JLL announced today that Distribution International, Inc. (DI) has renewed an industrial lease for 171,000 square feet at 9000 Railwood Drive and is expanding with a new lease on an adjacent property with 80,000 square feet at 9040 Railwood Drive. Additionally, DI has signed an agreement to lease 24,600 square feet in KBR Tower, located at 601 Jefferson Street, in downtown Houston.
DI is North America’s leading mechanical insulation distributor and fabricator and is a portfolio company of private equity firm Advent International.
The downtown location will be used to establish a high-performance Field Support Center (FSC) comprised of all of DI’s enabling support functions. “The FSC will be solely focused on serving the needs of DI customers and employees across our network of more than 90 branch locations in the US and Canada,” said CEO, Steve Margolius.
The Railwood Drive facilities will serve as an operational hub for DI’s extensive warehouse, distribution, manufacturing and fabrication operations. According to Mr. Margolius, “These enhancements to our Houston footprint strengthen our commitment to serving customers with exceptional products and services, while at the same time providing employees a working environment which is productive, clean and safe.
JLL’s Louie Crapitto, Ryan Fuselier, Craig Jones and David Buescher represented DI in the leases.
About Distribution International
Founded in 1986, DI is a value-added distributor of insulation-related specialty fabricated products, HVAC products, and safety supplies in North America. The Houston-based company has over 90 locations and provides its customers with mission-critical products and services across the commercial building, chemicals, energy, power, railcar and marine end markets. The company has the broadest reach of any distributor in its market in the U.S. and Canada. For more information, visit www.distributioninternational.com
About JLL
JLL (NYSE: JLL) is a leading professional services firm that specializes in real estate and investment management. Our vision is to reimagine the world of real estate, creating rewarding opportunities and amazing spaces where people can achieve their ambitions. In doing so, we will build a better tomorrow for our clients, our people and our communities. JLL is a Fortune 500 company with annual revenue of $16.3 billion, operations in over 80 countries and a global workforce of over 90,000 as of December 31, 2018. JLL is the brand name, and a registered trademark, of Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated. For further information, visit jll.com.
