The IIPOD is a public-private partnership, serving as a third phase of regional intermodal development. It is a key driver in making Dallas the nations premier logistics and distribution center. http://www.iipod-texas.org The Request for Applications (RFA) for the roughly $26 million in Clean Diesel Funding is anticipated to open on Wednesday, March 4, 2009. http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Fed-Funds-for-Dallas-Programs.html NBC DFW News Online Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson announced the awarding of federal funds for some Dallas projects. The Inland Port will receive $186,000 for job training in partnership with the University of North Texas-Dallas. http://www.iipod-texas.org/news-cleandieselgrant.html BlueSkyways Bottled water maker Advanced H20 LLC signed a 15-year lease to occupy 313,040 square feet at 4800 Langdon Road in Dallas. http://www.iipod-texas.org/Articles/01-20-09 Advanced-H20-Takes-313000-SF-at-DLH.pdf CoStar The North Central Texas Council of Governments has released the Diesel Idle Reduction Call for Projects. This is a funding opportunity for heavy duty diesel vehicles for both on-site and on-board idle reduction projects. news-cogidling.html North Central Texas Council of Governments The Dallas Logistics Hub, a logistics park in South Dallas County developed by The Allen Group, announced this week that Bridge Terminal Transport has signed a lease and will be moving its container yard operations into a new facility in the park. Articles/11-26-08 Dallas Logistics Hub Gains New Tenant.pdf Dallas Business Journal The real estate mantra, "location, location, location," is still the same, with CNBC's Mike Hegedus. http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=851075535 CNBC.com With the final details now ironed out, the Allen Group Tuesday will break ground on its first build-to-suit in the 6,000-acre Dallas Logistics Hub in the southern sector. The milestone deal with Adesa Inc. for a 200,000-sf auto auction complex is opening doors for additional commercial space to support the multi-modal industrial hub. http://www.iipod-texas.org/Articles/09-03-08%2030M-Plus%20Auction%20Yard%20Fueling%20more%20CRE%20Plans.pdf GlobeSt.com After watching Dallas County's southern sector for a long time, Atlanta-based IDI has zeroed in on a 35-acre site in a corridor that's on the radar screens of developers and land speculators near and far. The just-bought land has frontage on interstates 20 and 35, where IDI will plant a 617,760-sf speculative distribution center. http://www.iipod-texas.org/Articles/07-25-08%20IDI%20Buys%2035%20Prime%20Acres.pdf GlobeSt.com The North Central Texas Council of Governments has issued an RFP to produce a Southern Dallas County Strategic Development Planning Project. Responses are due by August 8th. More information regarding the RFP is available from NCTCOG. http://www.nctcog.org/trans/admin/rfp/PostVerbSouthDallasCty.pdf North Central Texas Council of Governments With nary a hitch, Dallas City Council has signed off on an abatement package for Chicago-based Ridge Property Trust to develop up to 328 acres in the southern sector. The REIT is expected to build 2.2-million sf of industrial space by June 30, 2013, holding it up as a plan to add 2,000 jobs to the region at the 4.3-million-sf build-out. http://www.iipod-texas.org/Articles/06-26-08%20Ridge's%20$130M-Plus%20Park%20Nabs%20Dallas%20Council%20OK.pdf GlobeSt.com Dallas County's giant inland port has landed its first major tenant: an Adesa auto auction on 175 acres in Hutchins. Indiana-based Adesa Inc., one of the nation's largest auto auction companies, said the project is valued at more than $40 million and will employ about 350 people. http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/industries/commrealestate/stories/060608dnbusadesa.25c676c.html Dallas Morning News A unit of Fort Worth-based Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. has purchased 198 acres at the Dallas Logistics Hub in a move that could jump-start investment in southern Dallas County, hub developer Allen Group said Monday. http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-LogisticsHub_13bus.ART0.State.Edition1.46325a8.html Dallas Morning News Developer Trammell Crow Co. is launching a second speculative construction wave at its I-20 Distribution Center in Dallas, after a large lease by Home Depot filled up the first building. The second phase will be 890,000 square feet of bulk distribution space, bringing the total to slightly more than 1.4 million square feet in two large warehouses southwest of Interstate 20 and Interstate 35 in southern Dallas. http://dallas.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2008/05/05/story13.html Dallas Business Journal