E-commerce adds more fuel to a warehouse boom in South Bend area
The COVID-19 pandemic hit the economy hard, but one growing industry in the South Bend area â warehousing and logistics â shows little sign of slowing down, as consumer habits and changing supply-chain needs fuel millions of square feet in new development. When Amazon opened a South Bend delivery center in a shared 210,000-square-foot space in 2019, the e-commerce giantâs presence underscored a warehouse-building boom at the cityâs industrialized northwest edge, near Interstate 80/90 and U.S. 31. Since then, builders have raised at least three more distribution centers, to...
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