Home Depot Planning 95,750-SF Distribution Center in Southwest Washington

WOODLAND, WA-Home Depot is seeking site plan approval for a 95,750-sf distribution facility on 34 acres near Exit 21 off Interstate 5 that it has contracted to purchase from Bob Neville, a major property owner in the area, city and county employees tell GlobeSt.com.

The property, not part of a business park, is located on the southwest side of the southbound exit on Down River Road, which runs parallel to I-5. The warehouse will have a 30-foot clear height and be used to unload inbound bulk merchandise and repackage it for delivery to retail stores “It should be visible from the freeway,” a city building official tells GlobeSt.com.

Home Depot, which operates 23 stores in Washington and 15 in Oregon, recently opened a warehouse one hour north of Woodland in the state capital of Olympia. The company, which is trying to gain more control over its delivery system, previously relied on vendors to deliver product directly to its stores.