GPA sells 500 acres for commercial development

The Georgia Ports Authority sold the property at the Savannah River International Trade Park to accommodate growing customer demand for warehousing, distribution and transload facilities at the Port of Savannah.    The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has sold five parcels totaling 500 acres within the Savannah River International Trade Park to accommodate growing customer demand for warehousing, distribution and transload facilities near the Port of Savannah, the port authority said.
   The new development, which is one mile from I-95 and less than five miles from the Garden City Container Terminal, can accommodate up to 5 million square feet of logistics space.
   Other efforts to boost capacity at GPA include:
     • A rail expansion project at the Garden City Container Terminal, which will boost the Port of Savannah’s rail lift capacity to 1 million containers per year, and is scheduled for completion in 2021;
     • The addition in 2016 of four new Panamax ship-to-shore cranes and 20 rubber-tired gantry cranes, a new 30-acre empty container yard and an eight-lane truck gate, and a six-acre extension of its dockside container yard, adding storage space for 2,850 TEUs directly behind Berth 9 at the Garden City Container Terminal;
     • The opening of the Jimmy DeLoach Connector in 2016, cutting 11 minutes from the drive time between the port and the interstate;
     • The groundbreaking of a new inland terminal in Northwest Georgia in December 2016;
     • And the design and development of more than 200 acres at the Port of Brunswick to add more space for auto processing at Colonel’s Island Terminal.