Originally founded in 1998 as Parcel Direct, FedEx Corp. purchased FedEx SmartPost in 2004 from Quad/Graphics, Inc., for $120 million.

The company consolidates and delivers high volumes of low-weight, less time-sensitive packages to residences, using the U.S. Postal Service for final delivery. SmartPost only accepts packages up to 70 pounds.

Colliers Wilkinson Snowden chairman Dan Wilkerson, Colliers Management Services LLC president Brad Kornegay and The ...

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The joint-powers Inland Valley Development Agency, which oversees funding for San Bernardino International Airport, on Wednesday approved the transfer of $19 million to complete the ongoing airport terminal renovation project.

Funds will be transferred from the agency's debt service fund to its capital projects fund, and will go toward improvements including parking and security additions.

The agency and the San Bernardino International Airport Authority also approved a resolution to seek a $14 million non-secured loan from CMB Infrastructure Investment Group for phase three of previously approved projects related to the terminal renovation, including road improvements and ...

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The rumors are still flying that the Jonas Brothers — the hot teen pop group — may be the newest residents in Tarrant County. Now come reports they may be asked to do some real flying.

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WESTLAKE, Texas -- The Jonas Brothers reportedly bought a house in a Dallas-Fort Worth suburb - and some young neighbors sound thrilled.

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WESTLAKE — Ohmygod! The Jonas Brothers are moving to North Texas? For real?

Tarrant County records indicate that members of the Jonas Brothers – the brother band turned pop cult craze – granted power of attorney to their mother, Denise Jonas, for the purpose of buying a six-bedroom house in Vaquero, a gated community in Westlake. The documents were signed June 12.

The real estate agent who listed the house on Wisteria Way at more than $2.8 million confirmed Monday that it had been sold but said the contract prohibited her from commenting further. At least one resident reported spotting the Jonas Brothers at Vaquero.

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Property around the former Norton Air Force Base is expected to begin attracting retail and other commercial development projects within next three to five years as the San Bernardino International Airport grows, according to airport officials.

Open parcels along Third and Fifth streets, along with some select properties along Tippecanoe Avenue, should start attracting restaurants and convenience stores, said Bill Ingraham, the airport's aviation director.

Nearby retail areas, such as Hospitality Lane in San Bernardino and the unincorporated area in Redlands that includes Citrus Plaza, will probably attract more commercial development before the airport does, Ingraham said. ...

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WESTLAKE, TX-With the dust now settling over the land deal, Deloitte LLP is eyeing a first-quarter 2009 groundbreaking on its first leadership and development center in the world. The $300-million initiative will create a resort-style oasis on 107 acres at the center of Hillwood's Circle T Ranch.

Jon Eisele, partner in the New York City-based global firm, says the design work should be done by late fall for the 750,000-sf to 800,000-sf development portal for its worldwide team. The decision-making process for the location began in January 2007, with six or seven cities in the Central US and Midwest vying for the win.

Sources tell GlobeSt.com that the best and final ended five ...

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Consulting and auditing firm Deloitte LLP said it will invest $300 million to build a state-of-the-art learning and leadership development center in Westlake.

Construction on the new facility will begin in 2009 and the center is expected to open in 2011.

As reported in March by the Dallas Business Journal ("Deloitte eyes Circle T Ranch"), the 750,000-square-foot campus will have 800 guest rooms. New York-based Deliotte said the facility will serve as a central destination for everyone from its new hires to senior leadership to convene for learning and leadership development.

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Developer Hillwood said Monday that accounting giant Deloitte LLP will spend $300 million to build a conference and learning center in Westlake.

Construction will start next year on the 750,000-square-foot campus, which will open in 2011. Deloitte's project will be built on 300 acres in Hillwood's Circle T Ranch near Fidelity Investment's regional campus.

The complex – which will include 800 guest accommodations, dining facilities, a ballroom, business center, recreational facilities and a fitness center – will be used by the accounting firm to train its professionals.

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Six buildings totaling more than 2 million square feet, including an 801,581-square-foot facility for Michelin, have been completed at InterChange Business Center.

The center is located next to the west side of Interstate 215, roughly two miles north of the 210 Freeway in San Bernardino.

The buildings were completed by Dallas-based Hillwood, a Perot-owned company and commercial-residential real-estate developer.

