Progress: Article Furniture’s Massive Warehouse

In Baytown, A 507,000-SF warehouse will be built in TGS Cedar Port Industrial Park for an online furniture company called Article.

NAI Partners’ John Simons and Gray Gilbert, represented TGS Cedar Port Partners,

in the transaction. The Article company was represented by Andrew Lord and Walker Barnett of Colliers.

Covering a total of 15,000 acres, the TGS Cedar Port Industrial Park the largest large-scale planned, rail-and-barge-served industrial park in America, a heavyweight among business parks. Located in west Chambers County near the Grand Parkway, TGS Cedar Port is right across the Houston Ship Channel from Barbours Cut and Bayport container terminals. And the industrial park has both Union Pacific and BNSF railroads.

Last year, was a record-breaking year for Cedar Port, with over 10 million SF in warehouse and distribution construction.

The Article furniture company was started in 2013. By focusing on a “digital-first experience, Article is able to pass along savings to customers. Article has grown rapidly, achieving profitability by 2015. Today, it has delivered more than 1 million orders across Canada and the U.S.

“We are pleased to embark on this build-to-suit project with Article. The ability to partner with a company with Article’s reputation for redefining the online furniture business makes it more consequential for all parties involved,” said James Scott, President of TGS Cedar Port Partners, LP. “This will be Article’s first fulfillment center located in Texas, and we’re excited to help play a role in enabling them to bring their highly sought-after items to their customers much more expediently.”