Anheuser-Bush Distributor Western Beverage Prepares to Start Construction on New Distribution Center in Oregon

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Incorporated; Houston, Texas). Western Beverage Company (Eugene, Oregon), a division of privately held McDonald Wholesale Company (Medford, Oregon), is preparing to begin construction of a new regional distribution center in Eugene, Oregon. When first reported by Industrialinfo.com in August of 2004, plans were coming together to construct a new $12.5 million, 130,000 square foot storage and distribution center to provide additional storage and distribution capacity for the growing company.

Western Beverage has selected a 16-acre parcel of land in the Greenhill Technology Park, off highway 126 in West Eugene, as the site for the new facility. The company will relocate from its existing location on West Broadway, when the new building is ready for occupancy.

Eugene-based Chambers Construction has been selected as the design-build contractor for the project and the firm is currently finalizing design plans and selecting subcontractors in hopes of beginning construction in early April of 2005.

Construction is expected to take about nine months to complete and the company plans to hire an additional 27 people and transfer 43 jobs from the existing location.

Western Beverage Company is a U.S. distributor for Anheuser-Busch in the Eugene, Medford, and Salem areas of Oregon. Other brands offered by the company include microbrewery products from Widmer Brothers and the Redhook Ale Brewery.

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