Ground broke for Building C in September. The first four floors of Building C will operate as a design center, open year-round to the design trade. The rest of the building will be segmented by product categories such as floor coverings, lighting and furniture. As of the groundbreaking, the building is about 25% preleased.

Buildings A and B are connected by skybridges on floors two through 10. Buildings B and C will be connected by a sky bridge on every level.

Mark Roberts leased about 7,000 sf on the seventh floor of the 16-story Building C. Until that building is complete and his showroom can be built out, Roberts will occupy a space about half that size on the fourth floor of Building A.

The lease rate range for the third building was not immediately available. The last lease signed for the second building was in the mid $20s per sf, triple net, according to the lessee, Emerald Home Furnishings of Tacoma, WA, which took about 16,000 sf on the 13th floor in August 2006.

World Market Center is located at Interstate 15 and West Bonneville Avenue, across from Las Vegas Premium Outlets. Last month , developer Robert Zarnegin of Beverly Hills, CA unveiled plans for World Jewelry Center, an adjacent one- million-sf complex designed to be a one-stop shop for both the jewelry industry and the consumer. Plans include a 50-plus story trade tower that would house corporate jewelry and gem offices and luxury condos, and be closed to the general public and, next to it, a three-level public space filled with retail jewelry shops, a museum and a café. The development timeline calls for work to begin in the next 12 to 18 months; project completion is slated for mid-2010.