Polk County lands new Medline center

Medline Industries Inc., the nation's largest privately held maker and distributor of health care-related products, is planning to develop a new 830,000-square-foot distribution center beginning later this year in Auburndale.

The Mundelein, Ill.-based company, which bought 51 acres in July from Five-Star Family Growers in the Polk Commerce Centre, intends to complete its new facility by the end of next year.

The planned distribution center, which will be Medline's 41st nationwide, is expected to create 100 jobs, says Stacy Rubenstein, a company spokeswoman.