JACKSONVILLE, FL—GE Oil & Gas just inked a massive lease in Jacksonville, FL. The company is taking down 510,443 square feet of industrial space for a new advanced manufacturing plant in the Alliance Florida at Cecil Commerce Center.

Brent Woodruff and Lisa Harber, with CBRE's Global Corporate Services in Atlanta, represented GE. CBRE's Terry Quarterman represented the building's owner, Hillwood Investment Properties.

“In one of the largest new deals in Jacksonville's Westside market, this announcement marks our city's entry into the fast–growing energy industry,” says Quarterman, first vice president with CBRE Jacksonville. “The building is set in a highly desirable industrial park and provides easy access via the newly completed high-speed I-10 interchange and its proximity to three intermodal facilities.”