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Wolverine Worldwide, a global footwear and clothing company, has agreed to lease a 720,000-square-foot warehouse-distribution operation that is under construction in Beaumont.
The building, part of the Crossroads Logistics Center, will serve as the company’s national distribution headquarters while supporting its fast-growing e-commerce business, according to a statement released Tuesday by CBRE Group Inc.
The Michigan-based company chose the Beaumont location over sites in Utah, Nevada, Arizona and Northern California.
The new facility will allow Wolverine Worldwide to reduce deliveries by up to seven days, said Jeff Gorski, the company’s vice president of global distribution and logistics, in the statement.
Terms of the lease, as well as the number of people who will work there, were not released. The building, at the 60 Freeway and Interstate 10, is being designed so that it can be expanded to 1.3 million square feet.
The structure is expected to be completed in June, according to the statement.
