How HD Logistics Found Its Growth Partner in Growe

The Challenge

HD Logistics & Warehousing Solutions built its name in Idaho Falls, where the company has run commercial warehousing, distribution, and third-party logistics operations for years. But a lot of HD's best work does not fit inside a standard warehouse lease. Much of what the company handles is project based, tied to a specific client's timeline rather than a typical multi-year commercial term. Jen Dixon, CEO of HD Logistics & Warehousing Solutions, says that mindset shapes how HD treats every customer.

“Third-party logistics can feel very square, like here’s the box you get. We understand that box doesn’t always fit what a customer needs, so we tailor to what they need and make it work.”

HD needed a real estate partner who could match that same mindset: someone able to move at the pace of its customers, without locking the company into space it did not need or terms that put profitability at risk.

The Partnership

That is where Growe comes in. Rather than pushing HD toward standard commercial lease terms, Growe negotiates space sized to the length of the actual project, moving fast enough to keep up with HD's own customers. Cameron Rogers, Partner at Growe, worked directly with HD on its latest and largest facility, a warehouse in Denton, Texas.

“We are in Denton at HD's new facility to support a customer requirement of theirs. This is the biggest warehouse HD has ever operated. These warehouses are more project based, so they can run anywhere from twelve months to eighteen months, two years, or three years.”

For HD, that kind of real estate support changes what the company is able to take on. Chad Hildebrandt, COO of HD Logistics & Warehousing Solutions, describes the relationship less like a vendor and more like an extension of his own team.

“The Growe team is a force multiplier. It's almost like they're an in-house real estate team fighting for what we need. They fight for the best rates and the best terms, getting us really good deals on buildings and structuring short-term leases for only the amount of time we need. Without that, we could never be profitable. They're there for us at all hours when a job falls through last minute, and they get us taken care of. They're really part of our team at this point. A year from now, when we've quadrupled in size again, we won't have gotten there without the Growe team.”

The Project

The Denton facility is built to support one client's solar panel storage needs, and it is the largest project that client has run to date. At full capacity, the warehouse will hold close to 36,000 pallets and roughly 1.6 million solar panels, a buildout that took HD about four months to complete.

A project of that size does not work on a standard lease. Growe structured the Denton facility around the length of the project itself, giving HD room to take on a job of that scale without carrying space, or cost, that it would not need once the work is finished.

The Result

For HD, the payoff goes well beyond a single warehouse. With Growe handling the real estate side of the business, HD has been able to say yes to bigger, more complex logistics work than it could take on alone, and to do it without sacrificing profitability. The company has grown from its 72,000-square-foot home base in Idaho Falls to a 650,000-square-foot project in Denton, and HD's leadership expects that growth to keep compounding. Hildebrandt expects HD to quadruple in size again within the next year, and he credits Growe as the partner the company is counting on to help it get there.

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