IAMC People and Projects

Served by three railroads and the attractiveness of Foreign Trade Zone and Enterprise Zone status, Jefferson Riverport International in Louisville just welcomed a new distribution location from IAMC member company Genentech, a project helped by incentives from fellow IAMC member Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development.

Triangulation

     On June 20, Calif.-based IAMC member company Genentech announced it would lease a 164,000-sq.-ft. (sq.-m.) warehouse and distribution center in Louisville, Ky.’s Jefferson Riverport International complex. Earlier this year, the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, part of IAMC member organization the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development, approved Genentech for up to $2.4 million in tax incentives over 10 years, with planned employment of at least 15. Until recently, the building was occupied by another IAMC member company — UPS — whose ongoing investment in Louisville continues.

     Separately, the company announced that it is operating at 100-percent capacity, and recently acquired for $408 million the just-completed Biogen manufacturing facility in Oceanside, Calif.

     A week later, down the road in Lexington, Aramark Uniform and Career Apparel Inc. announced it would centralize some operations down the road in Lexington, creating more than 100 new jobs. More than $1.37 million in state incentives will be coming the company’s way. Gary Cook, manager, real estate, for Calif-based Aramark Uniform Services, is an IAMC corporate member.

     The Golden Triangle was gilded further the last week of June when Louisville-based Humana Inc. announced on June 30 a 1,113-job, $5.7-million expansion in three Louisville locations and one in Newport, in northern Kentucky. Karen Finan, with Northern Kentucky Tri-ED, the economic development agency for that region, is an IAMC member.

     Humana is not ... yet.

FedEx World Tech Center in Collierville, Tenn.,

     Of the 14 properties in North America honored with The Office Building of the Year (TOBY) designation by the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International, several had IAMC ties.

     The Earth Award winner was FedEx World Tech Center in Collierville, Tenn., managed by Federal Express Corp. The property was submitted by Property Manager Stephen White, RPA, FMA, MCR, SIOR, who is an IAMC corporate member.

     The winner in the Historical Building category was 1001 McKinney, Houston, Texas, managed by USAA Realty Co. The firm also manages 5000 Plaza on the Lake in Austin, the winner in the 100,000 to 249,999 Square Foot category. Edward Kelley, Dirk Mosis III and Guy Seay of USAA Real Estate Co. are all IAMC members.

     The winner in the Suburban Office Park Low-Rise category was Great Valley Corporate Center, Malvern, Pa., owned and managed by Liberty Property Trust. Christina Taylor, Malvern-based director of new business development for Liberty Property Trust, is an IAMC member.

     Crystal Park Plaza in Round Rock, Texas, won the Under 100,000 Square Foot category. The property is managed by Opus West Management Corp. and owned by Opus Real Estate National V TX, L.P. Chuck Moody, director of national business development for Alpharetta, Ga.-based Opus South Corp., is an IAMC member.

     Hibernia Bank Plaza in Houston, Texas, won in the 250,000 to 499,999 Square Foot category. The building is managed by Trammell Crow Co. Rob Metcalf, senior vice president for Trammell Crow’s Atlanta office, is an IAMC member.

     The TOBY winners, picked from a field of 76 entries, were recognized for excellence in office building management and operations

Mark Bryant

     Interior Space International (ISI), the interior design group of architecture and engineering firm A. Epstein and Sons International, Inc., has named Mark E. Bryant vice president and design director. Bryant, 45, brings more than 20 years of experience to the ISI team, including projects for Oaktree Capital Management and Creative Artists Agency. His past employers have included McClier Corp. and Gensler. A. Epstein and Sons President John Patelski is an IAMC member.

     In May, James D. Purvis was appointed director of business development for MACTEC Development Corp. April Allen, director of business development out of the firm’s Columbia, S.C., office, is an IAMC member.