The Lincolnshire, IL-based Midwest Air Technologies' executive team was eyeing up eight buildings, including its existing location, when it gave the nod to a 492,000-sf empty building at 2300 Skyline Dr. Atlanta-based IDI Inc.'s cross-dock has been waiting for a tenant to light its space at least one year, delivering simultaneously with a 262,000-sf sister that's now fully leased to four tenants.

"We almost renewed, but the cross-dock situation was critical," Pat Haggerty, an independent tenant rep in Dallas, tells GlobeSt.com. "There are a lot of inbound and outbound trucks and containers." He says IDI's building has two lanes for staging areas that presented a "unique" situation and became a chief dealmaker at the end of the day.

In addition, the cross-dock building is set back in the park, has a large parking lot and is close enough to Midwest Air's existing hub at 1810 Kelley Blvd. that it won't impact commute times for its 60-employee skilled workforce, according to the broker. Midwest Air will pick up 49,200 sf of extra operating space and eight-foot higher clear heights when it relocates the Southwest regional manufacturing and distribution center, one of 20 in the US, Europe, India and China.