Rockefeller Group’s new 241,200-square-foot Normandy Logistics Center at 10 Normandy Dive in Piscataway will have 40-foot clear ceiling heights, parking for 162 cars and 60 trailers and 41 single-load loading docks. — Rendering courtesy: Rockefeller Group
By Joshua Burd
Rockefeller Group is set to build another distribution center in Piscataway, with plans to bring more than 241,000 square feet of modern logistics space to a former brownfield site.
The firm said it has closed on the 36-acre property at 10 Normandy Drive, which is adjacent to more than 2.1 million square feet of industrial space that it has built in the township over the past five years. Known as Normandy Logistics Center, the 241,200-square-foot facility will have 40-foot clear ceiling heights, parking for 162 cars and 60 trailers and 41 single-load loading docks, providing users with a location minutes from Interstate 287.
Construction is slated to conclude in the fourth quarter of 2025.
“Our latest project represents the final developable parcel next to the former Union Carbide site in Piscataway which operated for more than 80 years,” said Heath Abramsohn, vice president and regional director for Rockefeller Group’s North Central region. “Like our other recent industrial projects in Piscataway, Middlesex, Spotswood and Edison, we are able to redevelop a former brownfield site, providing a Class A building on a site that sat fallow for more than 30 years.”
Colliers’ Michael Markey and Jonathan Tesser brokered the land sale and will handle marketing and leasing of the project. Mancini Duffy and SESI Consulting Engineers are the architect and civil engineer, respectively, while Alston Construction is the general contractor.
“Land sites that can accommodate buildings of this size are getting harder to find within this market and Normandy Logistics Center is the right size for the market and will be a great addition to the area amid strong demand,” Markey said. “Piscataway remains an ideal location for companies to distribute goods, with a strong labor pool providing for a great employee base for users.”
The project comes five years after Rockefeller marked the lease-up and completion of the 2.1 million-square-foot industrial campus in the township. Developed as the Rockefeller Group Logistics Center, the project revitalized the 228-acre property that was the longtime home of a Union Carbide Corp. plastics manufacturing plant, which required remediation before it could be repurposed.
The site’s proximity to I-287 provides easy access to the New Jersey Turnpike and Interstate 78, allowing for distribution in all directions.
“A greener environment and a boost to economic development,” Piscataway Mayor Brian C. Wahler said. “That’s what the Rockefeller Group is bringing to Piscataway. What was once a petrochemical site with smokestacks will now be cleaned and home to a state-of-the-art logistics center that is bringing good paying jobs to hard-working residents.”
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