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Major Lumber Company Expands Into Houston

HOUSTON-Universal Forest Products negotiates for 10 months for a South Texas distribution location. The seven-year lease encompasses 41,000 sf in two buildings on 14.4 paved acres, a must-have for the operation.

By Jennifer Brenner Andrade | Updated on September 22, 2003

HOUSTON-Universal Forest Products Inc. has opened a South Texas distribution center, signing a seven-year lease for two buildings, totaling 41,000 sf, on 14.4 acres in West Houston. The lumber company had been supplying the area from Austin.

The Grand Rapids, MI-based lumber company leased 18602 Katy Freeway. The company supplies home improvement retailers like Home Depot and Lowe’s as well as customers in the manufactured housing industry.

Doug Bates and Darren O’Conor, both in the local office of Dallas-based Henry S. Miller Commercial, represented Universal Forest Products in the lease. Bates tells GlobeSt.com that the team spent a couple months surveying the entire city before finding the Katy Freeway location. Then, the deal took 10 months to close, he says.

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