VALLEY FIRM TO BUILD FRESHPOINT FACILITY.Byline: GREGORY J. WILCOX Staff Writer WOODLAND HILLS -- Voit Development Co. will build a big office and distribution facility in the City of Industry for FreshPoint of Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, , the largest food service distributor of fresh produce in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , officials said Wednesday. Voit teamed with the city's Urban Redevelopment Agency on the project in the San Gabriel Valley The San Gabriel Valley is one of the principal valleys of southern California. It lies to the east of the city of Los Angeles, to the north of the Puente Hills, to the south of the San Gabriel Mountains, and to the west of the Inland Empire. . FreshPoint, a unit of Houston-based Sysco Corp., is currently located in Irwindale. Construction of the 177,143-square-foot facility should start next month and be completed next April, said James V James V, king of Scotland James V, 1512–42, king of Scotland (1513–42), son and successor of James IV. His mother, Margaret Tudor, held the regency until her marriage in 1514 to Archibald Douglas, 6th earl of Angus, when she lost it to John . Camp, senior vice president of Voit Development. The move brings 300 jobs to Industry, he said, and enables FreshPoint to about double the size of their operations. ``That's really why this deal is happening. That's what the City of Industry wants -- projects that generate a significant number of jobs and improve the area,'' said Camp, who works in the company's Newport Beach Newport Beach, residential and resort city (1990 pop. 66,643), Orange co., S Calif., on Newport Bay and the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1906. It is a popular seaside resort and yachting center. Manufactures include electrical and medical equipment, computers, boats, and adhesives. office. The land has been vacant for eight years. FreshPoint's new facility will cover 12.6 acres on the former Campbell Soup Co. site. The last tenant was Vlasic Pickles Vlasic Pickles grew out of a Detroit creamery and fresh pickle business begun by Croatian immigrant Frank Vlasic, and then his son Joe in the 1920s. Vlasic's primary product, pickles packaged in glass-jars, began production during World War II, and the business rapidly expanded in . Voit's project includes reconfiguring and expanding an 111,000-square- foot building at Long and Nelson avenues. Voit is also involved in two build-to-suit projects in Van Nuys. They are adjacent to Voit's ``The Plant'' undertaken in partnership with the city of Los Angeles' redevelopment agency to turn what had been an empty, obsolete General Motors plant into a 1.2-million-square-foot retail/entertainment center and industrial park. ``That project allowed Voit and the City of Los Angeles
FreshPoint President Verne Lusby said in a statement that the expansion gives it a competitive edge. ``The location of this new facility has easy access to the Pomona Freeway The Pomona Freeway is the assigned name of the majority of California State Route 60 (CA/SR-60) between its western terminus at the East Los Angeles Interchange complex and its junction with the Riverside Freeway, California State Route 91 (CA/SR-91) and Interstate 215 (I-215) in and the ... 605 Freeway.'' FreshPoint's facility is the first of a three-phase project Voit is undertaking. The second phase on an adjacent 3-plus-acre parcel will have two 28,000-square-foot buildings that Voit plans to sell. The third phase is still in the planning stage. ``The change of use on this land, from an obsolete factory into a job- creating business park with an attractive appearance, is a wonderful addition to our city,'' City of Industry Mayor David Perez said in a statement. Voit Development is part of Woodland Hills-based The Voit Companies, founded in 1971. The company has developed more than 24 million square feet of space in California, Arizona and Nevada. greg.wilcox(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3743 |
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