WEST SACRAMENTO—Construction is set to begin by month's end on a379,161-square-foot industrial project in the Southport BusinessPark called LogistiCenter at Southport. Dermody Properties' class-Aindustrial distribution facility demonstrates that replacement costrents have returned to Sacramento and industrial is poised forgrowth, says Schaal Realty Advisors principal Tom Schaal, who hasreturned to his roots in West Sacramento.

"Replacement cost rents have finally come back to Sacramento,perhaps one of the last markets to come back in the country,"Schaal tells globest.com. "And, industrial is targeted to flourishpost-COVID-19 because supply chain disruption has caused a need formore inventory storage. There will continue to be more e-commerceand manufacturing is going to come back to diminish US dependencyon foreign manufacturing. Downtown and Midtown have come back in abig way and created a cool factor that has created a very positivevibe for Sacramento. This has attracted a young and highly educatedworkforce to the area."

The development will have 36-foot clear height, divisible to75,000 square feet with cross dock and front-load docs, 58 dockdoors, 56- by 50-foot typical column spacing, ESFR fire protectionsystem, 106 trailer parking spaces and 222 car/small truck parkingspaces.