Summary: Lowe’s Cos. Inc., the world’s second-largest home-improvement retailer, was one of the first to jump on the redevelopment bandwagon. Recognizing Rough and Ready’s strategic northern California local – with easy rail, waterways and highway connections – the North Carolina-based company has fully retrofitted two of the existing port warehouses, converting them into a 240,000-s.f. flatbed distribution center on 23 acres.

The state-of-the-art new facility – a vital hub in Lowe’s vast distribution network receives rail and truck shipments of large building materials, supplying products to more than 40 Lowe’s retail stores throughout northern California , Nevada and Oregon . The center will be one of 13 Lowe’s flatbed-distribution sites around the country.