Schnucks Selects Northpark for Huge Distribution Center
Date Posted: February 14, 2015
Posted In: Projects,
From nextSTL: nextSTL has learned Schnuck Markets has selected NorthPark business center in north St. Louis County over a site in Sauget, IL for an expansive distribution center. The development, immediately to the east of Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, will feature a million-square-foot warehouse, nearly double the size of Schnucks current total warehouse storage capacity.
Located between the intersection of two major Interstate highways, an international airport and the University of Missouri-St. Louis, the 550-acre industrial complex is partially located in, or abuts, the municipalities of Cool Valley, Kinloch, and Ferguson. In 2005 St. Louis County awarded redevelopment rights in the TIF district to NorthPark Partners. Land was purchased from Lambert Airport.
Schnucks currently has more than 500,000 square feet of warehouse space at several facilities located throughout the area. The grocer’s biggest storage and distribution center is in Bridgeton. Most products for sale at Schnuck Markets pass through these warehouses. Transportation drivers deliver products from the warehouses and manufacturing facilities to 100 company stores throughout five Midwest states.
The 38.75-acre Bridgeton depot was developed in 1971, and has been expanded twice. Schnucks has determined the facility to be structurally inefficient. According to a company press release, the functionally obsolete warehouse is also lacking the space to meet Schnucks needs. St. Louis County Department of Revenue records list the Bridgeton property’s assessed value at $13,500,000.