Atlanta-based shipping and logistics provider UPS said it will invest more than $175 million to expand its main Columbus, Ohio ground package hub, which is located on 90 acres on the city’s west side.
UPS said it will invest more than $175 million to expand its main Columbus, Ohio ground package hub, which is located on 90 acres on the city’s west side.
The 375,000-square-foot building expansion will be finished in the fall of 2018, doubling the hub’s sorting capacity to more than 63,000 packages per hour, according to the company.
“Columbus has grown as a UPS transit point for commercial and residential e-commerce packages moving across the country,” said Derick Craft, president of the UPS Great Lakes District, in a statement.
UPS also plans to add 75 jobs to its nearly 1,800 workers at UPS package facilities in Hilliard and Obetz, Ohio, as well as the Columbus airport gateway operations.
UPS starts Columbus package facility expansion
