DCT Signs 757,000 SF at Southcreek

ATLANTA-DCT Industrial Trust Inc. has brought the 1.8 million-square-foot Southcreek Commerce Center located on Oakley Industrial Boulevard in the Airport/Interstate-85 South submarket to 100% occupancy. The REIT just completed a 557,000-square-foot lease there with an undisclosed tenant described as one of the nation’s leading food marketers and manufacturers. The company will use 100% of the newly constructed Southcreek IV building as its Southeast distribution hub, according to a release. Executives at DCT were not available for comment by deadline.

Last month, the REIT completed a 200,000-square-foot lease at the park’s Southcreek Distribution Center I. Tenant Owens Corning Insulating Systems will use that space as a distribution center to complement a nearby manufacturing plant.

Owens was drawn to the property because of its proximity to its plant and major highways, according to DCT. Bob Robers and Paul Roeser of Jones Lang LaSalle represented Owens Corning in lease negotiations, while Brad Pope of NAI Brannen Goddard represented the landlord.