Southern Advantage

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

“If you build it, they will come” is the famous line from the movie Field of Dreams. That is a risky slogan to live by. But, it is in fact the business model for The Hollingsworth Companies Industrial Building Program. In the last few decades, it has gotten increasingly more

The Hollingsworth Companies has privately owned industrial parks for the last two decades, and we plan for the future with pre-permitted and pre-graded foundation-ready lots to be able to deliver buildings quickly and reduce the risks associated with a construction project. In 2016, we planned a pair of buildings in

Gadsden, AL – The Hollingsworth Companies first met the leadership team of Fehrer Automotive in May of 2009.  Fehrer was at that time the key global seat foam supplier to Mercedes and were pursuing Volkswagen Group in Chattanooga. Fehrer was successful in landing the VW business; and, by December, we

The Hollingsworth Companies is building ever larger industrial buildings. Huntsville, Alabama has a 403,000 SF building under construction and in SouthPoint Virginia located in Prince George County. We are building our first 650,250 SF 40’ clear tilt-up concrete industrial facility. That is roughly 15 acres of floor space under roof.