Will serve regional stores and \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcallow for growth\u00e2\u20ac\u2122
\nSLIDELL, La. \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Rooms To Go is negotiating to build an 850,000-
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\nsquare-foot distribution center with and attached clearance outlet here to serve its Gulf Coast stores.<\/p>\n
The Seffner, Fla.-based Top 100 company wants to open the facility in less than two years \u00e2\u20ac\u0153pending successful discussions with the state,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Jeff Seaman, RTG\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s president and CEO.<\/p>\n
It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s part of a larger plan to open about 3 million square feet of additional distribution center space over the next two to three years to support existing markets and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153allow for growth,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said.<\/p>\n
The roughly $40 million project in a industrial park near Slidell, La., would replace a smaller warehouse in Mobile, Ala., serving area stores.<\/p>\n
Rooms To Go entered New Orleans and surrounding markets late last year after its acquisition of Kirschman\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s stores in New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Covington, La., and Gulfport Miss. It currently operates a main showroom and outlet in the New Orleans area and a store in Baton Rouge. A third New Orleans location will open in April, Seaman said.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We need the space,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We like building our own facilities. We design them around the way we operate, so it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s much more efficient.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
RTG, with about 120 stores and sales in 2012 of $1.6 billion, already operates five distribution centers of 500,000 square feet or larger, including its 1.6 million facility in Lakeland, Fla.<\/p>\n
The company plans to replace its 440,000-square-foot Charlotte, N.C., distribution center with one in the 800,000-square-foot range.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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