Panattoni Begins Construction of 1.6 MSF Industrial Development in South Atlanta

MCDONOUGH, GA. — Panattoni Development Co. Inc. has broken ground on nearly 1.6 million square feet of space at Lambert Farms Logistics Park in McDonough, roughly 30 miles south of Atlanta. Located in the South Atlanta industrial submarket, 1 million square feet of space has been preleased to an international consumer brand, and the additional 550,000 square feet is being developed as speculative space. Wit Truitt, Chris Tomasulo and Reed Davis of JLL represented Panattoni in the lease negotiations and is marketing the speculative portion of the project. Construction on the development began in June and is slated for completion in the second quarter of 2018. In 2016, upscale retailer Tory Burch leased a 753,000-square-foot distribution center at Lambert Farms, which is expected to be operational later this year, creating roughly 150 new jobs.