Pallet racking in Herndon, VA.

Herndon's flex-industrial stock is compact and mostly older — 16-to-24-foot clear, shallow bays, buildings that have cycled through several uses. The operations in them are technology support, equipment integration, IT hardware distribution and building services, which means high SKU counts at modest volume rather than pallet throughput. A lot of Herndon buildings genuinely need a pallet jack and a walkie stacker rather than a rider truck, and we would rather say so than sell equipment that spends its life parked. Where a counterbalance truck is warranted it is usually small, electric and cushion-tired, working indoors on a good floor.

Along the Dulles Toll Road flex and technology support corridor, permits route through the Town of Herndon building official for parcels inside town limits, Fairfax County Land Development Services outside them with plan reviews typically running four to eight weeks depending on submission completeness. High SKU counts at low volume usually mean shelving and shallow selective rather than pallet rack.