Urban Outfitters, Inc. Selects Kansas City Region for New $350M eCommerce Center
1 min readArticle by Christina Forrest.
The retail giant will build 880,000-square-foot site, creating up to 2,000 jobs, according to Kansas City Area Development Council
KANSAS CITY, KAN. (PRWEB) AUGUST 06, 2020
Urban Outfitters, Inc. has selected the Kansas City region for its new 880,000-square-foot omni-channel distribution center, the Kansas City Area Development Council (KCADC) and its partners announced today. The facility will be located on ancillary land at the Kansas Speedway in Wyandotte County, Kan. The Philadelphia-based Urban Outfitters will create up to 2,000 new jobs and approximately $350 million in capital investment in Kansas City, Kan., over the next several years.
The retail leader, founded in 1970, plans to begin construction on the facility this fall, and expects to be operational in early 2022. Urban Outfitters selects the locations of its distribution centers based on a combination of factors that include location, available workforce and transportation infrastructure. The company cited Kansas City’s central location as critical to its distribution network. […]
