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TAYLOR & MATHIS ANNOUNCES NEW PROJECT IN AUSTELL, GA

Taylor & Mathis is partnering with Clarion’s Lyon Industrial Trust to develop a new 502,482 SF distribution facility in Austell, GA.  The project, called Intermodal Logistics Center, will be located on a 46-acre site adjacent to Norfolk Southern’s John C. Whitaker Intermodal Terminal.  

Target Container, a subsidiary of Pratt Industries, has a signed a lease for 409,000 SF in the project for a new corrugating facility.  Pratt is America’s fifth largest corrugated packaging company and the world’s largest, privately-held 100% recycled paper and packaging company.  

Construction on the $32.9 million project will begin immediately with an expected delivery in March 2021.  Milton A. Dortch of Stowers & Company represented Taylor & Mathis in the purchase of the site from the City of Austell.