Construction on Wal-Mart's $60 Million Barstow Distribution Center On Hold

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Construction on Wal-Mart Stores' (NYSE:WMT ) (Bentonville, Arkansas) new Barstow, California, food-distribution center, which was announced two years ago, still has not begun. Company officials said construction on the 160-acre site will be delayed for a few years because of the slowdown in construction of Wal-Mart department stores that the new center would service.

Construction on the $60 million distribution center had been scheduled to start in late 2006 and be fully operational in 2008. This is the second time the project has been delayed. The 880,000-square-foot facility was designed to feature state-of-the-art technology. The project will create more than 500 jobs once completed and 200 more jobs within the first three years.

In addition to this project, Industrial Info Resources is monitoring 12 active projects totaling $660 million owned by Wal-Mart Stores in the U.S. Reports include project details, including tentative schedules and key contacts.

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