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Ferguson warehouse nearing completion
Apr 14, 2015 7:15 am
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A Ferguson Enterprises Distribution Center.
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Melanie Lekocevic is reporting in The Daily Mail the construction of the Ferguson Enterprises $60 million warehouse in the Fountain Flats Business Park in Coxsackie is on its way to completion. Construction is expected to completed by the end of June. Ferguson is the nation’s largest wholesale distributor of plumbing supplies. The Virginia-based company reported more than $11 million in sales last year and employs 20,000 people in 1,400 locations. The 465,000-square-foot warehouse in Coxsackie will serve as a distribution center. The company has promised to create 75 new jobs within the first two years of operation, with another 20 positions expected to be added by the fifth year. Once the warehouse is fully operational an increase in traffic expected, including an estimated 75 trucks a day, plus employee vehicles. The truck traffic will be confined to the commercial Route 9W corridor, and will not impact smaller local roadways, according to Greene County IDA Executive Director Rene Van Schaack. The IDA spearheaded the deal to bring the company to Coxsackie. Read the full story in The Daily Mail.
A Ferguson Enterprises Distribution Center.(Source: ferguson.com)[/caption]
Melanie Lekocevic is reporting in The Daily Mail the construction of the Ferguson Enterprises $60 million warehouse in the Fountain Flats Business Park in Coxsackie is on its way to completion. Construction is expected to completed by the end of June. Ferguson is the nation’s largest wholesale distributor of plumbing supplies. The Virginia-based company reported more than $11 million in sales last year and employs 20,000 people in 1,400 locations. The 465,000-square-foot warehouse in Coxsackie will serve as a distribution center. The company has promised to create 75 new jobs within the first two years of operation, with another 20 positions expected to be added by the fifth year. Once the warehouse is fully operational an increase in traffic expected, including an estimated 75 trucks a day, plus employee vehicles. The truck traffic will be confined to the commercial Route 9W corridor, and will not impact smaller local roadways, according to Greene County IDA Executive Director Rene Van Schaack. The IDA spearheaded the deal to bring the company to Coxsackie. Read the full story in The Daily Mail.