A 100,000-square-foot logistics facility at 307 Bruckner Boulevard in Port Morris is nearing completion, with exterior work wrapping up on a two-story warehouse designed for the kind of rapid urban distribution that has become a fixture of New York City's e-commerce boom. The steel-based building stands 59 feet tall and is expected to open in the third quarter of 2026, offering a rare example of modern, purpose-built logistics space inside the five boroughs.
According to New York YIMBY, the facility includes a 46,000-square-foot high-bay warehouse with 36 feet of clear height, plus an 8,200-square-foot mezzanine for additional operational space. The ground level comprises roughly 46,000 square feet of covered fleet parking and storage, topped by the warehouse bay itself, and the building includes four loading docks, two drive-in doors, and ESFR fire protection. Demolition permits for the site were submitted in August 2023, and permits for the two-story warehouse followed that same month. AO Architects designed the building, while Florida-based private equity firm Sterling Organization developed it.
A Florida Firm's First Bronx Bet
Sterling Organization initially purchased the industrial site at 307-315 Bruckner Boulevard for $14 million, marking the West Palm Beach-based firm's first real estate acquisition in New York City, per the same account. Founded in 2007 by Brian Kosoy, Sterling invests in national distribution assets under a proprietary strategy the company brands as its “LAST HOUR” consumer fulfillment approach, according to a LoopNet listing describing the firm's institutional logistics and retail portfolio nationwide.
Commercial real estate brokerage JLL officially began marketing the building for lease in July 2026, targeting e-commerce companies, third-party logistics providers, and food distributors, as reported by Building Services Management. JLL vice chairman Leslie Lanne pointed to growing occupier demand for facilities that shorten delivery windows across the city. The site sits one block from Con-Edison's Mott Haven Substation, giving it access to supplemental electrical capacity beyond its existing 4,000-amp power setup, according to Sterling Organization's own property materials — infrastructure the developer notes could support high-power operations like electric vehicle fleet charging.
Bridges, Highways and a Subway Two Blocks Away
The location was clearly built with regional distribution in mind. The site sits less than a mile from the RFK, Willis Avenue, and Third Avenue bridges and has immediate access to the Bruckner and Major Deegan expressways, per New York YIMBY's reporting. The nearest subway stop, the 6 train at Cypress Avenue, is two blocks south of the site, giving workers a transit option in a neighborhood otherwise dominated by truck routes.
Modern urban logistics facilities of this scale are rarely found within the five boroughs, which is part of what makes 307 Bruckner notable to commercial brokers watching the sector. The building arrives amid a broader surge in e-commerce demand: daily package deliveries in New York City reached 2.5 million in 2024, up from 1.8 million before the pandemic, according to a November 2025 report from the Office of the New York City Comptroller, which found that nearly one-third of city residents now receive daily deliveries. The city's Department of City Planning has separately projected the city will need an additional 2.2 million square feet of parcel delivery space over the next decade, per an October 2025 study.
A Regulatory Clock Ticking on Warehouses Like It
That demand is colliding with mounting pushback over where these facilities land. In March 2025, the city's Department of City Planning issued a draft scope of work proposing a zoning text amendment that would require a City Planning Commission special permit for new parcel delivery facilities larger than 50,000 square feet near residential areas, exempting only smaller buildings or those set back more than 500 feet from residential zones meeting EV charging standards. Because 307 Bruckner is already under construction, it stands as one of the last major facilities of its kind built under the current as-of-right rules.
The Comptroller's office has also documented safety consequences tied to these hubs: traffic crashes rose an average of 16% within a half-mile of 18 large delivery warehouses opened citywide between 2017 and 2022, while truck-injury crashes jumped 137%, with more than two-thirds of the facilities studied located in environmental justice communities. Port Morris and neighboring Mott Haven already carry a heavy industrial load — the South Bronx waterfront processes roughly 75 percent of the city's waste and hosts multiple last-mile hubs, contributing to the air pollution residents have long called “Asthma Alley,” according to Inside Climate News, which notes nearly 90 percent of all freight in the city moves by truck.
The stretch of East 138th Street and Bruckner Boulevard near the site has separately been identified as one of the Bronx's deadliest truck corridors, where community groups have repeatedly pushed for stricter enforcement and street redesigns. Whether 307 Bruckner's leasing performance adds to that traffic burden, or whether its EV-ready infrastructure helps offset it, remains to be seen once tenants move in later this year.
