COLUMBUS—Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. has just opened a 743,000 square foot, direct-to-consumer fulfillment center located in west suburban West Jefferson, becoming the latest of a series of companies that have launched massive distribution facilities in this growing market.
“It is common as retailers are strategizing how to execute an Omni-Channel platform,” Brad Struck of E. Smith Realty Partners tells GlobeSt.com. Along with Sharon Morrison, he represented Bon-Ton in negotiations over the property and Art Makris and Jim Clark represented the landlord Duke Realty. Johnson Stephens Consulting provided design, site selection, MHE implementation and WMS integration services for the new facility.
Located at 115 Enterprise Pkwy. in Duke's Park 70 industrial park, the new 32' clear fulfillment center will serve as a hub for the Bon-Ton family of stores, which operates in the Northeast, Midwest and upper Great Plains. The company's stores include Bergner's, Boston Store, Carson Pirie Scott, Elder Beerman, Herberger's and Younkers.
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Brian J. Rogal
Brian J. Rogal is a Chicago-based freelance writer with years of experience as an investigative reporter and editor, most notably at The Chicago Reporter, where he concentrated on housing issues. He also has written extensively on alternative energy and the payments card industry for national trade publications.
