Missouri company breaks into market with Greer spec building

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A speculative distribution center eyed for auto suppliers and the e-commerce sector is on the rise in Greer’s Fort Prince Industrial Park.

Fort Prince Logistics Center, a 476,280-square-foot industrial project scheduled for completion in the fourth quarter of this year, will occupy 47 acres at 1090 Fort Prince Boulevard. The property will be adjacent to the site of Walmart’s incoming $450 million distribution center, according to a news release.

Missouri-based Hunt Midwest will make its first foray into the Greenville-Spartanburg market with the property with plans for additional projects as part of the developer’s Southeastern expansion. The company has brought to market $1 billion in industrial, self-storage, residential, senior housing and multifamily projects over the past 50 years, according to the news release.

“Hunt Midwest chose Fort Prince as our first spec project in South Carolina because we were drawn to the highly skilled labor force that has been developed throughout the corridor,” Michael Bell, Hunt Midwest’s senior vice president of commercial real estate, said in the release. “Fort Prince’s proximity to BMW’s facilities andFedEx — including its ability to reach up to 244 million customers within a two-day shipping — are drivers that will greatly benefit a diverse group of tenants.”

Hunt Midwest has selected Seamon Whiteside for civil engineering, LS3P for building design, and Evans General Contractors as the general contractor overseeing construction of the Fort Prince Logistics Center. Leasing on the project is being handled by John Montgomery, Garrett Scott, Brockton Hall and Dillon Swayngim of Colliers.

Plans for the structure include 189 surface parking stalls — expandable to 385, up to 125 tractor-trailer parking stalls, a 135-foot-deep truck court and 48 dock positions.

“Hunt Midwest’s design-build approach to lock-in construction costs for Fort Prince will result in more advantageous lease rates for our tenants,” Tony Borchers, Hunt Midwest’s vice president of acquisitions and development, said in the release. “The project delivery system allows for maximum flexibility for logistics, manufacturing and distribution users.”