John Barker, Jr.  speaks at Atlanta’s Southeast Industrial & Logistics Summit

November 12,2019

John Barker, Jr. CDO & President of Red Rock Developments recently spoke at Atlanta’s Southeast Industrial & Logistics Summit on Top Construction and Design Trends. In addition to John, Adam Duerr of Exeter Property Group, Jason Adams – President & CEO of Megaslab, and Kyle Holbrook – Senior Project Manager & Estimator of FCL Builders also spoke at the conference. 

One of the hottest trends in industrial is clear height. In his speech John explained that over the last decade we have watched the clear height go from 32’ clear to 40’ clear. At one point during the talk he polled the audience, which was comprised of brokers, capital, developers and vendors, as to which they preferred. The consensus was going forward everyone would build 40’ clear especially in the major bulk markets because tenants want it, capital likes it and developers are building them. 

Other hot trends included deeper truck courts, whether to use soil cement in lieu of GAB and lastly the upcoming concrete revolution.

John, closed his speech with one parting comment, “Industrial is on fire especially in larger bulk markets”. According to John all indicators show no signs of slowing down, although there could be a small slow down right before and right after the election. 

About Red Rock Developments

Red Rock Developments is a national commercial real estate developer that focuses on single tenant developments for industrial and office users. With active developments in Atlanta, Central Florida, Greenville/Spartanburg, and Columbia, SC. Red Rock has developed over 18 million square feet of class A industrial space and continues to grow. Red Rock provides the full spectrum of development services including speculative industrial, build to suit, net lease advisory, project management and industrial park development.