Kuiken Brothers Newark facility was formerly a cashew nutshell liquid manufacturing facility that was broken down and repurposed.
“By repurposing and recycling all of this material, we were able to save approximately 25% of the total cost to dismantle and demolish the site,” according to Matt Kuiken, vice president of operations at Kuiken Brothers. “These savings allowed us to invest even more into the complete rehabilitation and renovation of the site to where it stands today.” The new site offers the company the ability to offer local builders, remodelers and developers an unprecedented level of products and services.
A complete slideshow of the redevelopment process, courtesy of Kuiken Brothers, can be viewed here.
The Newark facility officially opened in September 2019 with a grand opening ceremony held last October.
The 10-acre site now features nearly 115,000 square feet of total covered storage including 72,300 square feet drive-through warehouse with 9 loading docks, auto-racking for millwork (windows, doors, moulding), drywall, insulation, hardware and more than 42,000 square feet of exterior covered racking (storage sheds, cantilever systems) for lumber, plywood, panels, engineered lumber and decking.
About 1,700 feet of rail siding runs through the property to the waterfront which accommodates the direct shipment of lumber, plywood, and drywall from lumber mills and manufacturing facilities in North America.