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The Hollingsworth Companies has been in the industrial building business for over 30 years. Unlike most industrial developers, we maintain ownership of the buildings we build wherever possible. That has allowed us to grow our portfolio of industrial customers across the Southeast and Midwest. With that long run of success comes some interesting challenges. After a

An Ohio based distribution company is the newest tenant in the SouthPoint Business Park located in Huntsville, Alabama.  The 227,600 SF facility was being built as a virtually-complete speculative building that was completed in October.  Due to the high demand for Class A industrial space, the building was leased in

Everyone knows the game. Rock beats scissors, Paper covers rock. But in the real world wouldn’t you rather have a rock than a piece of paper? Well in the real world a piece of paper called a mortgage can take your “rock” of a house, so maybe there is some

The Hollingsworth Companies invest millions of dollars in getting prepared to meet the high-speed demands of our industrial clients.   We have researched ideal geographies with great interstate highway access and bought hundreds of acres of land, installed infrastructure, designed and permitted buildings and even pre-graded the sites to bring them

When The Hollingsworth Companies built the SouthPoint Business Park Huntsville, Alabama in 1999, little did they know that BOCAR would locate across the street; and, this would be  the closest industrial park to a future Toyota Mazda plant. In November 2017, BOCAR announced a new plant on Bibb Garrett Road. In January, Toyota Mazda announced

7,000 every year…remember that number! If you are one of the many companies looking to expand or relocate and you cannot align all of the industry factor stars, most importantly the labor pool star, then Fayetteville could be your Universe. Why does Fayetteville currently have the highest “Metro” unemployment rate in North Carolina (of 5.1%), with

The Hollingsworth Companies has started the Phase III expansion to the SouthPoint Business Park in Mocksville, North Carolina. With this expansion, the SouthPoint Business Park will become one of the largest semi-rural industrial parks in the state. The Hollingsworth Companies have seen the central location, support from state and local economic development agencies, and favorable business

With the increased optimism of the U.S. economy over the last 90 days and threat of inbound customs tariffs, the inventory of Available Industrial buildings has continued to decrease. This reduction in inventory will result in a corresponding expansion of Build to Suit (BTS) industrial facilities to support the growing market. The Hollingsworth Companies

A TIF program uses increased, future real estate tax revenues to fund new improvements designed to attract additional industrial investment and job creation. The recession of 2008 paired with increased energy code requirements (IECC Regulations) and tightening environmental regulations created a perfect storm hitting industrial development. Typically, industrial developers build