FSW Setting Up in Underground Mine

KANSAS CITY—An underground mine may seem like an unusual place to set up a business, but FoodServiceWarehouse.com, an e-commerce company that provides foodservice equipment and supplies, has just signed a ten-year lease to occupy 475,200-square-feet of warehousing and distribution space in Kansas City’s Hunt Midwest SubTropolis, which the developer bills as the world’s largest underground business complex. FSW can now take advantage of mine’s naturally occurring year-round temperature of between 65 and 70 degrees Fahrenheit and severely curtail its energy costs. FSW also has the option to expand to 792,000-square-feet over the next four years.

“An internal analysis revealed Kansas City as the most economical and efficient location for our central fulfillment center,” says Madhu Natarajan, chief executive officer of FSW. “When we toured SubTropolis, we immediately saw the opportunity it held for our company. The logistics alone are impressive, but the potential to grow our footprint within the underground and the access to high-speed connectivity helped us make our final decision to move here.”