PORT WENTWORTH, GA. — Chesterfield, a Winter Park, Fla.-based real estate developer, has completed a 778,000-square-foot facility for carpet manufacturer Shaw Industries Group Inc. in Port Wentworth, 12 miles northwest of downtown Savannah. Built in just seven months, the Shaw facility is now part of Chesterfield’s Georgia International Trade Center (GITC), a light industrial and manufacturing park spanning 1,150 acres. The general contractor for the Shaw facility is Omega Construction and the project architect is Atlas Collaborative. Stonemont Financial Group served as Chesterfield’s capital partner.
The GITC is master planned for up to 7.2 million square feet. Located less than 10 miles from the Port of Savannah, the GITC has nearby access to the CSX Railway.