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Construction Underway for Tejon Industrial Complex Build-to-Suit Warehouse Facility
July 9, 2008

Tejon Ranch Co. said today that construction is moving forward on a build-to-suit warehouse facility at Tejon Industrial Complex on behalf of Famous Footwear, a retail division of Brown Shoe Co. The 23.75-acre parcel was recently acquired by Clayco Inc. This parcel is located within the recently approved Foreign Trade Zone at TIC, set up by the joint venture between Tejon Ranch and The Rockefeller Group Development Corp. Tejon Industrial Complex is a 1,450-acre master planned commercial and industrial development that anchors California's central trade corridor. Located at the junction of Interstate 5 and Highway 99 just south of Bakersfield in Kern County, the development is already home to 3 million square feet of existing warehouse facilities and approximately 1,000 employees, including IKEA's Western North American Distribution Center, Oneida Ltds West Coast Distribution Center and more than 60-acres of retail offerings, including a Petro Travel Plaza, Chevron, Best Western Hotel, In-N-Out Burger, a free-standing Starbucks, Panda Express, McDonalds, Wendys and Iron Skillet Restaurant.

 
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