as no surprise that new and old members alike have met before, often
over projects.
New corporate member Robert Waller, senior vice
president of operations for
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| IAMC member organizations Alcoa and the Oregon Economic and Community Development Department are seeing eye to eye on the redevelopment of this large industrial parcel at the Port of Portland. |
Mundelein, Ill.-based Medline Industries, is no doubt quite familiar
with Chicago-based IAMC member firm A. Epstein & Sons International.
Medline, a nationwide distributor of non-drug-related medical supplies,
recently engaged Epstein to provide design/build services for multiple
distribution centers in the United States, including assistance with
site selection.
Medline operates 22 distribution sites, six manufacturing
facilities and six custom service centers in North America, supplemented
by 25 other joint venture manufacturing operations around the world.
Zweig White, a consultant for architecture, engineering and construction
(AEC) firms, recently ranked Epstein sixth on its 2004 “White Hot Firm”
list of 100 high-growth AEC firms. John Patelski, president of A. Epstein
& Sons, is an IAMC member.
The Port of Portland (Ore.) reached an agreement
in September 2004 for the $17.25-million purchase of a 700-acre (283-hectare)
industrial site from Alcoa. The site is one of the few remaining large
industrial properties inside the region’s Urban Growth Boundary. The
sale is expected to close in 2006, after Alcoa completes site demolition
and environmental remediation programs. Officials then expect to develop
the property incrementally, devoting the first 100 acres (41 hectares)
to an industrial park.
The property purchase will be funded by a 25-year,
5.1-percent interest loan from an IAMC member organization, the Oregon
Economic and Community Development Department (OECDD). “Shovel-ready
industrial land is a key component of this state’s economic development
efforts,” said OECDD Executive Director Marty Brantley. IAMC member
Jill Miles, CecD, is national business development executive for OECDD.
James Winter, Jr., also an IAMC member, is manager of corporate real
estate for Pittsburgh-based Alcoa.
In early November 2004, IAMC member organizations
IDI and Rockefeller Group Development Corp. (RGDC) teamed to purchase
a 77-acre (31-acre) pad in the Central Crossings Business Park in Bordentown,
N.J., from KOR Companies. In August 2003, the two companies embarked
on a joint program to develop light manufacturing and warehouse/distribution
facilities in foreign trade zones (FTZs), and, true to form, they will
seek FTZ status for their portion of the Central Crossings property.
Eugene Preston, senior vice president of development for RGDC, and S.
Michael Parks, vice president of national business development for IDI,
are IAMC members.