Total Truck Parts breaks ground for new PSL location
Total Truck Parts executives, from left, Marc Karon, Tom Gibson, Leo Cordiero and Dennis Imbody wield shovels at the March ground-breaking ceremony for the company’s new 47,000-square-foot facility currently under construction on 6 acres at Midway Business Park in Port St. Lucie. CITY OF PORT ST. LUCIE
Construction has begun on a 47,000-square foot building for Total Truck Parts’ largest facility.
After an almost two-year search, the employee-owned company with six locations in central and South Florida selected a 6-acre site in Midway Business Park to build its third company-owned facility. The 47,000-square-foot building will include a 5,000-square-foot showroom, 16 heavy truck and trailer repair bays, a large area for hydraulic and drive line repair, and extensive warehouse space for parts. Ground-breaking took place March 16.
“This new building is necessary to address the significant growth on Florida’s Treasure Coast,” said Total Truck Parts chairman and president Marc Karon. “It is also key to our multifaceted growth strategy of expanding our shop repair capability with repair bays and shop services, as well as maintaining a deep inventory of parts to better serve our diverse customer base.”
“Our team is most excited about the continued company investment in growth and all the new opportunities that will be available to us with a facility of this size and functionality,” said CEO Leo Cordeiro. Completion of the new facility is anticipated in late 2023.
Founded in 2002, Total Truck Parks has grown to be the largest independently owned commercial truck parts and repair business in the southeastern United States. The company has 106 employees of which 14 work in Fort Pierce. The new location will have the potential to more than double local employment to 30, with wages at 25% above St. Lucie County’s average wage. Capital investment for the facility is estimated at $6 million plus additional investment for equipment and interior buildout.
“Total Truck Parts chose a fantastic location for their new facility, within a drive of just two miles to Interstate 95, so their customers can be back on the road and back in business quickly,” said Port St. Lucie Councilman David Pickett. “We are also very happy to be able to keep the company’s existing 14 local employees at work within the county and look forward to all the new jobs that will be created at this new facility.”
Rendering of the Total Truck Parts 47,000-square-foot facility in Port St. Lucie.
“It’s always exciting to see a local company grow, and we are very glad to be able to accommodate that growth within St. Lucie County,” said Pete Tesch, president of the Economic Development Council of St. Lucie County. “Total Truck Parts has been a thriving local employer for decades and the company’s investment in a new state-of-the-art facility here, the largest one in their portfolio, is the most rewarding kind of economic development of all.”
Richard K. Davis Construction Corp. of Fort Pierce is the general contractor for the project.
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