Duke Realty Signs Armada Warehouse to 447,606 SF Industrial Lease in South Atlanta Prior to Construction

EAST POINT, GA. — The Atlanta office of Duke Realty Corp. has signed Armada Warehouse Solutions to a long-term lease for a new 447,606-square-foot, build-to-suit industrial facility at 3707 N. Commerce Drive in East Point, a southern suburb of Atlanta. Duke Realty had been designing its next speculative building on the site prior to inking the lease with Armada. The building will be located within Camp Creek Business Center, Duke Realty’s 400-acre, mixed-use business park situated 3.3 miles from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Armada’s new warehouse will be located near the north entrance of Camp Creek Business Center at the intersection of Camp Creek Parkway and North Commerce Drive just off I-285. The cross-dock building will feature 36-foot clear heights and include 82 dock doors, 100 automobile parking spaces and 87 trailer spaces. Additionally, the space will contain approximately 107,700 square feet of freezer/cooler space inside the building. Kris Bjorson, Chris Watts and Alan Clayton of JLL represented Armada in the lease deal, while Wes Hardy represented Duke Realty internally. Construction is expected to start this month with an expected delivery in July 2017.