Contractor Awarded for $39 Million Grassroot Regional Distribution Center in Ohio

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The Home Depot Incorporated (NYSE:HD) (Atlanta, Georgia), an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services, has selected Catamount Constructors Incorporated (Roswell, Georgia) to provide general construction services for a $39 million grassroot regional distribution center in Findlay, Ohio.

Site preparation is under way for a 658,000-square-foot building that will support the company's Midwestern regional retail operations. Site preparation began in September, with building construction expected to start in November this year. Completion is slated for the fall of 2010.

MacGregor Associates Architects Incorporated (Atlanta) was selected to provide architectural services for the new center.

The Home Depot Incorporated, founded in Marietta, Georgia, in 1978, is publicly traded and is considered the largest home-improvement retailer in the United States, and the second-largest U.S. retailer behind Wal-Mart. The company provides home improvement products such as home appliances, tools, hardware, lumber, building materials, paint, plumbing, flooring, garden supplies and plants. As of 2009, the company had estimated revenues of $71 million, with more than 209,000 employees.

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