Grainger (NYSE: GWW), Chicago, Ill., a broad-line distributor of maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) products, announced plans to open a new distribution center in Gresham, Ore., in 2025.
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The new distribution center is expected to be 500,000 square feet and house over 135,000 industrial supplies. The distribution center is expected to have 80 employees when it opens and grow to over 150. It will provide service across the Pacific Northwest. Grainger will begin building this summer.
Grainger is also opening two bulk warehouses in Pennsylvania and Texas in September, with a third warehouse opening in 2024 in North Carolina.
“Opening a new, highly automated distribution center ensures we can continue to reach 99% of the U.S. market the next day,” said Barry Greenhouse, Grainger’s president of Global Supply Chain and Customer Experience. “The Pacific Northwest is a market we’ve identified as a strategic expansion location to stock many more products than we do today, benefitting more local customers.”
