Southern Advantage

Cold Storage As A Business Model

Cold storage is the warehousing or transportation of any temperature-controlled product that prevents that substance from decaying or not adhering to laws and regulations. These include products like perishable food, beverages, pharmaceuticals, and consumer products that can’t survive in normal storage conditions. The market for cold storage includes both public (3PL) and private warehouses. The public

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SouthPoint North Carolina’s Expansion Continues

The Phase III infrastructure expansion in the SouthPoint Business Park located in Mocksville, North Carolina is completed.  A total of 85 acres of land was developed into 4 pre-graded, foundation-ready building sites totaling 641,000 SF of additional industrial space.  The buildings in the Phase III portion of the park will

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Successfully Managing the Impact of Record Low Unemployment

Whether you are a manufacturer or distribution company, it is likely that filling skilled labor positions in this difficult market is your number one concern. We hear on a daily basis that revenue growth is now being impacted by this tight labor market. At The Hollingworth Companies, one of the

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Redline Steel moves to SouthPoint Industrial Park, Alabama

Redline Steel, one of the fastest growing companies in the nation, moves into 108,960 SF facility in SouthPoint, Alabama.  SouthPoint Business Park in Alabama continues to attract quality companies with the third new tenant in less than a year. The latest addition is Redline Steel, a Home Décor start up

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The Hollingsworth Companies would like to welcome a new tenant to the SouthPoint Business Park in Huntsville, Alabama

A distribution company, yet to be named, is the newest tenant in the SouthPoint Business Park located in Huntsville, Alabama. The 252,800 square foot facility was being built as a virtually complete speculative building scheduled to be completed mid-December 2017. Due to the high demand for Class A industrial space, the building was completely leased prior

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Amherst, VA – Bucking Common Wisdom

“Our lowest freight costs nationwide are in Amherst, Virginia.” We didn’t expect to hear that on our recent visit to Glad Manufacturing. However, unexpected bonuses are becoming the norm in this community nestled in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains. Located near Lynchburg and Charlottesville at a hub of American conveying and

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Meigs County, TN – Packed with Amenities

The welcome mat is out in Meigs County. Four pad ready sites have been prepared to immediately accommodate new industries. Meigs County is the smallest county in Southeast Tennessee, but it is packed with amenities like lakefront sites on Watts Bar Lake and the Hiwassee River, creating an exceptional quality

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Twiggs County – Ready to Grow in the Center of Georgia

Academy Sports & Outdoors, Twiggs County’s first major new industry located in the I-16 Industrial Park created over 400 jobs and they are now a major partner in economic development within the community. Being centrally located in Georgia an equal distance from Hartsfield Jackson International Airport in Atlanta and the

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WELCOME, FICOSA!

In Cookeville, TN on June 9, 2015, a large crowd gathered to celebrate breaking ground on the new consolidated and expanded US manufacturing facility of 264,000 SF for Ficosa North America. The City of Cookeville, Putnam County, Ficosa and The Hollingsworth Companies worked together for two years to develop the

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