U.S. Mid-Atlantic Region Sees More than $1.5 Billion in Planned Fourth-Quarter Industrial Manufacturing Project Starts

Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Industrial Info is tracking more than $1.5 billion in planned fourth-quarter 2020 Industrial Manufacturing project starts in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic market region, which includes Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia. The projects cover a diverse range of sectors, including ports, data centers, distribution centers, automotive and more. Virginia, with more than $695 million in planned project starts, leads the region in terms of project value.

Click on the image at right for a breakdown by state of planned fourth-quarter Industrial Manufacturing project starts in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Data centers are becoming increasingly important and mean big business in the U.S., and in the Mid-Atlantic region, several are planned to kick off construction in Virginia. Among these is PointOne Developments Limited's (Acheson, Alberta) planned first phase of a data center complex in Remington, about 60 miles southwest of Washington, D.C. The project entails constructing a data hall of between 240,000 and 310,000 square feet with up to 46 megawatts of power. This first phase is part of an overall $1.5 billion project that envisions six buildings encompassing more than 1.6 million square feet. Black & Veatch Incorporated (Overland Park, Kansas) is providing design-build services on the Phase I project, which is expected to be completed next summer. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.

Although air travel has been drastically reduced since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, North Carolina, is planning a Phase II expansion of its Concourse A. The concourse will be extended by approximately 2,550 feet and will feature 10 additional gates to help alleviate aircraft and passenger bottlenecks. In addition, a 146,000-square-foot exterior canopy will be constructed along with two overhead walkways and two subterranean walkways. The project is expected to be completed by the end of 2022. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.

While the Mid-Atlantic isn't necessarily known as a hub for automotive plants, Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM) (Toyota City, Japan) plans to begin an expansion of its engines and transmissions manufacturing plant in Buffalo, West Virginia, in the upcoming quarter. A 72,000-square-foot building addition will be constructed along with a new production line to double the plant's production capacity of hybrid transaxles from 120,000 to 240,000 units per year. The project was planned to begin earlier this year, but the start date was moved out because of the pandemic. It is now planned to kick off toward the end of the year, with completion next summer. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.

In another automotive project, Cataler Corporation (Southfield, Michigan) plans to construct a grassroot automotive catalyst manufacturing plant in Hickory, North Carolina, about 60 miles northwest of Charlotte. The project includes constructing a 100,000-square-foot manufacturing facility with equipment to manufacture catalysts for automobiles and engines. The plant is expected to be completed in the first half of next year. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.

In Baltimore, Maryland, the Maryland Port Administration (Baltimore) will expand a marine berth at the Port of Baltimore by deepening the berth 50 feet to allow the port to handle two super-size container ships simultaneously. The project is set to be wrapped up early next year. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.

No U.S. region is without at least a couple of projects from e-commerce giant Amazon.com Incorporated (NASDAQ:AMZN) (Seattle, Washington), and the Mid-Atlantic is no exception. The company will be renovating two last-mile delivery stations in Maryland. The stations, located in Waldorf and Upper Marlboro, are currently vacant and will be fitted out new supporting equipment and systems to support regional distribution operations. The projects are expected to be completed by the end of this year. For more information, see Industrial Info's project reports on the Waldorf and Upper Marlboro projects.

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