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FedEx Planning New Cargo Facility in Eastern Washington

SPOKANE, WA-The new 120,000-sf shipping facility would allow FedEx to consolidate existing operations and dovetail into Spokane International Airport's plans to spend $6 million for the construction of a new shipping apron and improved taxiway.

By Janet Parker | Updated on March 14, 2001

SPOKANE, WA-Federal Express Corp., the Memphis-based shipping company, has plans to build a 120,000-sf cargo-sorting facility at the Spokane International Airport Business Park. FedEx currently has a 15,700-sf building at the airport and a terminal located in East Spokane at 515 N. Havana.

FedEx declined to comment about the new facility “because nothing ‘s been finalized,” says a company source. Sources in Spokane say the company’s objective is to consolidate its air- and ground-shipping operations in the new facility, which would be built east of the airport’s runway at the southeast corner of Godfrey and Flightline boulevards.

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