HIGGINS DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS COMPLETES 385,000-SQUARE-FOOT SPECULATIVE INDUSTRIAL BUILDING IN LEHIGH VALLEY, PENNSYLVANIA

WEISENBERG TOWNSHIP, PA, Mar 29, 2007 - /FLIERWIRE/-- Higgins Development Partners recently completed a speculative 385,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art warehouse and distribution facility in the Arcadia West Industrial Park at 9747 Commerce Circle in Weisenberg Township, Pennsylvania. Higgins Development Partners broke ground on this facility in July 2006, and the entire facility is available for occupancy.

The Garibaldi Group/CORFAC International team of Michael Bartolacci, senior vice president; Jeffrey Garibaldi, president; and Gerald E. Moore, managing director, are serving as the exclusive leasing agent for this facility.

"We are pleased to announce the completion of 9747 Commerce Circle," stated Gene Preston, senior vice president. "This facility marks our fourth completed industrial development in the Lehigh Valley since 2000, and our third project in Arcadia West Industrial Park. The Lehigh Valley has a thriving industrial market and Higgins Development Partners looks forward to continuing to increase our presence and investment in the area."

"New industrial facilities are in high demand throughout the Lehigh Valley," stated Michael Bartolacci. "The location and building features of 9747 Commerce Circle, coupled with the lack of new generation space, make this facility extremely attractive to prospective tenants."

9747 Commerce Circle has been constructed as a single or multi-tenant building located within Arcadia West Industrial Park. The Class A insulated, pre-cast building has 32' minimum clear height throughout, 50' x 50' column spacing, two 12' x 14' drive-in doors, 20 loading docks with seals and levelers, 20 additional knock-out dock door panels, an ESFR fire protection system and ample parking.

Arcadia West Industrial Park is a 250-acre industrial park with 2,500,000 square feet of warehouse distribution buildings. The park is zoned highway commercial and has applied for Foreign Trade Zone status. In addition, the industrial park has excellent highway access and is less than one mile from the Interstate 78 and the Route 863 full interchange. Corporate neighbors include Paris Accessories, Kenco Logistics Services, Advance Auto Parts, SunTuf, Batesville Casket Co. and Exel, Inc.

Higgins Development Partners also owns 9729 Commerce Circle within Arcadia West Industrial Park. This 11.1-acre site is able to accommodate an approximate 100,000-square-foot building. The Garibaldi Group/CORFAC International is also the exclusive agent for this property.

About Higgins Development Partners
Higgins Development Partners delivers comprehensive real estate development services to a wide range of corporate, institutional and public sector clients throughout North America. Since 1980, Higgins Development Partners has created over $5.0 billion of development value. Projects include office and industrial buildings; life-science and technology facilities; government and institutional facilities; bio-medical laboratories; law enforcement and other highly secure facilities; and mixed-use land development projects.

Higgins Development Partners has a national platform for both public and private sector development activities. Headquartered in Chicago, the company also has offices in Morristown, New Jersey; Miami and Orlando, Florida; Newport Beach, California; Phoenix, Arizona; Washington, DC; and Toronto, Canada.