Grainger — a broad-line distributor of maintenance, repair, and operating (MRO) products, including fasteners —  announced plans to open a 500,000-square-foot distribution center in Gresham, Oregon in 2025.

The new Northwest Distribution Center will enhance customer service across the Pacific Northwest, providing the company additional capacity to continue delivering best-in-class, next-day complete orders across the U.S. Grainger plans to break ground this summer.

“Opening a new, highly automated distribution center ensures we can continue to reach 99% of the U.S. market the next day,” said Barry Greenhouse, Grainger senior VP and president of Global Supply Chain and Customer Experience. “The Pacific Northwest is a market we’ve identified as a strategic expansion location to stock many more products than we do today, benefitting more local customers.”

Grainger’s Northwest Distribution Center is expected to house more than 135,000 industrial supply items such as hand and power tools, fasteners, HVAC equipment, fluid-power solutions, power transmission equipment, motors, and more. The company anticipates the new facility will employ approximately 80 team members when complete and over time employ more than 150 people.

The building will be constructed on a vacant 48-acre parcel of land in an industrial area of Gresham, about 16 miles from Portland.