IDI, a leading full-service industrial real estate company, announced today that Williams-Sonoma has signed a 751,450-square-foot lease at Middlesex Center II. Williams-Sonoma, a specialty retailer of high quality products for the home, will use this space for warehousing, repair, assembly, storage and distribution of consumer products.

• Green-friendly Hub dedicated to healthcare products
• Located at the heart of integrated European logistics network

CEVA Logistics, a world leading supply chain company, today announced the official opening of the City of Pharma in Italy. The hub, which covers an area of 20,000 sq m, is strategically located in Stradella, in province of Pavia and is fully dedicated to the warehousing and handling of products destined for healthcare distribution channels.

Prologis, Inc., the leading global owner, operator and developer of logistics real estate, today announced the acquisition of a 12,700 m² distribution center in Waalwijk, the Netherlands.

Deka Immobilien GmbH has sold a logistics complex at 311-315 Half Acre Road in Cranbury, New Jersey. It was previously held in the property portfolio of Deka-S-PropertyFund No. 1, one of the asset manager’s individual funds.

First logistics property in Switzerland acquired for institutional real estate fund

Union Investment Real Estate GmbH is adding to its logistics portfolio in Europe’s growth centres – the Hamburg-based investment manager has purchased its first logistics property in Switzerland. The property, which offers around 30,740 sq m of rental space, will be added to the portfolio of institutional open-ended real estate fund UniInstitutional European Real Estate.