Walmart plans to invest more than $300 million in a fulfillment center near Cincinnati for televisions, furniture and other oversized goods. The center in Turtlecreek Township, Ohio, is expected to create more than 300 jobs, according to REDI Cincinnati, the regional development group that announced the project with JobsOhio.
The center at 760 Encore Drive will specialize in larger, non-sortable items. Placing that inventory closer to customers will help Walmart deliver more items faster and support the growth of its next-day delivery network, according to the announcement. Walmart’s existing fulfillment center in nearby Monroe, Ohio, employs more than 200 people and will continue operating.
“This new facility will complement our existing network, create hundreds of new jobs in Warren County and help us serve customers even faster by bringing more products closer to where they live,” said Karisa Sprague, SVP of fulfillment operations at Walmart US.
Walmart Fulfillment Services bought the building at that address in February for more than $100 million, according to the Cincinnati Business Courier. The newly built warehouse covers 1.18 million square feet on 99.2 acres. Ohio describes the project as the build-out of a non-sortable distribution center.
Walmart announced a $300 million center for large goods in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, a year ago. That 1.2-million-square-foot site will ship items such as patio furniture and lawnmowers, with delivery as soon as the next day. It is set to open in 2027 and create more than 300 jobs.
Walmart moved this spring to close fulfillment centers in Worcester, Massachusetts, and Matteson, Illinois. It proposed a roughly 1.5-million-square-foot fulfillment warehouse in Wallkill, New York this summer, Supply Chain Dive reported.
Amazon will let marketplace sellers buy LTL labels for heavy and bulky orders through Amazon Buy Shipping starting in October. The company called the category one of its fastest-growing among merchants.
The Ohio Tax Credit Authority approved a 1.662%, nine-year job creation tax credit for the Walmart project. Walmart expects to create 315 full-time-equivalent jobs and $19.5 million in new annual payroll by Dec. 31, 2029, according to the governor’s office.
