New DCs for Ikea in Texas and California

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pennsylvania — IKEA has leased additional warehouse space as customer fulfillment centres to complement its network of five regional distribution centres currently supporting its 45 U.S. stores.

These two leased facilities in Baytown, Texas and American Canyon, California will focus on delivering items to customers who order products online or purchase larger items at a store. Each project will create approximately 200 jobs.

“As we expand across the country and grow our online presence, we want to ensure we have sufficient warehouse capacity to support the efficient and timely delivery and shipment of products to our customers,” said Lars Petersson, IKEA U.S. president. “Our goal is to increase accessibility to the IKEA product selection, and these two fulfillment centres will help us meet the home furnishing needs of many American customers.”

In Baytown, the 1,000,000-square-foot leased space comprised of two buildings is located in the Cedar Port Industrial Park, 50 kilometres east of downtown Houston, and became operational earlier this year. This project represents the fourth IKEA location (three current stores and three more underway) in Texas.

In American Canyon, the 646,000-square-foot leased facility is part of Napa Logistics Park developed by DivcoWest and Orchard Partners, located 55 km north of the Port of Oakland, and will be operational in early 2018. This project represents the tenth IKEA location (eight stores and a regional distribution centre) in the state of California.

With nearly 1,000 suppliers in 50 countries, IKEA traditionally transports products globally to its stores through regional distribution centres. These two fulfillment centres and others in the future will augment the current U.S. distribution strategy and enhance the ability of IKEA to ensure product availability to customers shopping in-store or online.