ELIZABETH, NJ – September 19, 2024 – East Coast Warehouse & Distribution, a leading temperature-controlled logistics provider, today announced it selects Charleston County to establish the company’s first South Carolina operation. The $14.5 million investment will create 52 new jobs.
With 70 years of experience, East Coast Warehouse & Distribution offers a comprehensive approach to third-party logistics services for the food and beverage industry. The company currently operates strategically placed facilities along the East Coast near the ports of New York and New Jersey, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Savannah.
The new East Coast Warehouse & Distribution operation will be part of North Charleston’s Shipyard Creek Logistics Center located at 2015 Tellico Road, 1.5 miles from the entrance of the Hugh K. Leatherman Sr. Terminal. The new facility comprises 259,000 square feet of warehousing space on 17.6 acres of land, with an additional nine acres for parking and storing 350 trailers and containers. The temperature-controlled facility will be dedicated to public refrigerated warehousing solutions and will serve as a base for the company’s Safeway Trucking operation.
Operations are expected to begin in the summer of 2025. Individuals interested in joining the East Coast Warehouse & Distribution team should visit our company’s careers page.
East Coast Warehouse continually receives awards and recognition. Since 2015, the company has been recognized annually as a Top 3PL and Cold Storage Provider by Food Logistics Magazine, and since 2019, its sister company Safeway Trucking has been annually recognized as a Top 100 Trucking Company by Inbound Logistics. In May 2023, East Coast Warehouse was named to Inbound Logistics’ Top 75 Green Supply Chain Partners list.
For more information on East Coast Warehouse and its services, please visit www.eastcoastwarehouse.com.
About East Coast Warehouse & Distribution
For more than 65 years, East Coast Warehouse & Distribution has served as a preeminent 4PL leader, offering integrated temperature-controlled logistics services to food and beverage importers. Its state-of-the-art facilities, totaling 72 million cubic feet, strategically located on the Ports of New York/New Jersey, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Savannah, expedited customs exam services, transportation capabilities and value-added services offers clients a 4PL end-to-end solution that is sophisticated and seamless. East Coast Warehouse partnered with and received an investment from Equity Group Investments, the private investment firm founded by Sam Zell. For more information, please visit www.eastcoastwarehouse.com.
About Equity Group Investments
Equity Group Investments (EGI) is a private investment firm founded more than 50 years ago by Sam Zell. Backed by private capital, EGI is flexible and opportunistic with a primary focus on direct private investment opportunities but has the in-house expertise to invest across the capital structure. As a long-term investor, EGI actively partners with portfolio company executives to execute strategic planning, implement operational efficiencies, and scale businesses. EGI has grown companies across numerous industries into multi-billion-dollar businesses throughout economic cycles. EGI’s current portfolio includes investments in healthcare, transportation and logistics, infrastructure, energy, consumer, industrial, manufacturing, agri-business, and real estate. For more information, visit www.egizell.com.
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