E-Commerce Companies Headed to Mid-America

Kansas City has become one of the go-to places for e-commerce retailers, and companies are filling up new spec developments almost as fast as builders can put up walls.

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KANSAS CITY—This metro area has become one of the go-to places for e-commerce retailers, and companies are filling up new spec developments almost as fast as builders can put up walls. Turn5, a national provider of automotive products, just decided open a new distribution center in suburban Lenexa by taking 365,000 square feet at 17700-17790 College Blvd., one of the region’s many new spec buildings.

Brian J. Rogal

Brian J. Rogal is a Chicago-based freelance writer with years of experience as an investigative reporter and editor, most notably at The Chicago Reporter, where he concentrated on housing issues. He also has written extensively on alternative energy and the payments card industry for national trade publications.

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