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Ross Stores took more than 1 million square feet of industrial space in Wonderful Industrial Park.

SHAFTER, CA—Ross Stores Inc. has negotiated more than 1 million square feet of industrial space at 4100 Express Ave. in Wonderful Industrial Park, a fully entitled 1,625-acre distribution center, according to Wonderful Real Estate Development. Ross has been an occupant of Wonderful Industrial Park since 2014 and currently owns a 1.7-million-square-foot distribution center located near 4100 Express Ave.

“We’re very pleased that Ross Stores chose Wonderful Industrial Park for its expansion,” said Joe Vargas, president of Wonderful Real Estate Development. “Speed to market has been the biggest appeal for our tenants, whether it is big retail operators like Ross and Target or companies like American Tire Distributors, Baker Hughes, i.e., oil and gas industry, or Formica, i.e. construction materials. Any industrial parts or materials manufacturer or consumer goods distributor doing business in California needs a central location to reach its customers with same-day or next-day deliveries and that has been our advantage.”