Wal-Mart Plans $55 Million Distribution Center in Wisconsin, General Contractor Bidders List Identified

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Incorporated Houston, Texas). Wal-Mart Stores Incorporated (NYSE: WMT) (Bentonville, Arkansas) is planning to construct a $55 Million Distribution Center (Store # 7039) in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin despite community opposition.

Carter & Burgess Incorporated, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, is currently performing final design for the new center. A general contractor will be selected from a shortlist of five in the middle of July 2004.

Click on the image at right to view the bidders list.

The 1.2 million square foot distribution center, to be located off U.S. 151 in Dodge County, is expected to create over 450 jobs by 2008. The new center will feed merchandise to regional Wal-Mart supercenters. Approximately 400 acres of land is being annexed. Construction is expected to begin in late July, or early September 2004, with completion planned for Fall 2005.

Wal-Mart Stores Incorporated operates retail stores around the world and organizes its business into segments consisting of Wal-Mart Stores, SAM'S Club, and International. In January 2004, the company operated 1,478 discount stores, 1,471 supercenters, 538 SAM'S Clubs, and 64 neighborhood markets in the United States. Wal-Mart's international segment consists of retail operations in eight countries and Puerto Rico, which includes retail stores, Discount Stores, supercenters, and Sam's CLUB'S. Wal-Mart made more than $6 billion in profits in 2003.

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