East Coast Warehouse & Distribution selects Charleston County to establish first South Carolina operation

$14.5 million investment will create 52 new jobs

• East Coast Warehouse & Distribution selects Charleston County to establish the company’s first South Carolina operation.
• The company’s $14.5 million investment will create 52 new jobs.
• East Coast Warehouse & Distribution is a leading temperature-controlled logistics provider.
• The company will be located at 2015 Tellico Road in North Charleston, S.C.
• Individuals interested in joining the East Coast Warehouse & Distribution team should visit the company’s careers page.

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.

The new facility is comprised of 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.

• 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 Logisitics Center located at 2015 Tellico Road, 1.5 miles from the entrance of the SC Ports Hugh K. Leatherman Sr. Terminal.
• The temperature-controlled facility will be dedicated to public refrigerated warehousing solutions and will also 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 the company’s careers page.

“We’re thankful to our partners at Capital Development Partners and the Port of Charleston who helped us make a smooth transition into the Charleston market. This new facility – our first in the market – will allow us to expand our footprint, improve productivity, maximize flexibility and offer increased speed to customers in the greater Charleston area.”

-East Coast Warehouse & Distribution CEO Jamie Overley

About S.C. Commerce

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About East Coast Warehouse & Distribution

For more than 70 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 of Sam Zell. For more information, please visit www.eastcoastwarehouse.com.

For more information on East Coast Warehouse and its services, please visit www.eastcoastwarehouse.com.