INDIANAPOLIS—Walmart has just selectedBrowning/Duke Realty, a joint venture between twoof Indianapolis' largest developers, to build its new e-commercewarehouse and distribution center in Indiana. The partners plan todeliver the 1.2-million-square-foot industrial building to Walmartlater this year. A build-to-suit, it will sit on a 64-acre site inAllPoints Midwest, a bulk industrial campus thatthe companies have begun to develop in suburban Plainfield.

“We are pleased to be able to meet Walmart's need for afirst-class, built-to-suit facility in a readily accessiblelocation in an accelerated timeline,” said CharliePodell, senior vice president of Duke Realty's Indianaoperations. “Early last year we elected to do preliminary work onthe site and construct a speculative building pad in preparationfor a client with an aggressive timeline. By having this padalready in place, we are well-positioned to meet Walmart'sconstruction schedule for a completed distribution center beforeyear-end 2014.”

“Our ability to respond quickly with a build-to-suit facilitycoupled with the attributes of AllPoints Midwest were key factorsin Walmart's decision to select Browning/Duke Realty for thisimportant new facility,” said John Hirschman,president and chief executive officer of Browning.