CONYERS, GA. — The Liquid Products Division of Golden State Foods has signed a 5-year lease with Ashley Capital for 100,952 square feet in the Rockdale Logistics Center, making it the center’s first tenant since Ashley bought the warehouse in 2007. The Conyers property spans 25 acres and encompasses more than 540,000 square feet.
Golden State Foods currently occupies a manufacturing facility in Conyers across the street from Rockdale Logistics Center and will use the new space for storage. “They’ve grown recently in the liquid products division, and they needed to use more space in their existing plant for manufacturing,” says Bobby Mason of Atlanta-based Lavista Associates. Mason was the sole broker on the deal, representing Ashley Capital. “[GSF] is one of the few business that actually had a demand based on the growth in the business.”
Even though the tenant needed more space and Rockdale Logistics Center is across the street from GSF’s manufacturing facility, the transaction still took some work. “There’s no easy deals anymore, unfortunately,” Mason says. “This is the first deal of this size that’s been done in a while.”
— Jon Ross