ZF Group – Laurens, SC – 975,000 SF

The ZF Group of Friedrichshafen, Germany, selected Walbridge Southeast and Red Rock Developments as the design/builder for its $350 million, 975,000 square foot transmission manufacturing facility near Greenville, SC. The plant makes fuel-efficient, eight- and nine-speed automatic transmissions for the passenger car and light truck industry. The facility employs 900 workers, a more than 15% jump from their current North American workforce of about 5,900.

With offices in Columbia, SC, and Charlotte, NC, Red Rock Developments was selected to provide development support for this project. Bill Smith, CEO of Red Rock Developments, states, “We are pleased to be part of such a tremendous project in our home state of South Carolina.”