East Coast Warehouse & Distribution, an Elizabeth-based temperature-controlled logistics provider, on Thursday said it is expanding into South Carolina with its first facility to be located in Charleston County. The $14.5 million investment will create 52 new jobs.
East Coast Warehouse & Distribution operates strategically placed facilities along the East Coast near the ports of New York and New Jersey, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Savannah.
“We’re thankful to our partners at Capital Development Partners and the Port of Charleston who helped us make a smooth transition into the Charleston market. This new facility – our first in the market – will allow us to expand our footprint, improve productivity, maximize flexibility and offer increased speed to customers in the greater Charleston area,” East Coast Warehouse CEO Jamie Overley, said.
The new East Coast Warehouse & Distribution operation will be part of North Charleston’s Shipyard Creek Logistics Center located at 2015 Tellico Road, 1.5 miles from the entrance of the Hugh K. Leatherman Sr. Terminal.
The new facility comprises 259,000 square feet of warehousing space on 17.6 acres of land, with an additional nine acres for parking and storing 350 trailers and containers. The temperature-controlled facility will be dedicated to public refrigerated warehousing solutions and will serve as a base for the company’s Safeway Trucking operation.
Operations are expected to begin in the summer of 2025.
