CHICAGO, CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI—A major metro area is not always the best site for giant distribution facility. That's what Mills Fleet Farm found out after a 12-month site selection process led it to Ryan Companies' Lake Wissota Business Park in Chippewa Falls, WI. The Midwest retailer recently signed a long-term build-to-suit lease with the Minneapolis-based developer, which will complete a, 1.13 million-square-foot building on a 70-acre parcel by next spring.
The $65 million facility will allow Mills Fleet Farm to modernize its supply-chain operations. With 37 locations across MN, WI, IA, and ND, Mills Fleet Farm serves the Upper Midwest as a retailer of lifestyle products helping active, outdoor families and suburban and farm consumers.
A Chicago-based brokerage team from Avison Young, consisting of principal Brendan Kelly, and vice president Nick Esposito, coordinated a team of more than 30 persons from Mills Fleet Farm and investment firm KKR, which purchased the retailer in 2016, in evaluating multiple locations. Minneapolis, a major metro area in the center of the company's territory, was considered and rejected.
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