Mike Daley, a longtime Colliers International broker who died in 2006, was honored as part of the grand opening of the 144-acre business park by having a street - Mike Daley Drive - named after ...

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SAN BERNARDINO, CA-Texas-based Hillwood Properties has opened its two-million-sf InterChange Business Center, a 144-acre project comprising six recently completed industrial buildings. The center, which includes an 801,581-sf build-to-suit for Michelin, includes a street named Mike Daley Drive that was dedicated in honor of the late Colliers International broker who represented InterChange Business Center and other Hillwood projects in the Inland Empire during his 28 years as a commercial real estate broker, primarily working in the San Bernardino area.

Five of the buildings at InterChange Business Center have been certified to meet LEEDS standards and are some of the first industrial buildings in the Inland Empire to earn such ...

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San Bernardino's InterChange Business Center was unveiled in a grand opening Thursday.

The industrial project, developed by Hillwood Development Co., consists of six buildings totaling more than 2 million square feet, including an 801,581 square-foot warehouse and distribution center built for Michelin.

InterChange Business Center is the result of a pubic-private partnership between San Bernardino's Economic Development Agency and Hillwood.

SAN BERNARDINO - The planned construction of a new office for a health-care organization and a newly opened business complex could be worth more than 2,000 jobs here.

Thursday morning, a few dozen people attended a groundbreaking for Inland Regional Center's new administrative building, set to be built near Orange Show Road and Waterman Avenue.

Dallas-based developer Hillwood Investment Properties held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its InterChange Business Center the same day. The 144-acre complex is about two miles north of where the 210 and 215 freeways meet.

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SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – As part of the grand opening today of the 144-acre InterChange Business Center, Mike Daley Drive will be dedicated in honor of the former Colliers International broker who passed away in 2006. Six buildings totaling more than 2 million square feet, including an 801,581 square-foot build-to-suit for Michelin, have been completed at InterChange Business Center, which is located along the west side of Interstate 215 approximately 2 miles north of the new interchange with Interstate 210 in San Bernardino, Calif.

      Daley, who is survived by his wife and three children, represented the development, as well as other Hillwood projects in the Inland Empire. He spent ...

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SAN BERNARDINO, CA-Texas-based Hillwood has hired Brian Wilson, who most recently manager of commercial development for LNR Property Corp., as marketing and development director for its projects in Southern California. John Magness, senior vice president of Hillwood Investment Properties, says that the firm has hired Wilson for his experience with large-scale industrial projects, as well as a variety of product types, as Hillwood continues its ambitious development program in the region.

Hillwood is in the midst of its most aggressive building program in the Inland Empire with plans to develop 12 industrial buildings totaling 5.7 million sf by the end of this year. The projects is is developing in the Inland Empire include ...

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Hillwood recently purchased 69 acres in Jacksonville, Fla. to build a 601,500 square-foot speculative building. Construction will start immediately with a delivery date of early fourth quarter 2008. Located on the city’s Westside, West Point Trade Center is in a prime logistics location near the port of Jacksonville and within two miles of the CSX Intermodal rail facility and the Interstate 295/10 interchange.

“Hillwood believes Jacksonville’s demographic location within the Southeast, excellent highway and rail infrastructure, burgeoning seaport, pro-business civic leadership, and abundance of labor make Jacksonville the ideal place for companies to locate their Southeastern U.S regional distribution ...

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An Ohio warehousing and distribution company has leased part of a 1.1 million-square-foot building on the grounds of the former Norton Air Force Base, according to a news release.

ODW Logistics Inc. will occupy roughly half of the building, which is part of Hillwood Development Corp.'s warehousing redevelopment at the former base.

The building was originally constructed to accommodate an expansion by Pep Boys. The company occupies the other half of the building.

John Ness, ODW's president, said in a news release the location positions his company to have better access to the Inland region and companies on the western edge of ...

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SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – Hillwood has leased 339,980 square feet in Westgate Building One in its AllianceCalifornia development in San Bernardino to ODW Logistics, a Columbus, Ohio-based provider of logistics and transportation services.

      “As well as being complimentary to our facility in Chino, California, this new location now positions ODW in the Inland Empire region of Southern California to service port-focused markets on the western edge of the Inland Empire,” said John Ness, president of ODW Logistics, Inc. “In addition, it also positions us to service Eastern Inland Empire markets seeking a closer proximity to eastern shipping points at lower real estate operating ...

