New warehouses going up near Airport

Courtesy PHOTO 4-M Properties, LP, is constructing two warehouse/ distribution buildings in the 200-acre Southwest International Commerce Park near the Southwest Florida International Airport. Fort Myers-based Fireservice Disaster Kleenup will be the first tenant when the project is complete next year. Special to Florida Weekly

4-M Properties, LP and Fireservice Inc recently purchased 12 acres for development of the International Commerce Center in South Fort Myers. When completed next year, the center will have more than 100,000-square-feet of warehouse/distribution space and a new corporate headquarters for Fireservice Disaster Kleenup, based in Fort Myers.

The center is now under construction within the 200-acre Southwest International Commerce Park, between Interstate 75 and Treeline Avenue, south of Daniels Parkway.

Recently, 4-M began tilting walls on the site for two warehouse/distribution buildings totaling 122,250sf. According to leasing agents Jerry Messonnier and Bob Johnston of CB Richard Ellis in Fort Myers, 4-M is building the structures on a "strategic speculative basis," in response to the growing demand for 20,000- to 40,000-square-foot industrial space.

The first two buildings are scheduled for completion

in early 2008.

"Our market has matured to the point where large, national companies are locating satellite distribution facilities to serve Charlotte, Lee and Collier counties from this central location," said Johnston. Besides its proximity to I-75 and the airport, International Commerce Center also features an oversized truck court and soaring 32-foot ceiling heights, among the tallest in Lee County

The first two buildings are scheduled for completion in early 2008. Following their lease-up, construction will begin on a two-story, 15,000-square-foot headquarters for Fireservice. The Fort Myers-based disaster cleanup company has more than 100 employees. n