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(11 hours ago)sahgwa Wrote: I work in 3PL from both a freight and warehousing side and since you largely do East Coast, I would recommend NC, SC, GA on all of your points, except for weather of course, but you always have climate controlled for storage. Specifically, Charleston, Raleigh, Atlanta, Dalton....
One thing you didn't mention is how large of a pool of candidates you have to choose from / competition.
In TX you not only have the distance but there are not that many good choices outside of Dallas/Houston and as I am sure you are aware, all warehouses are at capacity and so have their pick on who they do business with.
Yeah, Georgia and South Carolina were already on the list, but I did not know Texas still had such fierce competition for space, I haven't been plugged in there since the 90s but even then the owner I knew wasn't happy in Houston for various reasons. Georgia, North Carolina, or South Carolina would be ideal for numerous logistical reasons.
As a former salesperson having a warehouse you and your clients can access easily can help close a lot of huge contracts. But hell that might have changed too, but I'd think it would still have some appeal.
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