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Rialto's quest to upgrade its image and its economy ran into a little trouble this year as the housing market slowed down.

But the region's growth and four new miles of freeway frontage along the 210 Freeway make it a crucial time for the city.

"I do think that we have a great potential for being just a great city to live in," Councilwoman Winnie Hanson said of the city's future.

Plans for Renaissance Rialto, a 1,500-acre master-planned development that would replace Rialto's airport along the 210 Freeway, changed to replace some of the housing with industrial.

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Ontario or LAX - which is it?

San Bernardino County residents ask that same question when it comes to deciding which airport to use.

But the day isn't far off when families can say, "What about SBIA?"

San Bernardino International Airport - site of the former Norton Air Force Base - is turning out to be quite a transportation hub.

Airport officials are dreaming of a freight and passenger airline magnet that global businesses and local residents won't be able to pass up.

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Rialto's quest to upgrade its image and its economy ran into a little trouble this year as the housing market slowed down.

But the region's growth and four new miles of freeway frontage along the 210 Freeway make it a crucial time for the city.

"I do think that we have a great potential for being just a great city to live in," Councilwoman Winnie Hanson said of the city's future.

Plans for Renaissance Rialto, a 1,500-acre master-planned development that would replace Rialto's airport along the 210 Freeway, changed to replace some of the housing with industrial.

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RIALTO - For 60 years, small aircraft have taken off and landed at Rialto Municipal Airport, but plans call for the aviation operation to move to San Bernardino International Airport and for the city to sell the property for creation of a vast residential, retail and industrial project.

The city Redevelopment Agency would sell 482 acres to the developers, who also have purchased other airport-adjacent land from private owners to create a 1,510-acre project called Renaissance Rialto.

On Tuesday night, the Rialto City Council -- Mayor Grace Vargas was absent -- approved the developer's revised master plan for building 2,118 homes and 14.7 million square feet of industrial ...

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RIALTO - The project this city has pinned its hopes on for a better future will not only be delayed, but could also be in for a complete overhaul.

The weak housing market - August home sales in the region were 37 percent below average - has delayed the Renaissance Rialto project and could alter the character of Rialto's 210 Freeway corridor.

"We may be considering some more radical changes," said Robb Steel, the city's economic development director.

Recently, the project's developers, a partnership between the Lewis Group and Texas-based Hillwood, have considered replacing some or all of the housing in the 1,500-acre mixed-use ...

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Flower Mound residents will soon notice two new buildings being built in the Lakeside Business District.Hillwood Development has begun construction on the second phase of projects which consists of creating 333,372 and 456,950 square-foot buildings. The two buildings, which will be located in the Lakeside Trade Center, are expected to be complete by December.The Lakeside Trade Center is a business park within the Lakeside Business District.Hillwood began developing in the Lakeside Trade Center in 2002.“To us, it speaks to the strength of the market. We look forward to the added economic development it will bring to the town. Hillwood has more than satisfied their incentive obligations on the first phase of this project and continues to be a tremendous development partner,” said ...

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SAN BERNARDINO - For a city striving to build its middle- class employment base, industrial development in northern San Bernardino is a give-and-take situation.

The sight of gigantic concrete walls being raised along the west side of the 215 Freeway is most likely just the beginning of development, bringing with it a fresh supply of jobs.

Huge distribution centers and truck fleets are popping up all over, while other land parcels are sporting "for sale" signs.

But the open space that once filled the Verdemont neighborhood of the city is slowly disappearing.

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Hillwood has built millions of square feet of warehouse and distribution space, developed acres of homes and brought such retailers as Cabela's to the Metroplex.

Now it is branching out again, into the apartment market.

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FLOWER MOUND, TX-Hillwood has begun construction on the final two buildings at Lakeside Trade Center, a five-building warehouse-distribution complex on 137 acres in this rapidly growing city about 20 miles northwest of Dallas. The buildings, which are slated for completion in December, will total nearly 800,000 sf, bringing the project total to about 2.2 million sf.

“These are pure spec plays,” says David Pelletier, director of communications for the Dallas-based developer.

“The three buildings that have been built are 100% leased. The market here is very strong right now.”

