AUTO PILOT: GRUBB & ELLIS GUIDES RECORD BUILD-TO-SUIT DEAL IN PACIFIC NW

PORTLAND, ORE. — Grubb & Ellis has represented Subaru of America in its 10-year lease of 413,700 square feet at a build-to-suit distribution center located within Multi-Employer Property Trust and Trammell Crow Co.’s 114-acre Rivergate Corporate Center III at 14510 N. Lombard St. in Portland. MEPT will enter into a ground lease with the Port of Portland to develop Subaru’s auto-parts distribution facility on 19.3 acres, and TCC will design and build it. Grubb & Ellis’ Brad Fletcher represented Subaru in the transaction, and Capacity Commercial Group’s Dave Ellis and John Fettig represented MEPT Rivergate IV LLC. The lease for the build-to-suit distribution center, which includes training and office space, is expected to commence in October 2011.