Chattanooga, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in Tennessee, has generated a large concentration of businesses in the logistics and trucking industry. A recent lease of a major industrial property lends further credence to the city’s role in the sector.
Kenco, a third-party logistics provider, in February 2025 leased about 180,000 square feet, or about 63%, of an industrial property at 2001 Riverside Drive in Chattanooga. Its arrival added to the region's reputation for logistics, earning the transaction a 2026 CoStar Impact Award as judged by a panel of local industry professionals.
Kenco, based in Chattanooga, provides distribution, fulfillment, transportation management, material handling and automation services. Its customers include appliance maker Miele and pet foods maker Blue Buffalo. Kenco will use the flex building on Riverside Drive as its headquarters office and for warehousing.
The property opened in 1952 and is directly on the shoreline of the Tennessee River in Chattanooga’s Avondale industrial district and across Amnicola Highway from a Norfolk Southern freight railroad yard. It was previously occupied by Astec Industries, a maker of equipment for the aggregates industry.
Chattanooga is home to numerous companies in the logistics and transportation industry, according to the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce. Some include trucking companies Covenant Transport and U.S. Xpress, and brokerage Infinity Logistics Group.
About the project: Kenco leased a vacant industrial site in Chattanooga to use for its headquarters and for storage and distribution.
They made it happen: Jordan Dyche and Rhodes Seeger of Southeastern Development Associates represented their company, the property landlord, on the lease. Patrick Fitzgerald at Kenco represented his firm.