KCI 29 Logistics Park groundbreaking. Picture courtesy of Hunt Midwest
Ace {Hardware} Corp. might be one of many first tenants at KCI 29 Logistics Park, a 3,300-acre industrial campus being developed by Hunt Midwest in Kansas Metropolis, Mo. Development on the {hardware} firm’s Retail Help Middle is predicted to start out quickly, with completion anticipated in mid-2025 and a totally operational standing in the identical 12 months.
The Retail Help Middle is about to whole 1.5 million sq. toes, almost double the dimensions of the corporate’s common facility. Ace {Hardware} is planning to make use of the distribution heart to reinforce the corporate’s stock capability and enhance service throughout the U.S., whereas additionally assembly the wants of its rising retail panorama. Previously 5 years, the agency has opened 850 new shops throughout the nation.
The constructing is predicted to characteristic the newest know-how, automation and warehouse administration programs. The Ace {Hardware} improvement will create an estimated 100 building jobs and make use of greater than 350 individuals when accomplished.
First facility of latest logistics park
Ace {Hardware}’s distribution hub would be the first facility in Hunt Midwest’s new KCI 29 Logistics Park. The Kansas Metropolis-based developer lately broke floor on the mission after saying it a 12 months in the past.
KCI 29 Logistics Park has the potential for as much as 20 million sq. toes of commercial area and can embrace enhancements to the interchange at Interstate 29 and Mexico Metropolis Avenue. The brand new industrial park can have direct entry to the brand new Kansas Metropolis Worldwide Airport terminal and KCI Air Cargo Hub, in addition to to interstates 29 and 435. The placement would enable tenants to achieve 90 p.c of the continental U.S. inside two days by way of floor delivery and in a single day by way of air freight.
Hunt Midwest is presently engaged on the primary part of infrastructure enhancements on the upcoming campus, with completion anticipated this fall. KCI 29 Logistics Park will embrace build-to-suit, land sale or constructing lease alternatives, and has already seen sturdy curiosity from main nationwide and worldwide firms on the lookout for manufacturing, distribution or logistics area.
Outdoors Missouri, Hunt Midwest can also be engaged on a two million-square-foot industrial advanced in Anderson, S.C., in addition to its new headquarters constructing in suburban Chicago.
