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Released June 13, 2025 | SUGAR LAND
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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--As the threat of tariffs roils the retail and industrial markets, companies are eyeing their customer bases carefully to find the most cost-effective places to develop storage and distribution capacity. Industrial Info is tracking nearly $2 billion worth of capital-spending projects in the U.S.-based warehousing and distribution sector that are set to begin construction in the third quarter, about 40% of which is attributed to grassroot projects.
Click on the image at right for a graph detailing the top 10 parent companies for U.S.-based warehousing and distribution projects slated to kick off from July through September, by total investment value.
Amazon.com Incorporated (Seattle, Washington) is the leading company for third-quarter project starts in the sector, topped by its $200 million distribution center in Little Rock, Arkansas. The Little Rock Port Authority granted approval in April for construction in the city's Eastern Pulaski County Industrial Park, with a groundbreaking expected in July. Amazon also is preparing to build a $10 million Last Mile Delivery Center in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, to accommodate more localized services.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Industrial Manufacturing Project Database can read detailed reports on the Little Rock and Bellefonte projects. Texas leads all other U.S. states in total investments for warehousing and distribution kickoffs in the third quarter. McMaster-Carr Supply Company (Elmhurst, Illinois), a business-to-business supplier of industrial tools and equipment, is preparing to begin $100 million worth of equipment additions to support its ongoing, $225 million distribution center in Fort Worth, Texas, which started construction in November. In addition to distribution services, the new hub will serve as the company's regional headquarters. Subscribers can learn more from a plant profile and detailed reports on the distribution center and its additions.
Fastenal Company (Winona, Minnesota), another business-to-business industrial supplier, is hoping to build a distribution center in Carrollton, Georgia, to replace a legacy distribution center in Atlanta. The facility will feature updated equipment and cater to industrial supply chains in the region. Subscribers can learn more from a detailed project report and plant profile.
Holden Lewis, the chief financial officer of Fastenal, acknowledged in a recent quarterly earnings-related conference call that supply chains have become more expensive, which the company aims to address through incremental pricing. "We have been proactively engaging with our customers for several months and in April, we took our first actions," he said. "We are encouraged by the easier comparisons, the improved sentiment, and particularly our internal momentum. That said, we have limited visibility and share our customers' uncertainty over how current trade policy may impact demand over the course of 2025."
Lewis said recent tariffs have forced Fastenal to import some materials "directly into Canada and Mexico that we would have brought to the United States before, because some of the new tariffs are not eligible for duty drawback." Duty drawbacks allow importers to reclaim some of the duties, fees and taxes paid on imported goods.
Beverage companies are building out their storage capacities, despite declining consumer interest in beer and hard liquor. Sazerac Company Incorporated (Louisville, Kentucky) is preparing for an $84 million expansion of its distillery in London, Kentucky, which will add three barrel-aging warehouses, each designed to hold about 58,000 barrels. This follows a $156 million, seven-warehouse expansion at the same distillery that kicked off in fourth-quarter 2023 and is set to wrap in the coming months. Subscribers can learn more from a plant profile and detailed reports on the three-warehouse and seven-warehouse expansions.
Sazerac's brands include Buffalo Trace Whiskey, which stands to be among the most affected goods in a trade war: Whiskey is the leading U.S. distilled spirits export, accounting for more than two-thirds of all such sales in foreign markets in 2022 and 2023, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. U.S. whiskey exports to the European Union (EU) fell 20% in the 12 months following June 2018, when the EU imposed a 25% retaliatory tariff on the product, in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's imposition of 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's GMI Project and Plant databases can click here for a full list of detailed reports for projects mentioned in this article, and click here for a full list of related plant profiles.
Subscribers can click here for a full list of capital-spending projects in the U.S.-based warehousing and distribution sector that are set to begin construction in the third quarter.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) platform helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking more than 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 trillion (USD).
Click on the image at right for a graph detailing the top 10 parent companies for U.S.-based warehousing and distribution projects slated to kick off from July through September, by total investment value.Amazon.com Incorporated (Seattle, Washington) is the leading company for third-quarter project starts in the sector, topped by its $200 million distribution center in Little Rock, Arkansas. The Little Rock Port Authority granted approval in April for construction in the city's Eastern Pulaski County Industrial Park, with a groundbreaking expected in July. Amazon also is preparing to build a $10 million Last Mile Delivery Center in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, to accommodate more localized services.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Industrial Manufacturing Project Database can read detailed reports on the Little Rock and Bellefonte projects. Texas leads all other U.S. states in total investments for warehousing and distribution kickoffs in the third quarter. McMaster-Carr Supply Company (Elmhurst, Illinois), a business-to-business supplier of industrial tools and equipment, is preparing to begin $100 million worth of equipment additions to support its ongoing, $225 million distribution center in Fort Worth, Texas, which started construction in November. In addition to distribution services, the new hub will serve as the company's regional headquarters. Subscribers can learn more from a plant profile and detailed reports on the distribution center and its additions.
Fastenal Company (Winona, Minnesota), another business-to-business industrial supplier, is hoping to build a distribution center in Carrollton, Georgia, to replace a legacy distribution center in Atlanta. The facility will feature updated equipment and cater to industrial supply chains in the region. Subscribers can learn more from a detailed project report and plant profile.
Holden Lewis, the chief financial officer of Fastenal, acknowledged in a recent quarterly earnings-related conference call that supply chains have become more expensive, which the company aims to address through incremental pricing. "We have been proactively engaging with our customers for several months and in April, we took our first actions," he said. "We are encouraged by the easier comparisons, the improved sentiment, and particularly our internal momentum. That said, we have limited visibility and share our customers' uncertainty over how current trade policy may impact demand over the course of 2025."
Lewis said recent tariffs have forced Fastenal to import some materials "directly into Canada and Mexico that we would have brought to the United States before, because some of the new tariffs are not eligible for duty drawback." Duty drawbacks allow importers to reclaim some of the duties, fees and taxes paid on imported goods.
Beverage companies are building out their storage capacities, despite declining consumer interest in beer and hard liquor. Sazerac Company Incorporated (Louisville, Kentucky) is preparing for an $84 million expansion of its distillery in London, Kentucky, which will add three barrel-aging warehouses, each designed to hold about 58,000 barrels. This follows a $156 million, seven-warehouse expansion at the same distillery that kicked off in fourth-quarter 2023 and is set to wrap in the coming months. Subscribers can learn more from a plant profile and detailed reports on the three-warehouse and seven-warehouse expansions.
Sazerac's brands include Buffalo Trace Whiskey, which stands to be among the most affected goods in a trade war: Whiskey is the leading U.S. distilled spirits export, accounting for more than two-thirds of all such sales in foreign markets in 2022 and 2023, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. U.S. whiskey exports to the European Union (EU) fell 20% in the 12 months following June 2018, when the EU imposed a 25% retaliatory tariff on the product, in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's imposition of 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's GMI Project and Plant databases can click here for a full list of detailed reports for projects mentioned in this article, and click here for a full list of related plant profiles.
Subscribers can click here for a full list of capital-spending projects in the U.S.-based warehousing and distribution sector that are set to begin construction in the third quarter.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) platform helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking more than 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 trillion (USD).
