A. Duie Pyle buys Suffolk land for $24M, plans logistics campus

West Chester, Pennsylvania-based transportation, logistics and supply chain company A. Duie Pyle announced last week that it has purchased a 43-acre site at the Port 460 Logistics Center in Suffolk.

While the purchase price was not disclosed in the announcement, city property records show a limited liability company connected to Pyle purchased the site at 3047 Starboard Court in December 2025 for $24 million.

Pyle plans to use the site to develop an integrated logistics campus that will support warehouse operations, less-than-truckload (LTL) cross-dock services and transloading in the Norfolk region. The project will involve the creation of a 52-door LTL cross-dock and 200,000 square feet of warehouse space under one roof, with room to expand to 420,000 square feet.

The company expects to complete construction on the facility in the second quarter of 2027.

Services performed at the site will include warehousing, distribution, transloading, LTL shipping and truckload management brokerage services. The company said the facility’s proximity to the Port of Virginia will give it “seamless connections” into the Northeast, mid-Atlantic and Ohio freight corridors.

Pyle Chief Commercial Officer Frank Granieri said the expansion in the Suffolk and Norfolk market is a response to the evolving demands of the supply chain.

“By establishing this integrated warehouse and LTL service center near the Port of Virginia, we’re not just enhancing our capacity; we’re addressing the pressing need for more efficient, adaptive solutions that streamline operations in a high-demand market,” he said in a statement. “This facility will allow Pyle to offer enhanced services that drive transparency, improve supply chain connectivity and, ultimately, deliver the flexibility and speed that today’s shippers require to remain competitive.”

According to Suffolk Mayor Mike Duman, Pyle expects to create up to 50 jobs within the first year after its completion.

Pyle marks the first tenant of the Port 460 Logistics Center, a $420 million, 540-acre industrial campus being developed by the Rockefeller Group, a New York real estate developer, and Matan, a Maryland real estate investment firm. The project’s first phase will deliver 2.4 million square feet across five buildings, with a subsequent phase bringing the total to 5 million square feet.

Rockefeller and Matan broke ground on the project in September 2024 and are nearing completion of the first two buildings: a 339,150-square-foot distribution center and a 246,490-square-foot distribution center.

Pyle will be developing the fifth building, part of the project’s first phase.

Gregg Christoffersen, a JLL managing director who is involved with leasing Port 460, said that while Pyle purchased the land for the fifth building, the plan is for the remaining four buildings in phase one to be leased. Phase one won’t be considered completed until all five buildings are either purchased or leased, he said.

While tenants have not yet been secured for the remaining four buildings, Christoffersen said there has been strong interest and some active proposals. He expects the third and fourth buildings to be completed in the second quarter of next year.