Chiquita Brands International wants out of its marine terminal and office lease at Broward County’s Port Everglades.
The county commission will vote on Jan. 24 to terminate the lease for most of Chiquita’s facilities at the port. It currently leases 13.1 acres with 14,097 square feet of offices and 28,352 square feet of warehouses to support its banana shipments. Under the termination, the company would keep 6.59 acres of land under a short-term lease, but not the buildings.
The move does not impact Chiquita’s headquarters at the Design Center of the Americas in Dania Beach, where it moved in 2015. Chiquita also has a separate warehouse lease at the port for a banana ripening facility that would remain in place.
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