ProLogis Plans 849,000-SF Distribution Center

SAN BERNARDINO, CA-Industrial REIT ProLogis plans to develop 849,000 sf of distribution space on 39 acres next to a planned Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Co. logistics center in Fontana that will be known as the BNSF Logistics Center-Fontana. The ProLogis site is located in Kaiser Commerce Center and is part of an Inland Empire West submarket, which is currently 97.2% leased. It will add to a ProLogis portfolio of approximately 16 million sf of distribution space in Southern California.

ProLogis and BNSF have joined in a marketing effort to attract rail-oriented users to the new distribution facility and to BNSF’s transload facility, according to Larry Harmsen, SVP for ProLogis. The site will provide immediate access to the interchange of the Interstate 10 and I interstate 15 freeways, through which an estimated 40% of California truck traffic enters and leaves the state. Groundbreaking is expected in the fourth quarter.

Aurora, CO-based ProLogis operates 286.4 million sf of industrial space in 1,948 distribution facilities owned, managed and under development in 71 markets in North America, Europe and Asia.