Wal-Mart opens $100M distribution center in Mebane, overdelivers in jobs count

Jul 6, 2016, 6:13pm EDT

Amanda HoyleStaff WriterTriangle Business Journal

(NYSE: WMT) will be hosting a ceremony July 13 to celebrate the opening of its biggest new investment in North Carolina, its new nearly $100 million refrigerated distribution center in Mebane.

According to the announcement issued by the company Wednesday, the 450,000-square-foot facility is expected to create more than 550 new jobs. That’s 100 more than was initially promised when the project was announced in late 2013.

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The Pike Co. of Rochester, N.Y., is the contractor of the new Mebane Wal-Mart… more

CITY OF MEBANE

The project at 2837 Senator Ralph Scott Parkway is also opening about a month ahead of schedule. Company officials had initially projected it would be open by August 2016.

The Mebane Wal-Mart Distribution Center will be the company’s fourth distribution facility in North Carolina and will be used to store and distribute perishable food products for Wal-Mart stores in North Carolina and Virginia.

The company also stands to receive a $1.1 million incentive grant offer from the state and another $4.4 million in incentives from local town and county governments if it meets its hiring and investment goals.

The property is also near where European grocery chain Lidl is building its regional headquarters and distribution center in Mebane to support its planned grocery store expansion into the eastern U.S., including the Triangle