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Dollar Tree Inks Agreements with Local Port and Warehouse

PORTLAND, OR-The national retailer, known for selling goods for $1 or less, will transload goods received from overseas into containers for domestic distribution. The firm may expand its distribution capabilities near the Port in the future.

By Joel Cone | Updated on October 25, 2001

PORTLAND, OR-Dollar Tree Stores Inc., a Chesapeake, VA-based with 2,000 stores nationwide, has signed an agreement with the Port of Portland to use Terminal 6 as its Pacific Northwest distribution point. The firm has also signed a lease for warehousing space at the Rivergate Industrial District a mile away. Terms of both agreements are confidential.

“Dollar Tree, which has an impressive record of growth, is an important new account for Portland,” says Eileen Murche, marketing director for the Port’s import development team. “Dollar Tree’s import volumes into Portland are expected to grow soon to several thousand containers a year.”

Known for its stores featuring everything from books and candy to personal accessories on sale for $1 or less, Dollar Tree is leasing an undisclosed amount of square footage at the nearly 500,000 sf warehouse owned by United Warehousing Distribution Center (formerly known as A&M Warehouses). That facility already houses the operations for such companies as 800 dot-com and RR Donnelly.

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