The Allen Group Hosts Official Groundbreaking Ceremony for the First Two Industrial Buildings at the Dallas Logistic Hub

DALLAS, TX. (November 21, 2007) — The Allen Group, developer of the Dallas Logistics Hub, will hold agroundbreaking ceremony for its first two industrial buildings. These two buildings will provide over 827,000 square feet of new industrial space for lease in the emerging Southern Dallas County industrial market and are currently scheduled to be the first LEED Certified industrial buildings in North Texas. Below is further information about the event:

WHAT:
Groundbreaking Ceremony

THEME:
“Beginning to Build”

WHO:
Mayor of Dallas, Tom Leppert
Dallas City Councilmember, Tennell Atkins
Dallas City Councilmember, Ron Natinsky
Richard S. Allen, Chief Executive Officer, The Allen Group
Daniel J. McAuliffe, President, Allen Development of Texas
Michael Williams, Chief Executive Officer, 3i Construction

WHEN:
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. (Program)

WHERE:

DLH Buildings 1 & 2 Construction Site
4800 Langdon Road
Dallas, TX
(Exit I-20 at Bonnie View Rd. Drive south on Bonnie View Rd. to the first cross street,
Langdon Rd. Turn east on Langdon Rd and continue for ¼ mile. Look for event signage.)

VISUALS:
State & Local Elected Officials
Ceremonial Shovel Dig
Construction Site
Construction Equipment & Trucks

The Dallas Logistics Hub is the largest new logistics park in North America with 6,000 acres master-planned for up to 60 million square feet of vertical space for distribution, manufacturing, office and retail uses. This premiere logistics facility is adjacent to Union Pacific’s Southern Dallas Intermodal Terminal, a potential BNSF intermodal facility, four major highway connectors (I-20, I-45, I-35, Loop 9) and the Lancaster Municipal Airport, which is in the master-planning stages to facilitate air-cargo distribution. The Dallas Hub, which spans across the communities of Dallas, Lancaster, Wilmer and Hutchins, is a key component of the NAFTA infrastructure. It will serve as a key “inland port” receiving products from the Ports of L.A./Long Beach and Houston, as well as the western deep water ports in Mexico for regional and national distribution.