Used pallets in Springfield, VA

Defense, intelligence and IT contractors cluster in the Springfield Industrial Park along Backlick Road and Port Royal Road. A contractor’s pallets are mostly equipment crates and supply deliveries, not stringer stock. The freight and logistics tenants are a different story: they run pallets through in large numbers.

Lee & Associates named Springfield as one of the three submarkets with sizable leases in the third quarter of 2026, alongside Sterling and Manassas. The largest single lease that quarter in Northern Virginia, at 151,910 square feet, was for freight transportation, and it was in Springfield.

Springfield sits beside the interchange where I-95 meets the Capital Beltway. Four ZIP codes cover the community: 22150, 22151, 22152 and 22153. A truck from the park reaches the District without leaving the interstate, which is why Springfield docks are among the easiest to serve from DC.

Is it a freight dock or an office suite? Freight docks shed standard stock; contractors shed crates and odd sizes. How big is the space, and how often does it turn over? A tenant with a large lease and a steady flow is the textbook dock program. Say what leaves the dock empty and how it is staged.

A defense or IT contractor’s dock is a small, quiet place with a few deliveries a day. A freight tenant’s dock runs trailers in and out around the clock. They produce completely different pallet loads, and we treat them as different jobs. The contractor is a pickup of mixed equipment pallets; the freight tenant is a candidate for a standing arrangement.

A new tenant in a large lease often starts with a heavy first month: racking, equipment and inventory all arrive on pallets that nobody wants to keep. That is the best moment to call, before the pile has grown into the aisle.

Lorton is a short run south on I-95, and Alexandria is the nearest city to the northeast. The county page for Fairfax covers the rest.

• Are you a contractor office, a freight tenant or a mix?
• How many square feet of the lease are warehouse space?
• Do you receive racking or equipment that arrives on pallets?
• Is the dock at truck height or at ground level?

Two docks in the same park can look entirely different. One has a ramp, a leveler and a trailer parked at the door. The other has a roll-up door at ground level and a van. Say which you have, because the vehicle and the time needed both depend on it.

Industrial parks have shared lots and limited parking. A truck that cannot find space at the door wastes time. Tell us where the truck should wait, and whether the lot has a turning area for a full-length vehicle.

Many industrial buildings hold several tenants behind one gate. Name the suite, the unit number and the tenant who owns the pile, so nobody loads somebody else’s stack by mistake.

Give the ZIP, the size, a rough count and how the load leaves. A reply may name it as a sale, a buy-back or a clear-out. See sell and buy.

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What ZIP codes cover Springfield, VA?

22150, 22151, 22152 and 22153.

Do you work with freight tenants?

Yes. A freight dock sorted by size and grade is the best kind of sale.

What is the Springfield Industrial Park?

A cluster of defense, intelligence and IT firms along Backlick Road and Port Royal Road.

What was the largest lease in Northern Virginia in Q3 2026?

151,910 square feet, for freight transportation, in Springfield, per Lee & Associates.

How big is the region’s industrial inventory?

About 38.5 million square feet in the third quarter of 2026.