Chicago-based electrical supply and lighting company relocating and doubling size of Maryland location to 8306 Patuxent Range Road
EverLights, a Chicago-based and woman-owned electrical supply, lighting distribution and recycling company, is more than doubling the size of its existing Maryland location with the signing of a 10,150 square foot lease at 8306 Patuxent Range Road in Jessup, Maryland. The company plans to relocate from its current location in Howard County, to its new site in the single-story, 76,000 square foot warehouse/industrial building, by early April. Marley Welsh, Vice President, Lee & Associates | Maryland represented the tenant in this lease transaction. 8306 Patuxent Range Road is owned and managed by TA Realty.
According to EverLights president Kelly Gallagher, the company initially expanded to the East Coast from its roots in Illinois, after winning a more than $7 million contract to provide lighting and electrical supplies to the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge project in Washington, D.C. in 2018. The replacement of this 70-year-old bridge spanning the Anacostia River was completed last year. Upon establishing a Maryland office to service this requirement, EverLights also began marketing their services to commercial real estate companies, construction contractors and other groups in the Mid-Atlantic region.
“Our highly-personalized approach to working with customers, combined with the enduring vibrancy of the construction and development industry in the Baltimore-Washington, D.C. market, has prompted the need for significant expansion space to support our growth,” Gallagher explained. “We required more than twice the amount of space to store lighting and electrical material that we subsequently stage for future installation. It was important for us to remain in the Jessup area because it provides us immediate access to our core markets, and it is close to a major airport which simplifies shipping and the receipt of essential materials.”
8306 Patuxent Range Road features 20-foot ceiling heights and is situated less than one mile from Interstate 95, 13 miles from Baltimore-Washington International Airport, 16 miles from the Port of Baltimore and 30 miles from Washington, D.C. EverLights was recently awarded a contract to support the electrical and lighting requirements for St. Elmo Apartments, a 22-story mixed-use development that is currently being constructed in Bethesda.
“Our business model is predicated on establishing single-source and long-term relationships with our customers,” Gallagher added. “We had project managers work with the same customers for more than 20 years, which maintains consistency, creates a comfort level and yields better outcomes. In addition, we employ a deep-dive approach to every project which involves closely examining and verifying what is needed to complete the job, performing design work and producing CAD drawings and trouble-shooting every step of the way. We felt it was extremely important to establish boots on the ground for our project in Washington, D.C. and have grown our business ever since.”
“EverLights quickly gained a foothold in the local market, and established immediate success, with their performance supporting a high-visibility project in the DC area,” explained Marley Welsh of Lee & Associates. “Competition in our industry is always fierce, but they have risen to every challenge and continue to gain market share. Expansion space was needed to support this growth phase, and the new space at Patuxent Range Road is perfectly situated and provides the functionality necessary to take the next step in the company’s evolution on the East Coast.”
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