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When it opens next May, the new Ace facility will be the first tenant in the 900-acre CenterPoint Intermodal Center, which can accommodate up to 5.8 million sq. ft. of industrial facilities. The location will also take advantage of Panamax, an expansion of the Panama Canal that is scheduled for completion in 2Ol4 and will allow larger container vessels easier access to East Coast ports-further lowering land-transportation costs.

Ace already operates an 800,000-sq. ft. retail support center in Prince George, Va.

Pleasant River Buys Maine Sawmill

Pleasant River Lumber, Dover-Foxcroft, Me., purchased 7O-year-old Crobb Box Co. at auction, including several buildings and a five-year-old sawmill on 100 acres in Hancock, Me.

Crobb Box opened during World War II, to produce heavyweight boxes for shipping vehicle parts and military supplies overseas. It later specialized in eastern white pine lumber products, but got into financial trouble earlier this year. Machias Savings Bank purchased the property in August, after a foreclosure sale failed to attract any satisfactory bids.

Pleasant River employs about 90 people at its current facilities in Dover-Foxcroft and West Enfield, which produce spruce framing materials for new construction.

"We have been looking for opportunities to expand and diversify," said v.p. Jason Brochu, who speculated that up to 40 workers could be hired once the former Crobb's facility is fully operational with a new wood-fired boiler.