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We have been searching for new industrial park locations recently since all of our current locations are getting mostly built-out. It is common to hear these days the phrase, “all the good sites are taken.” It is said a bit tongue in cheek, but there is more truth to the

Every three years, our friends at the International Codes Council promulgate a whole new series of codes and regulations related to building construction. 2024 is the latest scheduled release of the newest versions of all the different codes. They are up to 19 different iterations from: the Building, Plumbing and

Joe Hollingsworth is fond of saying, “you can’t sell any corn flakes if you don’t have them on the shelf!” It is a call to keep up the inventory to meet the demand. The demand side has been a roller coaster for the last few years. In spite of the

October 11, 2023 Last Hotline we wrote about the coming way of electric vehicles and the significant charging infrastructure needed for recharging their batteries. At the same time there, is a push away from other fossil fuels to convert more and more equipment to be fully electric and to forego

The US Southeast has for decades been the choice destination for automotive assembly plants. The industry is undergoing unprecedented changes as it migrates to electric drivetrain vehicles. This shift in vehicle architecture has led to a change in manufacturing needs for the automotive assembly supply chain. This is great news

For years we have been hearing that manufacturers are chasing labor and more and more manufacturers are choosing where to locate their new factories in locations they can find people to show up and produce their products. Employers are competing to attract those hard-working folks to join their team and

Back in 2013, the City of Cookeville Tennessee reached out to the Hollingsworth Companies to respond to a request for proposal for Ficosa, a Tier 1 automotive manufacturer looking to consolidate three facilities into a single more efficient 250,000 square foot Build-to-Suit facility with a robotic paint booth and crane

Amazon has been growing its fulfilment center footprint across the nation at a staggering rate. In 2021, the already enormous footprint expanded by 30%. Amazon’s ambitious building program has been sucking up all of the available supply for warehouse-related construction items like dock doors, dock levelers and if you happen

We have been in the industrial building business a long time. We have seen some ups and downs in commodity prices as supply and demand get out of whack for a period until supply increases or demand decreases to balance things out and prices get back to normal. These are