While the entitlement process is expected to take up to three months, construction on the first of two buildings will not happen right away, according to Todd Yates, senior vice president with the Alter Group in Atlanta. A significant lease signing or build-to-suit project would be preferred, he says, and the developer is already in talks with distribution tenants requiring large areas for parking and loading tractor-trailer trucks.
"Our goal is to basically get the site ready to pull a building permit as soon as we have a deal," Yates tells GlobeSt.com. "Hopefully, when the tide turns, we will be ready to go."
Henry County, located southeast of Atlanta, has become known as a distribution hub in recent years. Last month, Oakmont Industrial Group signed CEVA Logistics US Inc. to a 154,000-square-foot lease at 125 Southside Court.
"Our advantage is that we've got a site large enough to build over a million square feet," Yates says. He adds that the two planned Henry County buildings, with 1.5 million square feet each, will cost an estimated $120 million to build.
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