This building near Mount Holly is brand new and just sold for $83 million

Carol Comegno, Cherry Hill Courier-Post
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EASTAMPTON - A real estate developer has sold a newly finished warehouse here for $83 million.

The new owner, Glendale Warehouse and Distribution of Edison, has consolidated much of its warehouse operation from Edison in Middlesex County to the new warehouse on Route 206 in Eastampton.

The building covers 345,600 square feet − comparable in size to half a dozen NFL football fields (including end zones) and was approved by the local land use planning board as a permitted use.

New York City-based Rockefeller Group, the owner of Rockefeller Center in New York and builder of the Eastampton warehouse as a speculative project, announced the sale in a statement by Zac Csik, vice president of New Jersey and Pennsylvania development.

The building, whose construction began in 2021, occupies a nearly 28-acre property on the south side of Route 206 between Woodlane−North Pemberton and Juliustown roads. Behind it is the Powell Run stream and back farther the Venue at Smithville Greene with single homes for those 55 and older along Smithville Road.

The warehouse also is eight miles east of Exit 7 of the New Jersey Turnpike in Bordentown Township, which the company says trucks will use to travel to and from the shipping ports of Elizabeth and Newark.

A new 346,00 square foot warehouse in Eastampton, Burlington County, has opened for storage and transportation of imported spices and other food products by a private company
A new 346,00 square foot warehouse in Eastampton, Burlington County, has opened for storage and transportation of imported spices and other food products by a private company

The distribution center is in "one of New Jersey’s fastest growing industrial markets – Burlington County," according to Csik.

What’s inside the warehouse?

Glendale is a major distributor for the spice industry and also stores and transports other food products.

The building had to meet stringent food safety and operational requirements because of its commodities, the developer said.

The warehouse will employ 30 workers, many of whom will be transferred from Edison, Glendale said.

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The site also has 4,000 square feet of speculative office space available.

What’s outside the warehouse

The warehouse has these exterior features:

  • 96 trailer spaces

  • 54 dock doors with two drive-in doors

  • 348 auto parking spaces

  • 185-foot truck court

What the new owner says

“Glendale is excited to be moving into our new, state-of-the art distribution center in Eastampton as we continue to expand our business in New Jersey,” said company president Frank Collette.

By consolidating operations from multiple buildings in Edison to a single site in Eastampton, Collete said, Glendale "will be able to better serve our customers and utilize multiple ports of entry for our imported products.”

Carol Comegno loves telling stories about South Jersey life, history and military veterans for the Courier Post, Burlington County Times and The Daily Journal. If you have a story to share, call her at 856-486-2473 or email  ccomegno@gannettnj.com.

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This article originally appeared on Cherry Hill Courier-Post: New Burlington County warehouse moves spices and other food products