Eastern Connection, one of the largest regional parcel carriers serving the East Coast, recently relocated its corporate headquarters to 70 Industrial Rd. The new 30,000 s/f facility combines Eastern Connection's Worcester, Mass., and Providence facilities into one location. The company's previous headquarters, 60 Olympia Ave. in Woburn, Mass., remains in operation.
Eastern Connection and the landlord, Dean Warehouse Services, represented themselves in the five-year lease transaction, which will allow Eastern Connection to expand up to an additional 20,000 s/f as needed, to accommodate growth.
The new site includes administrative office space, three loading docks, a dispatch center, and a sorting facility, where a 100-foot, automated conveyer belt feeds packages to Eastern Connection trucks for delivery. According to Lee, other advanced technology features in the new facility include overhead scanners.
"Eastern Connection is excited to have a new corporate home in Rhode Island," said Jim Berluti, president and CEO. "Our company continues to expand throughout the Northeast, and we look forward to adding more staff in Cumberland in 2014."