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Developer Hillwood has begun construction on two industrial buildings in Flower Mound.

The speculative buildings contain more than 790,000 square feet and are located in the Lakeside Trade Center near Lakeside Parkway and Enterprise Drive.

Robert Lynn Co. is marketing the project, which is scheduled to open in December.

Hillwood is developing the warehouses because "Lakeside Trade Center has proven to be one of the top locations for distribution centers in North Texas," senior vice president Dan Tatsch said in a statement.

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Hillwood said Tuesday it has begun construction on two buildings in Lakeside Trade Center in Flower Mound.

The 333,372-square-foot Lakeside Trade Center 4 building and the 456,950-square-foot Lakeside Trade Center 5 are expected to be completed in December.

The 137-acre Lakeside Trade Center, just north of the intersection of Lakeside Parkway and Enterprise Drive, already has three buildings totaling 1.4 million square feet. The buildings are 100-percent leased. Best Buy, Maytag, Stacy Furniture and Excel Logistics are among the nine companies housed in the development. Combined, those companies employ about 400 workers. ...

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FLOWER MOUND, Texas -- Hillwood has begun construction on the 333,372 square-foot Lakeside Trade Center 4 building and the 456,950 square-foot Lakeside Trade Center 5 building in its Lakeside Trade Center development in Flower Mound, Texas. The two new speculative buildings, which are located just north of the intersection of Lakeside Parkway and Enterprise Drive, will be completed in December 2007.

      Hillwood now has more than 5 million square feet of commercial space under construction in North Texas. This includes close to 2 million square feet that are under construction at Alliance, 1.3 million square feet that are under construction at Victory and the recently announced ...

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Fueled by growth in one of the suburbs surrounding DFW International Airport, Hillwood Investment Properties has begun construction on two buildings totaling 790,000 square feet within the Lakeside Trade Center in the Dallas suburb of Flower Mound, Texas. Plans call new buildings to house flex-office and/or flex-warehouse facilities. Financials on the project were not disclosed.The 137-acre Lakeside Trade Center development currently includes three buildings totaling 1.4 million square feet that are 100 percent occupied. The development has attracted nine companies that employ approximately 400 workers. Tenants include Best Buy, Maytag, Stacy Furniture and Exel Logistics. Hillwood began developing Lakeside Trade Center in ...

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When a Texas developer presented a proposal to redevelop the former Norton Air Force Base, local officials thought they had found the key to replacing the jobs that vanished when the military shuttered the base 15 years ago.

But seven years later, the plan by Hillwood Development Corp. -- which originally called for turning San Bernardino International Airport into a multiuse cargo hub complete with railroad and air components -- has brought about 1,500 jobs to the former base, far fewer than the 10,000 that existed there when the Air Force had the property.

The airport was unable to attract any major cargo operations and the more ambitious parts of Hillwood's plan were ...

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Two decades ago, Norton Air Force Base in San Bernardino was the center of a vibrant military community, pumping millions of dollars into the region each year through more than 10,000 jobs.

But in 1988, the base -- named for a young pilot who perished in World War II -- was slated for closure, sending the city into an economic downward spiral from which it has yet to fully recover.

"When the base closed, there was a tremendous exodus of good, stable people," said San Bernardino Mayor Pat Morris. "In their place came a lot people from the margins."

The jobless rate in the region swelled to more than 12 percent during the years ...

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Hillwood Investment Properties has promoted Ned Sciortino to vice president of development. In his new role, Sciortino will oversee entitlements, design, quality control and permitting for all of the company's projects in the Inland Empire in Southern California. In his previous capacity as development director for the company, Sciortino oversaw individual projects in the Inland Empire. Sciortino joined Hillwood in October 2003.

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – Hillwood has promoted Ned Sciortino to Vice President of Development for Hillwood Investment Properties. In his new capacity, Sciortino will oversee entitlements, design, quality control and permitting for all of the company's projects in the Inland Empire in Southern California. In his previous capacity as Development Director for Hillwood Investment Properties, Sciortino oversaw individual projects in the Inland Empire.

      Recently Hillwood announced its most aggressive building program in the Inland Empire with plans to develop 12 industrial buildings totaling 5.7 million square feet by the end of 2008. Currently 10 buildings of more than 4.3 million ...

