MSI Stone expands into South Florida to Atlantic Business Center at 1706 West Atlantic Boulevard, Pompano Beach, FL 33069. The ComReal South Florida warehouse team led by industrial brokers, Ed Redlich and Chris Spear,  represented MSI. Premier Commercial Realty represented the landlord. The South Florida warehouse space leased was 55,000 square feet and is ideal for warehouse distributors and importers. When compared to CoStar Realty’s 1st quarter industrial report of lease transactions, this deal is the largest industrial warehouse space leased in Broward County so far this year in 2010.

Visit MSI’s new warehouse store location in Pompano Beach, Florida at www.msistone.com/locations/pompanobeach.html or call 954-977-8984. MS International, Inc. is originally from India and their USA office is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. MSI contacted the ComReal warehouse team because of their expertise with importers and distributors with their South Florida warehouses. The Florida distribution center warehouse space was chosen due to its central location in South Florida, dock height loading, showroom space, frontage on Atlantic Boulevard and it already had an overhead crane installed with a fully recessed loading dock. MSI imports stone, granite, marble and other flooring, tile and building supplies materials from all over the world including these countries such as Africa, Angola, Canada, China, Egypt, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, Spain, Turkey, and more. They are one of the leading distributors and importers of natural stone in the USA with over 16,000 containers imported annually from over thirty-five countries and operate over fifteen warehouses across the globe.

“I was so impressed with MSI Stone and their website at www.msistone.com that I purchased over 400 sq. ft. of castle travertine tiles imported from Turkey.” states Ed Redlich. “The timing was perfect to get to know my new friends at MS International as I was renovating my own home. I always enjoy doing business with my customers and supporting them any way I can, including becoming a customer of theirs myself.”

“From Dominican Republic, Europe and the United States via Miami to the World”

[Aldo Wrves of CIL Forwarding with Edison Vasquez, Chris Spear & Ed Redlich of ComReal Miami]

Boston Med Device International (BMD) has chosen Miami, South Florida for their most recent expansion. They have leased 25,000 sq. ft. of warehouse space in Miami and associated office space at the Miami Free Zone located at 2305 NW 107th Avenue in the City of Doral, Florida. The Miami warehouse space will be storing medical devices distributed across Latin America by Boston Med Device International; a Boston based specialized medical device company with direct operations in all major countries of Latin America. These products will be brought in from various international source plant locations like the Dominican Republic, the United States and Europe, and be consolidated in the Miami Free Zone. Products will then be shipped directly to all countries of Latin America via air cargo flights and ocean container service from the Ports of South Florida and the Miami International Airport. Since the Miami warehouse is within a foreign trade zone, U.S. tariffs will not be levied on goods that will be shipped abroad.

CIL Forwarding will be BMD’s operator of the warehouse. CIL is a logistics and forwarding company based in Jacksonville, Florida. They service both air and ocean freight shipments around the world with their network of warehouse facilities. Chris Hood of CIL states that “BMD is exactly the type of client we enjoy servicing. BMD will require precise warehousing and operational processes to meet the various Latin American destinations specific requirements. We are very excited about serving and developing expertises for BMD in the Miami foreign trade zone and beyond.”

CIL was co-represented by brokers Edward Redlich, SIOR, Christopher Spear and Edison Vasquez of ComReal Miami, Inc. and Jeff Graham, SIOR of King Industrial Realty / CORFAC International. Both Redlich and Graham are members of the elite Society of Industrial & Office Realtors (SIOR).

“When Coastal International Logistics, on behalf of BMD,  first contacted us about expanding into South Florida, we immediately prepared two Site Selections for available warehouse spaces from 20,000 to 30,000 sq. ft. We ultimately presented them with over sixty warehouse spaces  in both Miami-Dade and Broward Counties.” recalls Ed Redlich. “The deciding factors for the warehouse space at the Miami Free Zone were the foreign trade zone status, quality of the space, and the flexibility of future expansions.”

Cargo Ventures, owns and operates the Miami Free Zone, a 850,000 sq. ft. facility. (Visit www.MiamiFreeZone.com). Jake Citrin, President of Cargo Ventures said “we are thrilled to have BMD and CIL join over 60 other companies at the Miami Free Zone who are benefiting from operating in one of the largest general purpose foreign trade zones in the country.”

For more information on this transaction and the Miami industrial market in general, please contact Edward Redlich, SIOR, CCIM at 786-433-2379 or visit www.ComRealWarehouses.com. Additional contact information below:

Mr. Erich Roht, President/CEO
Boston Medical Device, Inc.
Boston Med Device International, LLC
Corporate Phone: 781-319-7771
www.bostonmeddevice.com

Mr. Chris Hood
Coastal International Logistics, LLC
Corporate Phone: 904-741-0691
www.coastalinternationallogistics.com

Jake Citrin, President
Miami Free Zone
Corporate Phone: 305-591-4300
www.miamifreezone.com

ComReal Miami’s industrial real estate brokers, Stephen H. Smith, SIOR and Edward Redlich, SIOR, CCIM announce the warehouse expansion of their client, Armellini Express Lines, a specialized carrier of floral products (visit www.Armellini.com). Based in South Florida, Armellini is the largest carrier of floral products in the United States. Since 1945, they have specialized in the shipment of floral products in temperature controlled warehousing and transportation.

As some companies in the transportation industry reduce their size in an uncertain economy, Armellini acquires an additional 42,535 sq. ft. of warehouse space in Miami. This now gives them over 137,000 sq. ft. of warehouse space at the Miami International Distribution Center at 2003 NW 70th Avenue, Miami, Florida [MAP]. The 220,000 sq. ft. MIDC warehouse building is now 100% occupied by Armellini and several other tenants also in the perishables business. The expansion space was chosen to warehouse Armellini’s growing mass market production services, the property’s proximity to Miami International Airport and the cooler refrigeration units that were already existing in the warehouse space.

Stephen H. Smith, President of ComReal Miami, states that “Over 70% of the flowers imported into the United States enter through Miami. Armellini provides complete logistics services to the floral and other industries.”

For more information on this transaction and the Miami industrial market in general, please contact Stephen H. Smith, SIOR and/or Edward Redlich, SIOR, CCIM at 786-433-2380. For other Miami warehouse spaces for lease visit www.MiamiWarehouseTeam,com