Nestle Opens $675M Manufacturing Facility
The property spans 630,000 square feet.
Nestle USA has opened its new beverage factory and distribution center in Glendale, Ariz., a 630,000-square-foot facility. The company broke ground on the $675 million project in 2022.
Initially, Nestle wanted to construct the facility within the 1,340-acre Woolf Logistics Center masterplan, on a site the company acquired in December 2021. That development was supposed to span 625,000 square feet and cost about $400 million.
The newly completed project is located at 8351 N. 150th Ave. The 139-acre property is less than 26 miles from downtown Phoenix and 29 miles from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
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Nestle will use the manufacturing building to produce creamers for several of its go-to brands, including Coffee mate, natural bliss and Starbucks. It plans to employ 300 people.
The facility has 10 drive-in doors and 38 dock-high loading doors, as well as levelers and bumpers, and is equipped with advanced technology and digital tools, allowing it to adapt production to meet evolving consumer needs and trends.
The factory recycles and repurposes as much as 75 percent of its treated water using advanced management tools. It also uses renewable electricity to reduce carbon emissions and is zero waste for disposal.
The new manufacturing facility represents Nestle USA’s 20th food and beverage factory, adding to its over $3 billion investment in upgrading its manufacturing capabilities across the U.S. in recent years.
Phoenix’s industrial pipeline tops the nation
Phoenix’s industrial sector continued to lead nationally for under-construction inventory, with 24 million square feet underway as of November, according to a CommercialEdge industrial report. The metro’s vacancy rate during the month clocked in at 7.2 percent, slightly below the 7.6 percent national average.
In November, Thompson Thrift completed the first phase of Germann Commerce Center, spanning 400,000 square feet. Upon full build-out, the project rising in the southeast Phoenix suburb of Queen Creek will total 1 million square feet.
Other recent notable developments in the area include Rockefeller Group’s completion of a 418,400 square-foot distribution center on 24 acres in Surprise, Ariz. Surprise Pointe Commerce Center can fit as many as four tenants and has 80 dock doors.
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