Department Store Giant Macy's Plans $150 Million Distribution Center

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Department store giant Macy's Incorporated (Cincinnati, Ohio) is looking for a site for a planned $150 million regional distribution center in Martinsburg, West Virginia.

Plans involve selecting a site in Martinsburg sometime this spring for construction of a 1.5 million-square-foot regional building to support the company's regional retail operations. The company is anticipating hiring 1,900 new full- and part-time employees in the state's Eastern Panhandle. Construction is anticipated to begin this spring, with operations expected to begin in April 2012.

Macy's Incorporated was founded in 1858 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, and New York, New York. The company's products include footwear, clothing, furniture, jewelry, cosmetics, bedding and housewares. It 2009, the company listed revenues estimated at $25 million, with approximately 167,000 employees.

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