Rehrig Pacific Breaks Ground on Phoenix-Area Manufacturing Facility

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Rehrig Pacific has broken ground on an injection molding manufacturing plant in metro Phoenix. The facility, located in Buckeye, Ariz., is expected to open in late April 2024.

A 260,000-square-foot building will be constructed in the project’s first phase. The site has additional room for incremental growth, which could ultimately bring the new development’s square footage to 500,000 square feet. Rehrig Pacific has eight manufacturing facilities across North America.

The project’s construction comes at a time of rapid economic growth in Arizona’s West Valley and throughout the state at large. Sandra Watson, president & CEO of the Arizona Commerce Authority, noted in a statement that the manufacturing industry in the region is growing at a particularly rapid pace.

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Phoenix leads the U.S. in industrial pipeline size against total stock, with a recent CommercialEdge report showing that area had more than 54 million square feet of industrial space under construction in February 2023. This accounted for 15.7 percent of stock. One of the reasons for such quick growth is that the Phoenix metro offers robust and efficient supply chain infrastructure that can provide adequate logistical support, Greater Phoenix Economic Council President & CEO Chris Camacho said in prepared remarks.

Hammes Partners recently began constructing Buckeye Medical Plaza in the city. The 48,000-square-foot medical office building is expected to be complete in early 2024. Late last year, the Howard Hughes Corp. broke ground on Teravalis, a mixed-use master-planned community in Buckeye, Ariz. Also investing in the city was Cohen Asset Management, which acquired a newly-constructed logistics property totaling 862,622 square feet in June.

High-tech battery manufacturer KORE Power and battery recycling company Ecobat have both recently chosen Buckeye to host industrial projects. Idaho-based KORE broke ground on KOREPlex, a $1.25 billion gigafactory in the town, last year. Ecobat, meanwhile, is developing its third lithium-ion battery recycling center in Buckeye.