Consider locating in Preston, along I-90 at Exit 22, where the freeway is not congested, the environment is beautiful, outstanding homes and great schools are nearby, and business operates with high productivity.

How about your business benefit from the time and money (more than $1 million in reusable communications systems and plant and warehouse equipment) that you can use to set up your own special highly efficient plant and office operation, perhaps attaining your own ISO 9002 rating. This installed equipment includes the most efficient high quality fire sprinklered rack system (5 pallets high), including almost 5,000 pallet locations and lots of open warehouse and assembly floor space.

There are good reasons why Costco (#44 on the Fortune 500 list) has its headquarters in nearby Issaquah, and Microsoft (#72 on the Fortune 500 list) is building their new 3,000,000 square foot office complex nearby, at I-90 exit 18 (this is a new $112 million freeway interchange, now under construction and already partially open).

There are good reasons why two major long-term ISO 9002 rated companies earned this prestigious international quality business rating while operating in the I-90/Preston Industrial Park. For their own reasons, one of these companies is leaving the state. Their plant is closed. This incredibly well outfitted industrial building is now available for lease.

In order to continue quality operations here, the landlord purchased much of the special installed equipment, for use by the next tenant(s). Key elements of this facility setup (that accommodated the ISO 9002 rating) remain in place.

For the past 10 years, Building 1 has been occupied by the same company, through an ownership succession of related business operating entities; starting with R.R. Donnelley (the world's largest printer, presently #328 on the Fortune 500 list), then Stream International and then Modus Media. Over this time and from this location (until February 2003), Modus Media provided global supply fulfillment and management services, for technology-focused companies. This was one of the first of what became 21 Modus Solution Centers. From this Preston location, Modus provided the full range of fulfillment services: taking orders (call center), receiving product, sorting, consolidating, packaging, inventory storage, and just-in-time shipping of millions of hardware and software units around the world for technology-focused companies. In June 2002, Business Week Magazine selected Modus as a "Top 10 Private Info-tech Company," for the third time in four years.

These operations included improvements as follows:

• Floppy disk duplication (includes a special 'white room' type HVAC system, high capacity electrical service, special electrical transformers, switchgear, and special uninterrupted power battery backup system).
• Receipt, sorting, merging and very high volume packaging of computer software (requires special clean compressed air distribution, special high level lighting in production areas, more high capacity electrical service, more special electrical distribution with more high capacity electrical switchgear, and a public announcement wiring and speaker system that can be heard throughout the plant.
• This plant layout accommodates a very efficient product flow.
• National and international high capacity data transfer lines connected to the carrier (this carrier has been AT&T, and could be CenturyTel); using special T-1 communication line service to the building, then fiber optic lines within the building to the server room, then to a second internal communications service center. Communications infrastructure remains in place set up and ready to be re-connected to the new tenant's computer servers and other equipment; then to the communications carrier selected by the new tenant.
• On-site call center operations were set up here to provide customer product ordering services (very high volume telephone line service with phone and data line distribution lines to multi-station locations). A second larger call center (and more available office and warehouse space) is located in adjoining Building 3.
• Extremely high volume and timely product delivery and distribution services are available here, using UPS, FedEx, and common carriers receiving and shipping products nationally and internationally. Freight can be picked up in the afternoon for next day delivery anywhere in the United States.
• This operation uses 15 active dock high truck doors and 4 drive-in truck doors, including dock seals, pit-type dock levelers, truck door security gates, and more.
• Adjoining uncongested 4-way I-90 freeway Exit 22. I-90 works best.
• This site has operated with up to seven-day a week, three-shift operations. These operations have required many employee accommodations; lunch areas, showers, lots of parking, and very good lighting.
• A complete use-tested security system. This system operates with cameras, alarm systems, and security card access, with all these connections remaining in place (replacement cameras and computer equipment will be required).
• A very efficient well-planned, well laid out high-volume product receiving, access, retrieval, processing, storage and shipping system has been set up here. This includes high volume storage (full 25 foot high stacking throughout the plant) in the best rack systems; including a combination of single pallet racks and both 2-pallet and 4 -pallet pushback racks; all benefiting from the unique completely open warehouse space setup, including 60' x 60' column spacing with no interior walls. These fully fire sprinkler-protected rack systems remain in place, all set up and ready for the next tenant.
• Special switchgear and electrical power service to the forklift battery charging station locations.
• Telephone and data line drops, distributed throughout the warehouse receiving, assembly/packaging, and distribution areas.
• Fully wired telephone and data networks (replacement computers and servers are needed). This system is also connected to the adjoining Building 3 office, warehouse, and call center location).
• The Liberty Battery non-interruptible emergency power backup system remains in place, connected to the computer server room and former floppy disk duplication areas. With the use of a simple generator to re-charge the batteries, this battery backup power source could become a continuous power backup system. This backup power system is vital for computer and communications based (call center and data transfer) operations.
• Building 1 has a very flexible multi-tenant design. The office improvements, the warehouse layout, and the equipment setup have all been carefully designed and improved over time to accommodate easy changes and adaptations, with continuing high volume operations.

The I-90/Preston Industrial Park is located at I-90 Exit 22, with multiple freeway and highway connections located nearby: To and from the west (including Seattle and the Port of Seattle), to and from the east (Spokane, Chicago, and Boston), to and from the northwest (Redmond and Microsoft, using SR 202), to and from towns further north (Bothell using SR 203), and to and from the south (using nearby SR 18).

These are all good reasons why you should round up your trusted Real Estate Broker and come see what is so special in Preston. We also have other available building space.

BUILDING 1 IS A TOTAL 71,568 SQUARE FEET, including 11,696 SF of flexible multi-tenant office (ground floor and mezzanine) and 59,872 SF of flexible/dividable high bay warehouse space (25 to 28 foot clear height below deep open web trusses). Special high-density fire sprinklers provide full fire protection. The entire project presently has 302,600 square feet of office and industrial/ assembly/ warehouse space.