Available Buildings

If you are interested in one or more of the following available buildings for your company's expansion or relocation to the South, please fill out the Reader Service Card located at the front of the magazine and mail it. Or, you can go to sb-d.com and fill out the Free Information form found on the main page of the site. If you would like to simply make a phone call, call Mike Randle at 205-733-1970. He will make sure information on the buildings you request will be processed quickly.

QUIZ

If you lived in Albany, N.Y. and made $100,000 a year, how much would you have to make to keep the same standard of living if you moved to Albany, Ga? What about Danville, Ca. compared to Danville, Va. and Morristown, N.J. compared to Morristown, Tenn? (scroll down for answer)

Alabama

Bulk distribution in Calera, Ala. is taking off. Graham & Co. is building a 500,000-square-foot multi-tenant distribution facility on 35 acres a mile north of the Calera exit on Interstate 65. The building is the largest multi-tenant warehouse ever built on spec in the Birmingham area. The $15 million building is part of phase two of Graham's 96-acre Shelby Commerce Park. The first phase, a 208,000-square-foot facility, is now occupied by three users.

A warehouse is available in Maplesville, Ala. The building can process and store materials via rail or truck. The 208,000-square-foot facility features seven truck bays and four rail docks served by Norfolk Southern. The facility is located about 50 miles south of Birmingham near highway 82 and Interstate 65.

The Hollingsworth Cos. has developed a new spec building near Huntsville at Interstate 65 and Interstate 565. The 108,960-square-foot building is located in the new Southpoint Industrial Park. It features very high ceilings and sits on 15 acres.

The former Russell Corporation building located in Geneva, Ala., has become available. The 40,750-square-foot, single-story industrial facility features 6" concrete floors, three tailgate high truck doors with levelers and a EPDM membrane type roof.

Arkansas

Tyson Foods is selling its 71,914-square-foot facility in Forrest City, Ark. The one-story building features ceiling heights to 22' clear. The building includes 16,300 square feet of office space, 10,000 square feet of cooler area and 2,120 square feet of chilled dock. The facility is minutes from Interstate 40, 36 miles from Memphis and 85 miles from Little Rock.

Georgia

Eatonton has a building available. The one-story, 70,930-square-foot facility features 25' clear ceiling heights and truck dock facilities that can accommodate eight trucks. The facility was previously used by Camfil Farr Corp. for the manufacturing and distribution of industrial filters.

The former West Lumber distribution center in Plainville, Ga. is now available. The 308,300-square-foot facility has ceiling heights to 36' clear and features 16 dock-high doors. The facility is located near Interstate 75 in the northwest portion of the state near Chattanooga, Tenn.

Kentucky

Atlanta-based Robert Pattillo Properties is expanding its Louisville area portfolio with the building of a 427,500-square-foot spec industrial building at the Cedar Grove Business Park in Shepherdsville. The building, on 44 acres, is expected to be completed by August. Marketers are looking for a single tenant for the building, which can be expanded to 855,000 square feet. Pattillo owns two other large facilities in the Louisville area, including the 500,000-square-foot Guess warehouse and Linens ' Things' 611,000-square-foot facility.

Louisiana

There's a new spec warehouse ready for lease or sale in South Tangipahoa Parish. The facility is about 40 miles north of New Orleans adjacent to Interstate 55 at Port Manchac. The warehouse has a rail loading platform that can serve up to eight rail cars at a time. Two 20' x 14' high roll-up doors at each end of the warehouse provides easy truck access. Manchac.

There's a 60,000 spec building available in the South Webster Industrial District Park near Minden, La. The building has never been occupied and does not have a floor. Eve heights are 18 feet on one side of the building and 21 feet on the other. Almost seven acres of land goes with the property. This building is attractively priced at $550,000. It is located just over a mile south of Interstate 20 in Northern Louisiana.

Mississippi

Olive Branch, Miss., located near FedX's massive Memphis cargo hub, is getting a large-scale speculative building project thanks to Atlanta-based Pattillo Properties. The facility, reported to total up to 1.1 million square feet, is being built in the Olive Branch Distribution Center. The deal would be the third such spec development to be built at the 600-acre park. It's the first venture for Pattillo into the Desoto County, Miss., and Shelby County, Tenn. (Memphis) distribution market, one of the largest such distribution markets in the American South.

The former Motor Guide building is now available in Starkville. The industrial facility consists of a 108,676 square feet primary building and two additional freestanding buildings with approximately 4,100 square feet. The main building includes 50,000 square feet heated and cooled, of which 25,000 square feet are office area. The facility has direct access to rail services and four-lane highway. Also available in Starkville is a 90,787-square-foot prime office/manufacturing/warehouse facility.

Missouri

Construction is set to begin on a shell building in Mitchell Woods Business Park in St. Joseph, Mo. The St. Joseph Chamber is one of the partners developing the 60,000-square-foot facility. This is the third spec building to go up in the park. The previous two sold quickly.

North Carolina

Samet Corp. is constructing a 50,547-square-foot spec warehouse/flex building on 14 acres in High Point. The tilt-up, concrete building will feature 24-foot clear heights and 12,000 square feet of office space.

