GlobeSt.com UPDATE: 508,846-SF Retooling Ready to Start

FORT WORTH-With construction about to ramp up, some details have surfaced about CentrePort Business Park’s newest large tenant. The Toronto, Ontario-based Cott Corp. is ready to dig into a retooling to convert a 508,846-sf warehouse into a manufacturing and distribution site for the Southwest US.

The publicly traded Cott, which has kept a tight lid on the lease, is planning a midsummer occupancy at 15200 Trinity Blvd., Kevin Santaularia, president of Dallas-based Bradford Cos., confirms for GlobeSt.com. The beverage maker inked a 10-year lease for the former Mattel Corp. warehouse, emptied three years ago for a build-to-suit in Fort Worth’s Railhead Industrial Park.

Santaularia says the conversion of warehouse space into manufacturing and distribution will require extensive construction. The building, positioned on 15 acres, has 77 dock doors and a 30-foot clear height. Though he won’t say what it took to hook Cott, the building had been on the market for $2.95 per sf and it’s a safe bet that talks got aggressive with the Trammell Crow Co. team from Tampa and Dallas.