Torto Wheaton report shows projects of 400,000 square feet and above make up growing proportion of new construction.

Only electronics, food and electric power production show rates above 80%. Transportation equipment manufacturing capacity falls to near 40%.

UK rail organizations publish paper recommending 20% of rail go by train by 2020. European Union considering establishment of unified freight rail corridor linking Stockholm to Naples.

Airplane manufacturer now expects average annual growth rate of 5.4%. Figure down from 5.8% projection last year and 6.1% projection three years ago.

Researchers say trade variation accounts for 80% of variation in US industrial real estate demand. Report sees recovery beginning in 2010.

SAO PAULO, BRAZIL- South America's largest independent logistics supplier, will use the loan to purchase 11,000 rail cars and more than 200 new or rebuilt locomotives.

Though Canada's industrial construction levels have fallen from last year's rates, they are projected to surge back upward in 2010.

Statistics from April and May show continued year-over-year declines but month-to-month improvements.