Dermody had completed site work and had poured the building’s foundation and floor – progress that enabled Kenco to move quickly – but time still was available to incorporate the specialized tenant improvements required by Kenco and its client.Įven so, the midstream change of plans – taking a spec project and constructing it instead as specialized buildtosuit – proved relatively easy to accomplish within a reasonable time frame.

Fire code requirements for storage of liquid petroleum products, meanwhile, required sprinkler heads that deliver a strong blast of water from 75 pounds per square inch (psi) heads installed near product storage areas.ĭermody Properties of Reno, Nevada, had just begun work on a building at 395 Pedricktown Road in Logan Township, New Jersey, just southeast of Philadelphia, when Kenco circulated its RFP, and the timing proved fortunate. The requirements included specialized systems, both inside and outside the building, to prevent spills from getting into the sanitary sewer system. When Kenco Logistic Services began circulating a request for proposals (RFP) in early 2017 for a major distribution center in the Philadelphia-Wilmington region, it needed far more than four walls, a bunch of dock doors and some office space.īecause Kenco’s client, a Fortune 100 company, planned to contract with the Chattanooga based provider of third party logistics services to distribute motor oils and lubricants from the facility, Kenco was looking for a building that met the tenant’s specialized environmental and safety requirements. A speculative building in southwest New Jersey incorporates specialized systems to control spills and fire protection requirements for storage of liquid petroleum products.

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