Industrial revolution

The way Steven McCraney sees it, Florida is in the midst of an industrial revolution.

Not one with smokestacks or assembly lines, but one that contains both a geographic and paradigm shift in retailers' logistics that could influence real estate development and consumer fulfillment for decades to come.

To capitalize on the phenomenon, McCraney has proposed a 1.34 million-square-foot industrial real estate project consisting of four buildings on a 70-acre tract in Plant City, along the Interstate 4 corridor from Tampa to Orlando.