National real estate development and investment firm CRG, announced it has broken ground on the first building at The Cubes at Sparta Pike, a 198-acre industrial park in Lebanon, Tenn. Known as Building B, the new 520,000-square-foot Class A speculative facility is the first of four buildings in The Cubes at Sparta Pike master-planned industrial park. The firm announced in late 2022 that it closed on the 200-acre property with plans for the state-of-the-art industrial facility. The project is located 30 miles east of downtown Nashville at 1526-1846 Sparta Pike in Lebanon.
“Nashville’s Class A industrial space is severely limited, and a lack of new-construction starts paired with consistent demand in leasing creates a great opportunity to start this new project,” said Kevin Scott, senior vice president and partner, Ohio Valley Region, at CRG. “The Cubes at Sparta Pike will appeal to a wide array of users whose modernized supply chain and workforce require a best-in-class facility.”
Sparta park is designed to accommodate users from 250,000 square feet up to 1.4 million square feet, meeting the continued demand for industrial space in the Nashville area. Building B will feature 40-foot clear heights, extra-wide staging bays with grade-level doors, deep truck courts, ample trailer storage, car parking, ESFR sprinklers and high-efficiency LED lighting.
Overall, The Cubes at Sparta Pike, which can accommodate up to 2.8 million square feet of facilities, will serve that demand for larger industrial space. It is located less than a mile south of a full-service interchange at Interstate 40 and approximately 24 miles from Nashville International Airport, with frontage along the Nashville & Eastern Line Railroad.
CRG has retained Jim Rodrigues, SIOR, president of Lee & Associates Nashville, and John Zeffery, partner at Lee & Associates Nashville, to market and lease the project.
“CRG selected an exceptional location for The Cubes at Sparta Pike, and we are thrilled to partner with them on this project,” said Rodrigues. “The proximity to Nashville enables tenants to attract a wide range of employees by capitalizing on the continued growth of Middle Tennessee. The project’s proximity to I-40 and East Coast population centers makes it an ideal hub for modern supply-chain operations.”
Nationwide, CRG has planned, broken ground on or completed over 53 million square feet of The Cubes projects. All are situated in key regional logistics hubs with robust transit infrastructure, high workforce availability and significant population bases. According to the release, The Cubes brand represents CRG’s philosophy of developing best-in-class, next-generation distribution facilities designed to meet the demands of Fortune 500 companies and other premier users as well as institutional investors.
CRG’s parent company, Clayco, will serve as the design-builder for the project, while integrated partner Lamar Johnson Collaborative will be the architect. Construction is expected to be completed in early 2026.
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