Winston-Salem's Compass Group has completed construction on a spec flex facility at the Madison Business Park in western Rockingham County. It's the first spec building at the park, a 65-acre tract located off U.S. 311 just 22 miles north of Piedmont Triad International Airport. The 44,000-square-foot facility is the beneficiary of $500,000 in infrastructure improvements at the park. All utilities are in place.

The 312,000-square-foot Galey and Lord facility in Erwin, N.C. is now available. The building sits on 71 acres located on Highway 217 South. The one-story building features concrete panel walls; 6" reinforced concrete floors; ceiling heights to 26'6" clear; seven dock-high doors and one drive-in door.

A Spartanburg, S.C., development group that concentrates its projects along the Carolinas' Interstate 85 corridor plans a $9 million, 300,000-square-foot speculative distribution center in Kings Mountain. It's the second industrial building for Johnson Development Associates and its affiliated companies in Kings Mountain Commerce Park.

South Carolina

New River Industries has placed its 113,640-square-foot building in Gaffney on the market. The one-story facility features concrete panel walls; 6" reinforced concrete floors and ceiling heights to 26' clear. The property is located less than a mile from Interstate 85 and has direct access to the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport.

A new 56,000-square-foot spec building is available in Bennettsville, S.C. The facility, located in northeastern South Carolina in Marlboro County, features 26-foot eave heights and sits on 20 acres. The building is expandable to 224,000 square feet and has three dock doors and a large drive-through.

There is a 131,600-square-foot speculative industrial building under construction in Florence by Florence County Enterprises, LLC, which is a joint venture between Progress Energy and Fox Enterprises. The high quality facility is one of the largest spec buildings being built in South Carolina.

Tennessee

A large facility is now available in Dyersburg. The 367,560-square-foot building features 24' 6" ceilings in the original warehouse, 22' 6" ceilings in the expanded warehouse and 42' 9" clear in the high-bay warehouse. There are 16 dock-high doors serving the facility. It is located within one mile of Interstate 155.

There's a 110,136-square-foot building and a 63,420-square-foot building available in Ripley, Tenn. The larger facility features almost 59,000 square feet of manufacturing space, 15,000 square feet of office space and a 36,000-square-foot warehouse with 20' ceilings. The entire building is air-conditioned and there are four dock-high doors with levelers. The smaller building features ceiling heights between 22' and 26' feet.

Duke Realty has announced it is building 1.5 million square feet of industrial space in the Nashville market over the next several years. The first facilities built by Duke will be at Airpark East, a new 16-building, $100 million complex that is located next to the Nashville International Airport. The facilities will include flex, distribution and warehouse space.

Binswanger is now marketing the former H.I.S. building in Brucetown, Tenn. The 202,600-square-foot facility's price has dropped as well from $3.8 million to $2.5 million. The building is fully air-conditioned with ceiling heights to 24'5" clear. The building features 9,000 square feet of office space and five 10' x 10' and 18 8' x 10' dock-high doors and one drive-in door.

Trenton, Tenn., has a building available. The 60,000-square-foot building features two dock level doors and column spacing at 40'x50'. Ceiling heights range from 22' to 24'.

Texas

IMI Cornelius has put its 92,000-square-foot building in San Antonio on the market. The building features concrete block and insulated metal panel walls and ceiling heights to 24' clear. It is located in south San Antonio just minutes from Interstate 35.

Over 600,000 square feet of spec industrial space is going up in Northeast San Antonio. Over 400,000 square feet is slated to be developed over the next year at the Eisenhauer 35 Business Park, located at Eisenhauer Road and Interstate 35. Spec buildings at the park will range from 79,000 square feet to 144,000 square feet. Another 225,000 square feet of spec industrial space is going up in Northeast San Antonio at the Tri-County Industrial Park. Two buildings are being built at Tri-County, one that's 68,960 square feet and a second that's 155,000 square feet.

A new office/warehouse facility is being built in Mesquite in the D/FW Metroplex. The building is the first of three planned at Peachtree Centre. The new 396,750-square-foot warehouse is designed for single or multiple tenants, with a capacity of up to six tenants. Other spec buildings planned at the east Dallas park include a 116,250-square-foot facility and an 82,250-square-foot building. All buildings will have 30-foot ceilings.

The former MJ Designs facility in Coppell is now available. The 510,654-square-foot office and distribution facility is located in West Commerce Center. The facility is located just 1/4 mile northeast of the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Its construction features concrete panel walls, 7" reinforced concrete floors, and ceiling heights to 30' clear.

Virginia

A new 68,000-square-foot building is now available in Alleghany County, Va. The building features 28-foot ceilings at the eaves with a clear height of 32 feet. The building has four dock-high doors and two drive-in doors. Four thousand square feet has been set aside for office space with the remaining 64,000 designed for manufacturing. The building sits on 22 acres.

QUIZ ANSWER

If you earned $100,000 annually and moved from Albany, N.Y. to Albany, Ga., you would have to make $87,527 to keep the same standard of living. Making $100,000 in Danville, Ca. is the same as making $49,529 in Danville, Va. Making $100,000 in Morristown, N.J. is the same as making $66,459 in Morristown, Tenn. Source: The Salary Calculator at www.homefair.com