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Walmart to build $300M North Carolina fulfillment center

Facility to handle online orders for large items

Eric Kulisch
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Walmart has picked a site in southern North Carolina for its next e-commerce fulfillment center. (Photo: Shutterstock/oasisamuel)
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  • Walmart is investing $300 million to build a 1.2 million-square-foot fulfillment center in Kings Mountain, North Carolina.
  • Expected to open in 2027 and create 300 jobs, the facility will specialize in shipping large items directly to customers, enhancing Walmart's e-commerce capabilities.
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Walmart is ready to build a $300 million fulfillment center in North Carolina that will focus on shipping large items such as patio furniture and lawnmowers directly to customers, as soon as the next day, North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein announced on Tuesday.

The 1.2 million square-foot facility will be located in Kings Mountain, near Gastonia, and is expected to open in 2027, according to a news release from the Department of Commerce.

“As our e-commerce business continues to grow, this new fulfillment center will play a critical role in helping us serve customers faster,” said Karisa Sprague, Walmart U.S.’s senior vice president, supply chain. 

Walmart (NYSE: WMT) operates more than 214 stories and Sam’s Clubs in North Carolina, as well as seven distribution centers. The new facility is expected to employ 300 people. 

The Commerce Department will provide a job development grant of $4 million over 12 years, contingent on the company creating the number of jobs promised.

Walmart operates 29 dedicated e-commerce fulfillment centers, according to its latest annual report.

It is scheduled to open a fifth “next-generation” fulfillment center in Stockton, California, next year to fulfill online orders on the West Coast.

Write to Eric Kulisch at ekulisch@freightwaves.com.

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Eric Kulisch

Eric is the Parcel and Air Cargo Editor at FreightWaves. An award-winning business journalist with extensive experience covering the logistics sector, Eric spent nearly two years as the Washington, D.C., correspondent for Automotive News, where he focused on regulatory and policy issues surrounding autonomous vehicles, mobility, fuel economy and safety. He has won two regional Gold Medals and a Silver Medal from the American Society of Business Publication Editors for government and trade coverage, and news analysis. He was voted best for feature writing and commentary in the Trade/Newsletter category by the D.C. Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. He was runner up for News Journalist and Supply Chain Journalist of the Year in the Seahorse Freight Association's 2024 journalism award competition. In December 2022, Eric was voted runner up for Air Cargo Journalist. He won the group's Environmental Journalist of the Year award in 2014 and was the 2013 Supply Chain Journalist of the Year. As associate editor at American Shipper Magazine for more than a decade, he wrote about trade, freight transportation and supply chains. He has appeared on Marketplace, ABC News and National Public Radio to talk about logistics issues in the news. Eric is based in Vancouver, Washington. He can be reached for comments and tips at ekulisch@freightwaves.com