1) HHGregg
Appliance retailer HHGregg is eyeing Duke Realty's parcel off Anvil Block Road and I-675 in Clayton County, sources tell us. (They're probably using high-end electronic equipment to do so.) The company has been
scouting metro Atlanta to
develop a 400k SF build-to-suit distribution facility, possibly to replace its warehouse at 3000 Southpark Blvd in Ellenwood (above). Calls with Colliers International's
Price Weaver, who reps the retailer, and Duke Realty were not returned by press time.
2) McMaster-Carr
McMaster-Carr is an Atlanta-based nuts and bolts supplier eyeing a
1M SF project on 120 acres off Riverside Parkway in Douglas County. The company owns its facility at
6100 Fulton Industrial Blvd, and sources say it plans to develop a new project near the New Manchester Business Park: an initial distribution facility of
up to 600k SF with enough land to expand to the million mark, sources say. King Industrial Realty's
Sim Doughtie (above) and
Al McConkey are repping the company, but did not return calls seeking comment.
3) Maurice Sporting Goods
Maurice Sporting Goods is may
develop 300k SF in McDonough. It's in a company-owned,
178k SF facility at 1325 Georgia 155, also in McDonough. But a build-to-suit could
double its size. Sources say the company is also
looking at existing buildings in the area. NAI Brannen Goddard's
Nathan Anderson (above with
Darren Butler) is repping the company, but was unavailable for comment.
These are just a few of the build-to-suit projects in the market. Other big deals sources told us about include UnderArmour, looking to do a
600k SF distribution facility at sites from Savannah to Atlanta;
T.J.Maxx, which recently
inked a deal to
develop a 600k SF warehouse in Jackson County (above) with IDI;
Kroger, evaluating developing a
1M SF refrigerated distribution center with Majestic Realty at Charlie Brown Field (which we
reported last week); and
Restoration Hardware, which we're told is considering a
1M SF build-to-suit in the Savannah area.
