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Tyson Foods Constructs New Office Tower and Discovery Center
Tyson Foods is engaged in an approximately 285,000-sf expansion of its Springdale, Ark., world headquarters. The $85-to $95-million project is comprised of a new 174,000-sf, four-story office tower connecting to the existing facility; and a Discovery center--a research, development and training complex. The Discovery Center complex will also include a separate 63,000-sf building housing 18 test kitchens, a retail presentation kitchen, a foodservice presentation kitchen, and a "kitchen of the future". The building will also have office space for 125 people.
FedEx Ground Creates Pompano Beach Automated Distribution Facility
FedEx Ground will open a new 215,000-sf automated distribution facility in Pompano Beach, Fla., by summer of 2006. Sited on 27 acres, the facility is part of the company's $1.8 billion network expansion and will consolidate FedEx Ground's operations in Fort Lauderdale with the FedEx Home Delivery facility in Pompano Beach.
UPS Expands Presence in China
Atlanta-based United Parcel Service has opened three new facilities in China. The warehousing and distribution centers include a 160,000-sf facility in the Wai Gao Free Trade Zone in Shanghai, a 240,000-sf facility in a Free Trade Zone in Futian, and a 66,000-sf facility in Suzhou designed for high-tech customers.
Sysco Plans Selma Distribution Center
Sysco Corp. is planning to invest $37 million in a new distribution center in Selma, N.C. The 300,000-sf facility will be sited on 80 acres in Johnston County. Construction is expected to begin in spring 2005.
Target Corp. Constructs Midway Distribution Center
Target Corp. will begin site work in 2005 on a new 1.5 million-sf regional distribution center in Midway, Ga. Located in Liberty County's 4,700-acre MidCoast Business Center, the facility will initially employ 500 when it reaches completion in summer of 2007.