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Marriott Follows Toyota in Shutting Down $5M Distribution Center

ORLANDO-Softening restaurant and hotel markets are blamed for the Washington, DC-based company pulling out of a 10-year, 126,500-sf lease with four years remaining at the 733-acre Christopher C. Ford Industrial Park, operated by Lake County government near Groveland, FL, 25 miles west of Downtown Orlando.

By Alex Finkelstein | Updated on October 11, 2002

ORLANDO-Another sign hotel and restaurant markets continue to soften is the planned Dec. 1 shutdown of Marriott Distribution Services’ $5 million, 126,500-sf plant at the 733-acre Christopher C. Ford Industrial Park, operated by Lake County government near Groveland, FL, 25 miles west of Downtown Orlando.

Marriott is also scaling down or consolidating operations at its nine other distribution centers around the country, area brokers in a position to know tell GlobeSt.com. The other Florida center is at Port St. Lucie, FL on the state’s southeast coast.

Area brokers tell GlobeSt.com on condition of anonymity Marriott has four years remaining at the Lake County park on a 10-year lease held by Orlando building owner Robert Mantovani. Mantovani has constructed some of the largest warehouses in Central Florida for national tenants.

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