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SAN BERNARDINO, CA-Texas-based Hillwood plans to complete 12 new industrial buildings totaling 5.7 million sf at four different developments in the Inland Empire by the end of 2008, including new construction at its Alliance California project. After several years of acquiring property throughout the Inland Empire to complement the Alliance California project, Hillwood is under way on "its most aggressive building program yet in the region," according to John Magness, senior vice president of Hillwood Investment Properties.

In addition to Alliance California, the developments include InterChange Business Park, North San Bernardino Industrial Park and and Hofer Ranch at Ontario Airport. Ten of the buildings totaling more than 4.3 ...

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Hillwood has begun speculative construction on a 550,600-square-foot building at the 113-acre Crossroads Trade Center in DeSoto.

The building is the first of three planned for the business park, which will have 1.9 million square feet.

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DESOTO, TX-Hillwood has broken ground on a 550,600-sf cross-dock spec warehouse, the first of three boxes for the 113-acre Crossroads Trade Center business park. Based on the going rate for construction, the project stacks up as a $22.2-million undertaking.

T. Preston Herold, vice president of Hillwood Investment Properties, says a 39-acre development site has been carved from the park, which has 1,300 feet of frontage on Interstate 35's feeder road at the Interstate 20 junction. Hillwood is just the latest of the region's industrial developers to open its play this year in Dallas County's southern sector for land parked near the Union Pacific Railway's intermodal yard and the Allen Group's 6,000-acre Dallas Logistics Park. At ...

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Developer Hillwood said Tuesday that it has broken ground on a 550,600 square-foot industrial project in DeSoto.

The speculative warehouse building is under construction in the 113-acre Crossroads Trade Center business park, located on the west side of Interstate 35E just south of Interstate 20.

The complex when completed is planned to contain three industrial buildings with 1.9 million square feet.

"Crossroads Trade Center is one of the best locations in south Dallas County," T. Preston Herold, vice president of Hillwood Investment Properties, said in a statement.

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SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – After several years of acquiring property throughout the Inland Empire to complement its development efforts at its AllianceCalifornia project in San Bernardino, Hillwood is underway on its most aggressive building program yet in the region.

      By the end of 2008, Hillwood plans to complete a total of 12 industrial buildings totaling 5.7 million square feet in four different developments in the Inland Empire. The developments include InterChange Business Park, North San Bernardino Industrial Park and AllianceCalifornia in San Bernardino, and Hofer Ranch at Ontario ...

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DESOTO, Texas -- Hillwood is underway on the construction of a 550,600 square-foot speculative building at its 113-acre Crossroads Trade Center business park in DeSoto, Texas. Located on the west side of Interstate 35E just south of Interstate 20, the 113-acre development will house three buildings totaling 1.9 million square feet. Infrastructure construction and preparation for all three pad sites were completed late last year.

      "Crossroads Trade Center is one of the best locations in south Dallas County," said T. Preston Herold, vice president of Hillwood Investment Properties. "Its accesibility to major highways, the nearby UP Intermodal yard and pending general purpose FTZ ...

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Hillwood said Tuesday it has begun construction on a 550,600 square-foot industrial building in DeSoto.

The building is going up inside the developer's 113-acre Crossroads Trade Center business park at Interstate 20 and Interstate 35.

The building is expected to be completed by the end of this year.

Fort Worth-based Hillwood, a Perot company, is a commercial real estate developer. It has developed more than 30 million square feet of commercial space in North Texas since 1999, including its AllianceTexas and Victory projects.

Hillwood is underway on the construction of a 550,600-square-foot speculative building at its 113-acre Crossroads Trade Center business park in DeSoto, Texas, according to a company release.The development will house three buildings totaling 1.9 million square feet. Infrastructure construction and preparation for all three pad sites were completed late last year. Crossroads Trade Center is included in the application to expand the Southport Foreign-Trade Zone site of FTZ #39 that is pending approval by the Foreign-Trade Zones Board in Washington, D.C.

When Interstate 210 opened in Fontana six years ago, it became an economic artery feeding development and growth into the city.

Rialto and San Bernardino officials say they hope for similar results after this summer's opening of the final stretch of freeway that will run through both communities.

Planning for development around the freeway is well under way.

