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Wall Tilting Ceremony of a “Green” One-Million-Square-Foot Class A Industrial Building to Take Place at Southern California Logistics Centre in Victorville

WHAT: Stirling Capital Investments will host a ceremony commemorating the last wall to be tilted on Distribution Centre 1, a one-million-square-foot Class A industrial facility at Southern California Logistics Centre (SCLC) in Victorville, Calif. This massive “green” facility is registered for LEED Certification and is part of SCLC’s Phase I development plans which total 6.5 million square feet of industrial space on over 350 acres of land.

The completion of the facility is anticipated in December 2008 and when fully occupied, the building is expected to generate up to 200 new jobs.

WHEN:Friday, July 18, 2008 10 a.m.

WHERE: Distribution Centre 1 (at Southern California Logistics Centre). Directions from I-15N: Once you reach Victorville, exit at Mohave Dr. and head west over the 15 Freeway. Turn right on Village Dr. Turn left at Air Expressway signal. Follow Air Expressway for 3 miles and turn right at Phantom West signal. The building will be on your left-hand side. Follow event signs.

CONTACT:Jennifer Little, Amies Communications, Office: (949) 863-1910, ext. 27

ABOUT GLOBAL ACCESS: Global Access Victorville, the former George Air Force Base in Victorville, Calif., is an 8,500-acre multimodal freight transportation hub supported by air, ground and rail connections. Global Access  is comprised of Southern California Logistics Airport (SCLA), a 2,500-acre world-class air cargo and aviation facility; Southern California Logistics Centre (SCLC), a 2,500-acre commercial and industrial complex entitled for 60 million square feet of development; and Southern California Rail Complex (SCRC), a planned 3,500-acre intermodal and multimodal complex entailing rail-served facilities. Stirling and the City of Victorville have a public/private partnership agreement to redevelop the former George Air Force Base into Global Access, the largest fully-integrated commercial development in the region, which is anticipated to create more than 24,000 jobs and support another 18,500 jobs in the surrounding area. For more information, visit www.globalaccessvictorville.com

Greenroofs - May be the last frontier for the Californian lawn mower.

The typical green roof is a low-maintenance, light weight, roofing system that uses cost-efficient vegetation to create eco-sensitive alternative roofs for your home. The practice of greenroofs began in Europe a half century ago and can work with a variety of buildings, commercial, industrial, multi-family, garages, or any flat architectural structure.

They benefit the environment in a number of ways:

• they manage storm water runoff by retaining rainwater
• they remove CO2 from the air and release oxygen
• they reduce the amount of heat released by buildings back into the environment that is absorbed from the sun
• they insulate buildings by keeping the heat in during the winter and the heat out during the summer
• they enable a building to merge into the landscape around it

Articles in California

• San Francisco - The California Academy of Sciences’ beautiful new living-roof may well spark a revolution - and CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES GREEN ROOF
• San Diego - Planting The Seeds For Green Roofs - In a gritty industrial section of Kearny Mesa, ‘plantscaper’ Jim Mumford is putting down roots. On his roof.

Great resources on Greenroofs (or Greenroofing)

• Greenroof.org - Green Roofs for Healthy Cities’ mission is to increase the awareness of the economic, social, and environmental benefits of green roof infrastructure across North America and rapidly advance the development of the market for green roof products and services.
• Greenroofs.com a green roof directory.
• Global Green Roofs
• http://www.dcgreenworks.org/LID/greenroofs.html