Robert Clark (left) and Nick Piasecki are moving their business to Manchester. Photos by Michael Thompson.
A local shipping company is packing up its home base in Ashland in favor of a Manchester warehouse.
Shipvine began moving its operations last month into its new 47,000-square-foot headquarters at 2200 Decatur St. The move gives the 3-year-old company about three times the space of its current facility.
Robert Clark and Nick Piasecki launched Shipvine in 2012 in a 15,000-square-foot property in Ashland. Clark, who owns 80 percent of the company, said Shipvine’s growth brought about the move.
“We’ve been looking for several years to expand,” Clark said. “(The Ashland site) is filled to the brim with stuff.”
That stuff includes dress shirts, men’s underwear, pants, golf shoes and golf bags that the company packs and ships for its 20 clients. Shipvine caters to companies that sell consumer products, especially apparel and clothing companies. Its clients include Shockoe Bottom clothes maker Ledbury, as well as a men’s underwear company in Canada.
“Our core business is we store and ship products for other websites that sell online,” Clark said. “Basically, we’re the middle man.”
The new facility has more than three times the space than the Ashland location.
Clark said in addition to the need for more room to process orders, the company was struggling to get employees to commute to Ashland. He said he’s hoping the new location, which is near a bus stop, will attract VCU students and city dwellers. Shipvine has 12 employees, five of which are full-time.
“We’re basically in the middle of the woods in Ashland,” Clark said. “It’s nice to have a change of scenery.”
Shipvine packed and shipped about 75,000 orders last year, Clark said. He expects that to increase to more than 100,000 over the course of 2015. The company sends everything through UPS and FedEx.
The move to Manchester should give it the space to accommodate that growth.
“We’re hoping to triple our business,” Clark said. “At our old space, we were having to turn away clients.”
Clark said the company has grown without investors but would consider taking them on if the terms were right.
Shipvine has a five-year lease on its new building with an option to buy and expects to complete the move by July.
Its move across the James will make it neighbors with custom clothes maker Haberdash, which moved from downtown to Manchester in April.
Robert Clark (left) and Nick Piasecki are moving their business to Manchester. Photos by Michael Thompson.
A local shipping company is packing up its home base in Ashland in favor of a Manchester warehouse.
Shipvine began moving its operations last month into its new 47,000-square-foot headquarters at 2200 Decatur St. The move gives the 3-year-old company about three times the space of its current facility.
Robert Clark and Nick Piasecki launched Shipvine in 2012 in a 15,000-square-foot property in Ashland. Clark, who owns 80 percent of the company, said Shipvine’s growth brought about the move.
“We’ve been looking for several years to expand,” Clark said. “(The Ashland site) is filled to the brim with stuff.”
That stuff includes dress shirts, men’s underwear, pants, golf shoes and golf bags that the company packs and ships for its 20 clients. Shipvine caters to companies that sell consumer products, especially apparel and clothing companies. Its clients include Shockoe Bottom clothes maker Ledbury, as well as a men’s underwear company in Canada.
“Our core business is we store and ship products for other websites that sell online,” Clark said. “Basically, we’re the middle man.”
The new facility has more than three times the space than the Ashland location.
Clark said in addition to the need for more room to process orders, the company was struggling to get employees to commute to Ashland. He said he’s hoping the new location, which is near a bus stop, will attract VCU students and city dwellers. Shipvine has 12 employees, five of which are full-time.
“We’re basically in the middle of the woods in Ashland,” Clark said. “It’s nice to have a change of scenery.”
Shipvine packed and shipped about 75,000 orders last year, Clark said. He expects that to increase to more than 100,000 over the course of 2015. The company sends everything through UPS and FedEx.
The move to Manchester should give it the space to accommodate that growth.
“We’re hoping to triple our business,” Clark said. “At our old space, we were having to turn away clients.”
Clark said the company has grown without investors but would consider taking them on if the terms were right.
Shipvine has a five-year lease on its new building with an option to buy and expects to complete the move by July.
Its move across the James will make it neighbors with custom clothes maker Haberdash, which moved from downtown to Manchester in April.
Congratulations!
Great maybe the city and others will reinvest in that area. The area is in the heart of a part of the city that was at one point a few blocks away from one of the busiest pedestrian areas in the city it’s amazing what time can do. I drive past here every day the area could really use you all.