"Dorel decided to establish an East Coast distribution model to complement our existing West Coast model," Tim Ferguson, a Dorel executive vice president, said in a release. The company manufacturers the Safety 1st, Cosco Juvenile, Quinny and Maxi-Cosi brands, as well as licensed brands including Disney and Eddie Bauer.

"High fuel costs, growing demand for our products in the eastern US, and ever increasing import volumes drove our interest in Savannah—and AMB Morgan Business Center was identified as the ideal site," said Ferguson. He added that the building's sustainability features were also attractive to the company.

Dorel also has expansion options for the remainder of the 347,000-sf building, says Charlie Fiveash, vice president of leasing and marketing director of the East Region for AMB. With the new tenant, Building 100 is currently 43% leased, and AMB is confident that it can bring the building to at least 80% next year, when it will start construction of Building 200, he says.