BlueScope Purchases 1736 Whites Kennel Road, Plans Speculative Logistics Center

BlueScope Properties Group of Kansas City bought the parcel at 1736 Whites Kennel Road on Burlington’s southern periphery in fall 2024 for a sale price described as just over $1 million, then completed a speculative warehouse that is now being advertised for lease and currently shows no signed tenants. The freshly-paved site sits directly across Whites Kennel Road from a distribution center that serves the Sheetz chain.

BlueScope’s project materials describe the development as Class A industrial space and list building specifications that include eight-inch uninsulated concrete tilt walls, 20 dock doors, and three drive-in doors. Bobbitt Construction of Cary, North Carolina is identified as the builder and a Butler Builder partner in the construction network BlueScope says includes more than 2,000 contractors. Matt Roth, president of BlueScope Properties Group, said, “The Carolina Corridor is a prime location for this speculative build, linking key metro areas like Greensboro, Raleigh, and Durham. The city of Burlington has been fantastic to work with, and we’re excited to build here.”

City review and permitting work preceded construction. BlueScope representatives submitted a site plan for a 187,000-square-foot flex and warehouse building prior to closing; a staff-level technical review committee gave that plan a nod in October 2024. The property owner later filed a plan with a reduced scope that received the city’s clearance in June 2025. BlueScope’s promotional text also states the project received city council approval in early October and was set to begin construction later that month, though the promotional copy does not specify a year for those council-level remarks.

Public-facing leasing materials at the building show a four-unit floor plan with all spaces labeled vacant. The promotional unit breakdown lists two end units at 49,400 square feet apiece, a central unit at 49,202 square feet, and a smaller central unit at 37,250 square feet; those four figures sum to 185,252 square feet. That per-unit total differs from headline square-footage figures circulating about the project, which appear as 187,000 in local reporting and 187,500 in BlueScope’s project description.

The site is being marketed as the Central Carolina Logistics Center, and BlueScope’s promotional materials frame Burlington as part of the Carolina Corridor linking Greensboro, Raleigh, and Durham. With Bobbitt Construction having broken ground and the structure reported as appearing ready for occupancy, the immediate metric to watch will be leasing activity for the four vacant spaces; whether tenants commit will determine the project’s near-term impact on traffic and industrial clustering along Whites Kennel Road.