Optimum Nutrition Inc., which makes supplement powders, leased just over 212,000 feet in an Aurora industrial building that will become its distribution center. The Aurora-based company is the first tenant in the building at 900 Bilter Road, which was developed on a speculative basis without any pre-construction leases. Optimum currently has a total of 260,000 square feet in two other Aurora facilities and will keep that space for manufacturing and offices, says David Friedland, a managing partner in the Rosemont office of Newmark Knight Frank Epic who represented the tenant. The company also has an opportunity to expand in the 463,636-square-foot building, which was completed in September and is part of the Liberty Business Center. The lease is long-term, according to Donald Schoenheider, a vice-president in the local office of the landlord, Malvern, Pa. -based Liberty Property Trust. He declines to provide further details. NAI Hiffman represented Liberty. Optimum is a unit of Ireland-based nutrition and cheese company Glanbia PLC.

Source: ChicagoRealEstateDaily.com