U.S. furniture making is in a funk. Employment is down, factories have been shuttered and the sales of industry leaders have been sluggish.
Over the last six years, one analyst estimates, some 280 manufacturing plants have closed. About 95,000 jobs – 33% of the original total – have been lost.
In 2000, according to investment banking firm [...]

ProLogis , the world’s largest owner, manager and developer of distribution facilities, announced today that it has leased more than 700,000 square feet of distribution space in southern California’s Inland Empire to Broyhill Furniture Industries, Inc., a leading manufacturer of residential furniture and subsidiary of Furniture Brands International.
Broyhill has leased the space at ProLogis Park [...]

Majestic Realty Co. today announced that furniture importer and distributor Poundex Associates Corp. has signed a ten-year lease at Majestic Grand Crossing for 550,000 square feet of space to house the company’s headquarters.
The new facility on Baker Parkway will allow Poundex to consolidate local operations into one location and expand new product lines when the [...]

Real estate investment trust ProLogis has leased its newly completed distribution center in Southern California to Ashley Furniture Industries Inc., one of the largest manufacturers of home-furnishing products in the country.
Ashley Furniture signed a lease for a 683,000-square-foot facility at ProLogis Park Redlands, in San Bernardino County.
Denver-based ProLogis (NYSE: PLD) said in [...]

ProLogis (NYSE: PLD – News), a leading global provider of distribution facilities and services, announced today that it has leased a newly completed distribution center in southern California to Ashley Furniture Industries Inc., one of the largest manufacturers of home furnishing products in the U.S.
Ashley has leased a 683,000-square-foot facility at ProLogis Park Redlands, located [...]