North Bay Business Journal

Industrial real estate of Solano and Napa counties showed significant improvement in 2012 over 2011, as several significant leases were completed and some significant buildings sold. The overall industrial vacancy rate in Napa and Solano counties dropped for the seventh consecutive quarter at the end of 2012.

With the economy continuing to show signs of improvement, we expect continued demand and activity in 2013.

More than a dozen North Bay companies undertook major expansions or moves: TricorBraun WinePak, Raydiance, Enphase Energy, General Dynamics, Langers of Sonoma, Anette’s Chocolates Napa Valley, Marmot Mountain, Wineshipping, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, EO Products, Birkenstock USA, Toys for Bob, Adventist Health, Amorim Cork America, SPG Solar, Biosearch Technologies and Telltale Games.

The Kress Building in downtown Santa Rosa was sold. It has 18,600 square feet of rentable retail and office space in the 80-year-old building at 613 and 615 Fourth St. …

Wine order fulfillment services provider Wineshipping last month expanded its new Napa base of operations to nearly 208,000 square feet, according to the Dowling-Bracco Team of Cushman & Wakefield, who represented both sides of the new lease. …

Moresco Distributing Co. of Petaluma signed a two-year lease of 14,000 square feet at 1460 Cader Ln. in that city to manage the rapid expansion needs of the nearly 2-decade-old company. …

SONOMA — Increasing sales of wine plus greater demand for direct shipments has fulfillment services provider Wineshipping packing for a major expansion to Napa Valley.