Build-to-Suit Case Study in Speed, Precision and Customer Trust

Link Logistics acquired 10.41 acres in Parsippany, N.J., demolished a long-vacant office building on the site and delivered a 122,664 square foot, Class-A industrial warehouse for a national tire distributor—moving efficiently from groundbreaking to delivery in eight months. Designed to meet specialized fire protection and storage requirements, this build-to-suit showcases how Link’s cross-functional teams collaborate to move quickly, solve problems creatively and deliver lasting value.

When a national automotive parts and tire distributor needed to expand its footprint in the New York City metro area, it returned to Link Logistics, having already experienced the firm’s execution at Northern Oak Logistics Center IV in Hauppauge, N.Y., where Link customized a 132,515 square foot building to precise operational and fire protection specifications. The customer was clear: find a site, secure entitlements and construct a tailored facility. Link identified a parcel that was close to full entitlement, which in turn shortened the path to groundbreaking. Upon acquisition, Link teams oversaw the removal of an existing structure and advanced through the entitlement process to deliver to the customer a temporary certificate of occupancy, ensuring no disruptions to business continuity.

NFPA standards governing tire storage at 30-foot rack heights require all ceiling surfaces to remain below 40 feet; exceeding that threshold mandates costly ceiling assembly upgrades. Link’s solution: design the building to a maximum clear height of 32 feet. By keeping all interior surfaces under the 40-foot threshold, the project team was able to install an Early Suppression Fast Response (ESFR) sprinkler system in full NFPA compliance, eliminating unnecessary construction costs without compromising safety or performance.

The final obstacle before delivery was securing permanent electrical power, which required close coordination between the local utility provider and a neighboring tenant whose existing infrastructure was integral to the solution. Link Logistics identified and engaged the right contacts at both organizations, successfully energizing permanent power ahead of the customer’s planned move-in date and ensuring a seamless operational transition.

Silver Maple Logistics Center is positioned at the convergence of I-80 and I-287 in Morris County, one of New Jersey’s most densely populated markets. The property sits within Parsippany’s SED-10 designation, part of the township’s framework of specialized economic development zones. Direct access to NJ-10, I-287, NJ-24 and I-80 places the warehouse at the center of one of the Northeast’s most active distribution corridors. The site also falls within 60 miles of three major international airports—Newark Liberty International, LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy International—reinforcing its value as a last-mile and regional distribution hub serving the greater New York metropolitan area.

Silver Maple Logistics Center demonstrates the full scope of Link’s build-to-suit platform: a customer relationship earned through reliable execution and advanced by the firm’s coordinated Leasing, Investment, Property Management and Development teams, who each contributed at the right moment to reposition a shuttered office campus as a Class-A industrial warehouse. That outcome is the product of listening carefully to customer needs, assembling teams that execute across functions with urgency and selecting sites with structural advantages that compress timelines without cutting corners.

“This customer-focused build-to-suit warehouse is the perfect example of Link Logistics’ business model—it allowed the customer to fully transition to a new facility in a highly desirable infill market with zero downtime.”

— Joe Winning, Vice President, Development