Fulfillment Centers For Sale

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905 7th Ave

Charleston, WV 25302

Fulfillment Center
Industrial for Sale
$624,514 CAD
21,400 SF

Charleston Industrial for Sale - Greater Charleston

In 1969, Central Distributing Company opened a brand-new state-of-the-art fully air conditioned beer distribution center on the West Side of Charleston West Virginia. It served very well for the Budweiser brand along with numerous other beers being shipped all over. In about 1991, they moved to a much larger facility south of Charleston and left this building for another user. In 1993, a local wine merchant purchased the property and started distributing wines all over the state. The building was perfect for distribution. It had four overhead doors for drive-in vehicles and a truck dock with sunken well for loading and unloading 53s. In about 2019, the wine merchant became ill and he died three years later. In the meantime, the wine distribution business suffered for lack of leadership. He passed away in about 2022, and it took about three years to settle the estate. In the meantime, the building sat vacant. Unfortunately, thieves broke in and stole the copper and all the electrical gear, meaning there is no electricity to the building, consequently showings need to be with a flashlight. The consequence of all this is that the building needs a makeover. A substantial makeover. It needs new heating, cooling were necessary, electrical systems, lights, and a general refurbishing both on the inside and the outside, more than likely to include a new roof. Consider this a substantial fixer-upper. It would not be surprising to learn that all this would cost $500,000 or more. This means that if that amount of money were spent, then a very good structural warehouse facility could be had for roughly $1 million and it would contain slightly over 20,000 ft.². Also, that would mean that the fencing for the truck dock area, the truck docks the truck doors and all of the integral parts of the facility would be brand-new and ready for the next 50 years. All the asphalt is intact. There is parking in the front of the building for customers and employees. The maneuvering area for the trucks is quite large as can be seen from the aerial photos in the brochure. This will be simply a case of someone going in and taking an older building and making something very good out of it, as the structural nature of it is outstanding. It's a clear span building with 20 foot ceilings. This is a huge project but a good project. The result would be a fabulous facility. Please look at the tax map which shows all of the land included and the aerial photographs that show its relationship to Virginia St., West, Seventh Avenue, and other photos that show its location in the West Side area of Charleston. There are no floorplans or architectural drawings for the building but it is basically a pre-engineered steel building measuring 150' x 132' with all of the truck docks and doors on the westerly end. Inside, there is office and meeting/storage space on the first floor measuring 20' x 100', and above that, there is office space measuring 20' x 80' meaning there is 1600 ft.² more than the footprint of the building. It is accessed by twin stairwells. It is currently assesses by the county at $171,960 and the annual taxes are about $5200. This is not a project for the faint of heart. It's a major renovation of a major building in Charleston and the result can be an extremely nice facility.

Contact:

Realcorp, LLC

Property Subtype:

Service

Date on Market:

2026-01-25

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Northpointe Drive/Pointe Plaza - 30 AC

Fulfillment Center
Mixed Types for Sale
$2,632,676 CAD
4 Properties | Mixed Types

Portfolio of properties for Sale

95 Northpointe Drive (Lot 1)- Sale Listing Negotiable, Available to lease for $6.00/ SF NNN 187 Northpointe Drive (Lot 2 & 3)- $299,000 Sale Only, Includes a 1,200 SF structure built out as office space. Progress Drive (Lot 10) - Sale Only at $260,750 0 Casteel Rd (Pointe Plaza 7.5 AC)- $100,000/ AC The available parcels of land are located within the Northpointe Business and Industry Park and Pointe Plaza Drive. Currently available are five lots of land ranging in size from 4.44 acres to 7.5 acres. One lot offers a 6,784 (+/-) square foot warehouse building. The park offers quick access to I-68, Exit 29 and is visible from the road. The Business Park is located outside the city limits of Hazelton on the north side of interstate 68. The entrance to the business park is 0.7 mile from I-68, Exit 29. Along the interstate, there is a daily traffic count of 13,497 vehicles per day (WVDOH, 2015).

Contact:

Black Diamond Realty

Property Subtype:

Mixed Types

Date on Market:

2019-04-30

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Fulfillment Centers For Sale

Fulfillment Centers

What is a fulfillment center?

A fulfillment center is a large warehouse that stores and processes customer orders. It's also often referred to as a "fulfillment house." A single fulfillment center can handle all of an online retailer's inventory, or just part of it.

When online retailers use fulfillment centers, they have the option of shipping products directly to consumers from a warehouse or storing the inventory in a fulfillment center and then having it shipped to consumers on their behalf. Fulfillment and distribution businesses are responsible for picking, packing, shipping, and customer service.

Fulfillment centers work with e-commerce retailers by receiving customer orders at the beginning of the day and shipping them out as quickly as possible. They tend to focus on processes over technology. Fulfillment warehouses usually have large floorspace for retail space that is not optimized for high speed but rather storage density due to low ceilings and/or relatively short distances between racks of product. The realization that such floor plans are less desirable than ones with higher ceilings and better use of aisle space are beginning to change how some of the largest fulfillment warehouses are being designed as well as pushing for their inclusion in existing facilities.

How is a fulfillment center different from a distribution center?

Both the distribution center and the fulfillment center are warehouse facilities that handle inventory. However, there is a difference between these two models. A distribution center may also be used to store goods in transit from suppliers or products awaiting transportation to a customer, whereas fulfillment centers usually do not receive shipments on behalf of other businesses.

A fulfillment center's main function is packing and delivering orders placed online, while a distribution center focuses more on storing boxed items waiting for shipment. Apart from this distinction, fulfillment and distribution warehouses share many similar characteristics: They're large-format with high ceilings; they house hundreds of thousands of square feet in order to meet short deadlines; they feature automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS); they are strategically located near major transportation hubs; and they require dedicated IT infrastructure.

The biggest difference between a warehouse and a fulfillment center is in the type of inventory stored in the facility. A warehouse contains product for retail outlets, while a fulfillment center's inventory is sold directly to consumers via the Internet or catalogs. Fulfillment centers store products that are typically ordered online by consumers and used within 30-90 days. Orders arrive at the distribution center on pallets from suppliers or other warehouses; workers unload these pallets onto conveyor belts and sort them into one of many merchandise bins that may contain similar items. When an order comes through, it goes to work with more personal service (for example, sending a book to one customer, and a CD to another). This order is then assigned to one of many packing stations and given an address label.

Why do fulfillment centers exist?

When an online retailer is unable to keep up with the fast pace of orders placed through their website, they hire fulfillment centers to help them process and ship incoming orders. There are many reasons why retailers outsource this service - some of which include:

Order volume – Online sales continue to grow steadily year after year. Fulfillment centers have a greater capacity for order fulfillment than most retail locations because they're able to handle high volumes from multiple e-commerce websites, as well as fulfill individual customer orders.
Inventory storage – Retailers often sell items at different times throughout the year such as summer apparel or winter goods that aren't in high demand until the appropriate season arrives. They can store these products at a fulfillment center, freeing up valuable space.

Are fulfillment centers a growing trend?

The economics of the fulfillment center business continues to revolve around efficiency. Fulfillment centers, on average, are projected to grow annually year over year. Greater public awareness of the importance fulfillment centers play in online retail and their contribution to the economy will likely make it easier for them to address overall shortages that are projected to increase in the coming years.

In the last decade, fulfillment centers have shifted their focus to provide e-commerce retailers with speedy and cost-effective solutions in order to help them stay competitive.

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