Crowley Maritime’s logistics group has launched a new, weekly less-than-containerload service from Chicago to Puerto Rico, the Caribbean and Central America.
Qatar Airways will launch a new freighter service between Milan and Chicago in July, doubling the Middle Eastern carrier’s cargo capacity out of the U.S.
Lineage Logistics, the world’s second-largest cold storage company, has added another space to its portfolio, acquiring the real estate and assets of a facility in University Park, Ill. Financial terms of the transaction weren not disclosed.
Haynes Furniture has signed a new long-term lease with American Realty Advisors, which was acting on behalf of its clients, for 215,400 square feet of industrial space in Addison, Ill.
Chicago continues to be one of the “hottest industrial leasing markets” in the country, according to Britt Casey, executive director of Cushman & Wakefield.
Sustained nationwide growth in the construction and absorption of warehouse space indicates that the recovery in the industrial real estate market is here to stay.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has opened three new Centers of Excellence and Expertise, featuring base metals in Chicago; industrial and manufacturing materials in Buffalo, N.Y.; and machinery in Laredo, Texas.