Dan McAuliffe to Lead Dallas Logistic Hub Effort

DALLAS, Texas (January 11, 2006) The Allen Group, a major developer of industrial and office properties across the Western United States, has named Daniel J. McAuliffe, CCIM as their Vice President of Development to manage their Dallas, Texas operations – The Dallas Logistics Hub.

The Dallas Logistics Hub is a 5,000 acre intermodal center planned for southern Dallas County. The development will be, in essence, a major inland port bringing products by rail from the Gulf and Mexico and the Pacific for distribution to the rest of the Country.

McAuliffe has more than 23 years of diversified commercial real estate expertise, including acquisition, disposition and land development, investment analysis, facility design and construction, operations and lease negotiations. McAuliffe has previously held long-standing executive positions with Texas Industries, Inc, J.E. Robert Companies and the Brookhollow Corporation.

In 1998, McAuliffe led the design and creation of RailPort, a 1,700 acre, dual rail served industrial development south of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. From 1998 through 2005, he coordinated the construction of more than $60 million of public infrastructure and rail facilities for RailPort and sold sites for facilities to Target Corporation, Toys “R” Us, American National Power and KEHE Food Distributors.

The Allen Group is a San Diego based commercial development firm that specializes in rail-served industrial parks and build-to-suit facilities, including Class A office buildings. The company has developed over a half a billion dollars of commercial property in California and across the West, including two master-planned logistics parks: the MidState 99 Distribution Center (www.midstate99.com), south of Fresno, California and the International Trade and Transportation Center (www.ittc.com) near Bakersfield, California.
With offices in San Diego, Visalia and Bakersfield, California, and Dallas, Texas, The Allen Group is trusted by Fortune 500 companies such as VF Corporation, Cox Communications, FedEx, International Paper Company, Intuit, Kraft Foods and Wal-Mart Stores. The company has major industrial and office projects under development in San Diego, Bakersfield, Shafter, Sacramento and Visalia, California.

For more information about The Allen Group, please visit www.allengroup.com.