Industrial

GILBERTS, ILL. — Methods Machine Tools Inc. has signed a 36,000-square-foot industrial lease at 70 Prairie Parkway in Gilberts, a northwest suburb of Chicago. The tenant, which is relocating from 2400 Vantage Drive in Elgin, will more than double its space. Dan Brown of Brown Commercial Group represented both the tenant and the landlord, Cratos LLC. Methods is a North American supplier of precision machine tools and automation. The company maintains 10 showrooms and technical centers across the U.S. and expects to take occupancy of the Gilberts facility in March.

ITASCA, ILL. — Costco-Innovel Solutions has signed a long-term lease to occupy 111,909 square feet of Building I at Bridge Point Itasca, a three-building, 741,162-square-foot industrial campus in Itasca. Costco will use the facility for last-mile distribution of consumer products. The company will begin occupying the space immediately while the developer, Bridge Development Partners, continues to build out the interior space. Bridge Point Itasca is now 65 percent leased. It was completed this summer. Chris Nelson and Jeffrey Janda of Lee & Associates represented Bridge in the lease transaction. Chris Lydon and Brian Pomorski of Avison Young represented Costco, which acquired logistics company Innovel Solutions earlier this year.