New 4.3M sq ft HUB at ONT, logistics expansion spotlighted

Speakers at the event emphasized ONT's strategic role in regional logistics and announced the recently unveiled HUB at ONT, a 4,300,000-square-foot industrial logistics park adjacent to Ontario International Airport with expected completion in 2025.

Speaker 1 framed the development as part of a broader logistics ecosystem that includes more than 120,000,000 square feet of industrial space and roughly 240 logistics establishments in the city. The transcript included an economic estimate that logistics employment generates about $2.7 billion in regional economic output and $1.3 billion in labor income. The airport's cargo operations and new logistics facilities were described as attracting major companies and adding jobs and capital investment.

Mark Smith, vice president and general manager at Ontario Mills, also reflected on the area's draw for shoppers and visitors, calling Ontario "really on fire from a standpoint of expansion." The speakers tied the logistics growth to Ontario's highway, rail and air connectivity and to public-private partnerships that the city said it is promoting to support environmentally certified distribution centers.