Rialto is pinning its hopes on the ambitious Renaissance Rialto project, a 1,500-acre master-planned community along I-210, west of Ayala Avenue where the Rialto Municipal Airport now stands.

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RIALTO - For years, the city paid a price for being hard to get to, with only one exit and entrance off the 10 Freeway.

But once the 210 Freeway is completed later this year, four new miles of freeway will run through the city.

Along with the new freeway access will come a number of new development projects that could help reshape the city's image.

"This is our one time in our community's history to map this city's future correctly," Henry Garcia, the city administrator, has said. "We only get one good shot at it."

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RIALTO - Within the next few months, instead of coming to an abrupt end, the Interstate 210 extension will funnel motorists into areas ripe for upscale homes and businesses.

The freeway, which was extended from Los Angeles County through Rancho Cucamonga and Fontana, has carried not only cars but economic energy through the area.

As the extension is set to be connected to Highway 30 by the end of the year, Rialto is salivating about the goodies in store. Among them are a new Target, restaurants and upscale homes.

Most of the buzz about I-210 in Rialto has focused on Renaissance Rialto, a massive retail and housing project that ...

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More housing developments coupled with higher education and income levels are the key elements to making an ambitious 1,500-acre master-planned community along Interstate 210 in Rialto a success, officials said.

Although the city is lacking those elements right now, new development such as the Renaissance Rialto project will help change that, Greg Stoffel, of Stoffel & Associates, said Tuesday during a Rialto City Council meeting geared to identify retail opportunities for the Renaissance Rialto project and other areas in the city.

The Renaissance Rialto project is expected to be built on Rialto Municipal Airport property along I-210, west of Ayala Avenue. The land would ...

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To clear the way for an ambitious new development and satisfy federal government regulations, the Rialto City Council on Tuesday approved an agreement to pay $49.5 million to San Bernardino International Airport.

The payment was required so the federal government would allow closure of Rialto Municipal Airport, where city officials plan to build Renaissance Rialto, a 1,500-acre development along Interstate 210 divided among residential, industrial, commercial and public uses. The development will bring millions of dollars in revenue to the city, said Robb Steel, the city's economic development director.

The payment to San Bernardino International Airport will come from the $120 ...

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Stylecraft Home Collection, a leading provider of lamps and other home accessories, will locate its headquarters at Hillwood's DeSoto Trade Center in Southaven.

The company has leased 251,053 square feet in DeSoto Trade Center Building 3, the new 552,106-square-foot building from Hillwood.

Hernando-based Stylecraft, founded in 1968, will employ 200 workers in the new facility, which also will serve as the company's distribution center.

"Stylecraft is preparing for expansion," said Stylecraft president Charlie McCaffrey.

Stylecraft imports home decor items and then assembles ...

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SOUTHAVEN, Miss. – Stylecraft Home Collection, a leading provider of lamps, wall décor, accent furniture and home accessories, will locate its headquarters at Hillwood's DeSoto Trade Center development in Southaven, Mississippi. The company has leased 251,053 square feet in DeSoto Trade Center, Building 3, the new 552,106 square-foot building, from Hillwood.

      Stylecraft will employ 200 workers in the new facility, which also will serve as the company's distribution center.

      "Stylecraft is preparing for expansion," said Charlie McCaffrey, president of Stylecraft Home Collection. ...

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Location, location, location.

Major freeways coupled with close proximity to airports has solidified the Inland Empire's position of being a jobs hub mainly for the logistics sector.

And the outlook to continue that trend is good given the recent news that an intermodal facility may be on its way to the former George Air Force Base in Victorville and ongoing development of the former Norton Air Force Base in San Bernardino.

"Our geography is our destiny. It's through here major railroads flow. It's through here major highways connect to the markets of the East," said Bill Carney, president and CEO of the Inland Empire Economic ...

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Michelin North America said it will open in about a year its third Inland region distribution center, bringing an estimated 200 jobs to San Bernardino.

The Greenville, S.C.-based tire company in January signed a 10-year lease for an 801,000-square-foot building owned by Hillwood, the Ross Perot-owned company that's also charged with redeveloping the former Norton Air Force Base.

The warehouse is part of a 144-acre redevelopment project at the site of the former Culligan water treatment plant in northern San Bernardino near Cal State San Bernardino.

Hillwood bought the land, once used as a military munitions site, in 2004 for ...

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