Duke Realty Corp.‘s New Jersey office said Friday that it broke ground on a 26-acre site in Woodbridge Township for a planned 267,575-square-foot FreezPak Logistics facility.
FreezPak signed a long-term lease for the build-to-suit freezer development at 2 Paddock St., strategically located near the New Jersey Turnpike, just minutes from Newark Liberty International Airport, the ports of New York and New Jersey and New York City.
The state-of-the-art facility will consist of approximately 209,500 square feet of freezer space, a 45,760-square-foot cool dock and another 12,000 square feet of office space. The facility is being built to LEED certification standards. The construction plan includes 67-foot clear height in the freezer and 30-foot in the cool dock, 34 dock doors, 70 trailer spaces and 167 automobile parking spaces.
“Over the past several years, Duke Realty has continued to invest in growing our New Jersey footprint with strategically located, highly desirable developments,” said Art Makris, senior vice president of Duke Realty’s Northeast region. “As most U.S. food distribution is managed by third-party logistics companies before reaching consumers, demand for temperature-controlled storage and distribution facilities is growing, and Duke Realty is ready to help meet that demand with the modern, high-quality facilities we are known for.”
“FreezPak is happy to have the opportunity to leverage the many advantages that our new state-of-the-art, customized distribution facility will offer,” said Dave Saoud, co-CEO of FreezPak.
Mike Saoud, co-CEO of FreezPak, added, “FreezPak is going to new heights with the power of automation.”
Ben Rosen, Duke Realty leasing representative in New Jersey, and David Gheriani, William Waxman, Mindy Lissner and Kevin Dudley with CBRE represented Duke Realty in this transaction.
