January 24, 2024 Portal Warehousing Expands to Brooklyn

The new co-warehousing location is situated at The Whale, a last-mile flex industrial facility in Sunset Park.

NEW YORK — Portal Warehousing, a leading provider of flexible co-warehousing solutions, is excited to announce the opening of its new location in Sunset Park, Brooklyn at The Whale, a historic building harkening back to the neighborhood’s industrial past. This expansion reflects Portal’s commitment to supporting the growing demands of e-commerce and logistics for small businesses, enterprise organizations and publicly-traded entities.

Located at 14 53rd Street, the Sunset Park location features 60 units ranging from 200 to 1,500 square feet, offering move-in ready spaces with rents starting at $1,000 per month. Portal’s 10-year management agreement with Capstone Equities encompasses the 6th and 7th floors at a combined 58,500 square feet, with Edward Kent serving as senior leasing manager. Portal has also partnered with Newmark Group to lease the remaining space in the building.

“Our expansion into Brooklyn represents a significant milestone for Portal,” said Alex Morrison, CEO and founder of Portal. “We are excited to provide businesses in the area with the flexibility and support they need to succeed in the rapidly-evolving landscape of e-commerce and logistics. This new location at The Whale aligns with our vision of creating a vibrant community that helps organizations at every stage of their life cycle.”

Portal at The Whale serves as a strategic hub for direct-to-consumer logistics essentials, offering enterprise-level equipment, shipping and receiving services. With a focus on convenience and flexibility, Portal creates a supportive community for businesses to thrive, providing a stepping stone for entrepreneurs to scale up within the building as they grow while helping enterprise and public companies rapidly expand into new markets.

Portal provides flexible lease terms from three to 12 months and includes amenities such as high-speed internet, discounted shipping rates, reception services and daily scheduled pickups from major carriers. Shared common spaces like a coworking area, kitchen and a photography booth are available and programmed to foster networking and collaboration among members. Tenants who opt in can also make use of Portal’s comprehensive shipping and logistics platform and mobile app that come with a variety of features including flex warehouse labor support to hire short-term hourly workers, a community events calendar, tenant communications, order fulfillment analytics and more.

The Whale is an expansive complex redefining the flex industrial experience in Brooklyn. The seven-story property contains over 500,000 square feet of space with versatile floor plates, ideal for warehousing distribution, e-commerce, logistics, light assembly and manufacturing and flex office use. Supporting Portal tenants ready to expand to larger spaces, the property features customizable units ranging from 2,500 to 50,000 square feet, with 13 to 22-foot ceiling heights and striking panoramic waterfront views. The Whale sits among the culture, creativity and historic character of Brooklyn’s Sunset Park, a neighborhood that offers many outdoor spaces and scenic skyline views while offering easy access to Manhattan and beyond.

Portal now has locations in Brooklyn, Phoenix, Salt Lake City and Los Angeles, with plans to expand to 20 locations over the next 12 months. For more information about Portal and its new Sunset Park location, please visit https://join-portal.com.

About Portal Warehousing
Portal Warehousing is a leading provider of flexible co-warehousing solutions, providing small businesses, entrepreneurs, creatives, enterprise organizations and publicly-traded companies with move-in ready space to scale their business. Offering all-inclusive utilities, Wi-Fi and logistics infrastructure, Portal serves as a stepping stone to help companies grow and hit the next phase of their life cycle, bringing tenants out of their garages or storage units and into a space where they can keep their office and operations, and allowing larger brands to rapidly expand into new markets. Portal has locations in Salt Lake City, Phoenix, Los Angeles and Brooklyn.

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