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Jul 30, 2024

Amazing race

Virginia is reaping thousands of jobs and huge tax revenues as Amazon.com revamps its U.S. delivery network. The e-commerce giant is opening major distribution centers and sorting facilities across the commonwealth as part of its nationwide strategy to get goods to consumers faster and stay one step ahead of competitors like Walmart and Target that […]

A man speaks in front of a dump truck.
Jul 1, 2024

Work begins on Stafford County industrial park

NorthPoint Development, a real estate operating company based in Kansas City, Missouri, broke ground in Stafford County on Tuesday on what’s being touted as the largest industrial park project along Interstate 95 from Washington, D.C., to Richmond.  The Austin Ridge Logistics Center on Austin Ridge Drive in Stafford will include five to seven buildings, for […]

A rendering of WCS Logistics' second Frederick County facility, announced in February 2024. Image courtesy WCS Logistics
Feb 20, 2024

Logistics company expanding in Winchester

Third-party logistics warehousing provider WCS Logistics, a Winchester Cold Storage company, will invest $27 million to expand in Frederick County and create an estimated 15 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Tuesday. WCS Logistics will build an 83,000-square-foot cold storage facility with the capacity for more than 13,000 pallets. The facility will include 68,750 square feet […]

Oct 24, 2023

Third-party logistics company to expand in Pulaski County

Wytheville-based third-party logistics company Camrett Logistics will invest more than $2 million to expand in Pulaski County, creating an estimated 58 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Tuesday. Camrett Logistics’ investment in its Dublin facility will include construction, renovating existing space and buying new forklifts and electric trucks. “Homegrown Virginia businesses like Camrett[...]

May 5, 2023

Convenience products distributor to double size in Salem

Layman Distributing, a woman-owned wholesale distributor of convenience and grocery store products, will invest $6.8 million to expand in Salem, adding 42 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Friday. The company will relocate to a facility at 2157 Aspersion Drive, doubling its current square footage and operational capacity. Founded in 1948, the company is currently located […]

Recent inventory backlogs have caused Riverside Logistics and other third-party logistics providers to have to turn away some business, say vice presidents James Durfee (L) and Rick Holden (R). Shifts in consumer demand “created a huge glut of inventory that we’re still working through,” Holden says. Photo by Matthew R.O. Brown
Mar 30, 2023

At max capacity

Supply chain and logistics executives used to joke that no one knew or understood what their jobs were — that is, until the COVID-19 pandemic upended how goods were transported to warehouses and ultimately to customers. “Until you start to look behind the scenes, you don’t know how all of this gets to your door […]

Mar 15, 2022

Penn. logistics firm building cross-dock centers in Va.

Pennsylvania-based warehousing and logistics company A. Duie Pyle Inc. will invest about $20 million to establish three cross-dock service centers in Manassas, Richmond and Roanoke, an expansion expected to create 75 jobs, Pyle and Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Tuesday. It’s the company’s first entry into Virginia. “Global supply chains are experiencing unprecedented pressure and we [...]

The pandemic-fueled e-commerce surge has accelerated the need for distribution centers, says Taylor Chess, president of development for Fairfax-based Peterson Cos., standing at the construction site for a major Amazon fulfillment center in Stafford County. Photo by Will Schermerhorn
Dec 31, 2021

Need for speed

Geoff Poston likens the current market for building, buying and leasing warehouses and distribution centers to the mid-1800s California Gold Rush: Everybody wants in. Poston, vice president of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer’s Hampton Roads industrial group, says demand has never been greater for industrial real estate, creating a tight market with low vacancy. “The […]

A 353,044-square-foot industrial facility is in the works at Meadowville Technology Park in Chesterfield County.
Mar 15, 2021

Manufacturing/logistics building coming to Meadowville Technology Park

A newly announced 353,044-square-foot manufacturing and industrial facility will be the first spec building constructed at Meadowville Technology Park, which is owned by the Chesterfield County Economic Development Authority. The project is being developed by Columbia, South Carolina-based Red Rock Developments and Stamford, Connecticut-based Westport Capital Partners LLC. It is Red Rock’s f[...]

Jan 14, 2021

Estes subsidiary announces new warehousing company

Richmond-based freight forwarding company Estes Forwarding Worldwide (EFW) announced Thursday the establishment of EFW Warehousing LLC as a result of its acquisition of Lewis Logistics, a warehousing, distribution and logistics company. EFW is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Estes Express Lines and provides domestic and international freight forwarding and logistics services. EFW Warehousing will be [...]

Dec 15, 2020

DHL Supply Chain to create 577 jobs in Stafford County

DHL Supply Chain, a contract logistics company with its North American headquarters in Ohio, is investing $72 million to establish a mid-Atlantic distribution center in Stafford County‘s Venture Business Park, creating 577 jobs, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday. The company will build a 500,000-square-foot high-bay facility for its Real Estate Solutions unit. Virginia competed with [&hel[...]

12724 Oak Lake Court. Photo courtesy Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer
Nov 11, 2020

Chesterfield County industrial building sells for $1.144M

An industrial building in Chesterfield County’s Midlothian area sold for $1.144 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced Monday. Located at 12724 Oak Lake Court, the 13,000-square-foot building sits on 1 acre. GMWTG Chesterfield LLC purchased the building from JBW Warehouses LLC for storage use. The property was most recently assessed at $802,300 in January, […]

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