Ace announces plans for new place in Plant City

Hardware chain to more than double existing distribution center capacity with new Blue Steel development.

  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • | 6:00 a.m. July 10, 2020
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COURTESY PHOTO -- Ace Hardware Corp.'s planned distribution center in Plant City will support more than 200 Florida stores.
COURTESY PHOTO -- Ace Hardware Corp.'s planned distribution center in Plant City will support more than 200 Florida stores.
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Ace Hardware Corp. will nearly double its existing distribution footprint when it relocates a long-time Tampa logistics center to Plant City in November of next year.

Construction on the planned 715,000-square-foot fulfillment center, which is being developed by a group led by Blue Steel Development, is expected to begin in October.

 

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