New facility adds 250 local jobs, furthering the company‘s rapid North American expansion PARSIPPANY, N.J. June 1, 2020 – Ferrero USA, Inc., part of the global confectionery company Ferrero Group, today announced the opening of a new distribution center in McDonough, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. The newly constructed facility located at 875 Highway 42... Continue Reading →
Gardner Logistics Park site plan (Scannell Properties photo) May 10 update: the Love’s retread and retail distribution center will be located off Colvin Drive and Davis Lake Road. The facility will be constructed as part of Gardner Logistics Park phase II. Gardner Logistics Park is being developed by Scannell Properties. Phase I broke ground in... Continue Reading →
The McDonough Planning Commission considered public review for the proposed RaceTrac service station off highway 155 this week. The proposed development is located at 716–726 Highway 155 South between I-75 and King Mill Road. The applicant has requested a rezoning from C-2 (central commercial) to C-3 (highway commercial) for the project. The MPC recommended approval... Continue Reading →
A new real estate package for the Declaration Logistics Center is advertising an upcoming development by Crow Holdings Industrial. The building is forecast to be available in June 2021. Declaration Logistics Center will include one building offering 268,940 square feet of industrial space located off Declaration Drive in McDonough. Other buildings on the street were... Continue Reading →
Gardner 42 is an industrial project under construction in Locust Grove. (Scannell Properties photo) Nearly 19.6 million square feet of new industrial space was completed in metro Atlanta last year, setting an annual record for new space. One-third of the new space, or 6.2 MSF, was located within the I-85 north submarket. Cushman & Wakefield... Continue Reading →
The Georgia General Assembly created the Georgia Commission on Freight & Logistics during this year's session to study the existing freight infrastructure in the state and make recommendations about its long-term viability and continued success. The commission has been meeting since August and is expected to conclude its work before the end of the year.... Continue Reading →
Building 600 will be built south of the existing warehouse. (LoopNet map) The second building at the Cubes at Locust Grove is set to build in 2020. The Cubes at Locust Grove is a 343 acre industrial park being developed by ClayCo Realty Group. The first phase of the project was completed in 2017. That... Continue Reading →
In one of their last actions before new council members are sworn in, the Locust Grove city council approved a rezoning and associated comp plan amendment for the Gardner Commerce Center. Plans include one 1.25 million square foot warehouse on eighty-one acres accessible from Colvin Drive. The council voted 4-1 (Greer opposed; Gardner recused) to... Continue Reading →
New industrial space is available in McDonough. (real estate photo) The I-75 south corridor leads the Atlanta region in new industrial space under construction, according to this quarter’s Industrial Snapshot published by Cushman & Wakefield. The company defines the I-75 South submarket as Butts County, Clayton County (excluding the area surrounding Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport), Henry... Continue Reading →
