![]() ![]() ![]() The company will occupy commercial space at 4700 S. Hagadorn Road in Meridian Township beginning as soon as next summer, after renovations are completed. “It’s about time we stepped up and started competing,” he said. The facility will provide support for orders placed on Wayfair in the United States and Canada.Īccording to Trezise, Greater Lansing and the state of Michigan as a whole have historically struggled to attract companies from outside of the state that aren't auto-related. Wayfair already operates a warehouse in Livonia with 26 employees. The Wayfair facility will be the company's first service center in the Midwest, but its second operation in Michigan. “It’s the best kind of economic development,” he said. LEAP President and CEO Bob Trezise called Wayfair a “big get” for the region. "Once they're up and going it is about 120 days, boom, they're done," said Menser.The project, announced Tuesday by the Michigan Economic Development Corp., was in the works for a year with the Lansing Economic Area Partnership, Michigan State University and other organizations joining together to pitch Greater Lansing to the company. The Costco is still in the early stages of construction but is scheduled to open on Black Friday, November 24, 2017. "This required a lot of engineering where they bring in fill dirt and they try to make it stable so when it's built it just doesn't sink." "They're going to raise the site by 7 feet total," said Meridian Township's Senior Planner, Peter Menser. According to Derek Perry, Meridian Township's Assistant Township Manager/Director of Public Works & Engineering, the roads around the site will be closed periodically during the 7 month construction period. Road work has began at the location causing a temporary road closing of Park Lake Road between Saginaw Highway and Haslett Road. The 65 acre property will include a 156,170 square foot retail space, an attached tire center, a freestanding fueling facility and 2 additional lots for future development. The new superstore will be located on the corner of Park Lake Road and Saginaw Highway and is the first Costco in Mid-Michigan. ![]() ![]() EAST LANSING - Construction on the new Costco Wholesale Warehouse has begun. ![]()
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