Mericle Commercial Real Estate Services is constructing a 1,023,000 square foot speculative industrial building at 200 Technology Drive in CenterPoint Commerce & Trade Park East, Jenkins Township, Pennsylvania. The project was announced by Mericle President Robert K. Mericle.
The building is scheduled to be completed before the end of the year and will be the largest industrial facility ever constructed on speculation in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
Robert Mericle said he decided to construct the building because of how popular CenterPoint and Northeastern Pennsylvania have become with companies seeking a strategic location for a new distribution center.
Mericle listed Amazon.com, Home Depot, Lowe's, Neiman Marcus, Corning, Kimberly Clark, Isuzu, Tailored Brands, Benco Dental, Jerry's Sports Center, and FedEx SmartPost as among the firms that have opened large distribution centers in the park. Altogether, there are 51 tenants and 6,000 employees in nine million square feet in CenterPoint.
“CenterPoint is less than one mile from I-81 and I-476 and is immediately adjacent to major facilities for FedEx Ground, FedEx Express, and UPS,” said Mericle. “The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Airport is just three miles away and many major trucking firms are within a 15-minute drive.”
More than 51 million people live within 200 miles of CenterPoint. Philadelphia, Harrisburg, New York City, and Port Elizabeth can each be reached in about two hours.
“We have designed the building to accommodate mid-size to large bulk industrial tenants that have very high trailer parking requirements, and e-commerce fulfillment operations that need huge areas for employee parking,” continued Mericle.
Mericle also noted the project site has room for close to 1,000 trailers and more than 1,000 employee parking spaces.
All major utilities serve the site including fiber and there is strong water pressure.
Key features of the cross-docked building include:
