Governor Bill Haslam and Economic and Community Development Commissioner Randy Boyd joined Lowe’s Thursday to announce the company will locate a new direct fulfillment center in Robertson County.
The home improvement company expects to invest approximately $100 million and create up to 600 jobs in Coopertown, northwest of Nashville. Lowe’s direct fulfillment center will cover some 1.1 million square feet – the equivalent of 22 football fields under one roof.
Plans call for the facility to be operational by the third quarter of 2018, initially employing approximately 400 people and growing to 600 employees by 2022. One of the most technology driven and sophisticated operations the company has built, according to officials, the center will ship parcel packages directly to Lowe’s customers and stores nationwide.
“We appreciate Lowe’s for choosing Tennessee and Robertson County as the location for its new
direct fulfillment center and creating 600 jobs for our state,” Governor Haslam said. “Lowe’s joins more than 16,000 transportation, logistics and distribution establishments operating throughout the state. We welcome Lowe’s to Tennessee and thank the company for bringing us one step closer to our goal of making Tennessee the No. 1 location in the Southeast for high quality jobs.”
“Tennessee’s geographical location is in the heart of the U.S. with easy access to markets around the world, which makes our state the perfect location for a company like Lowe’s to locate its new fulfillment center,” Comm. Boyd said. “I want to thank Lowe’s for choosing Robertson County for its new operations and for creating these jobs for our state’s growing workforce.”
Lowe’s is the second largest home improvement company in the world. The company was
founded in 1946, and today Lowe’s and its related businesses operate or service more than 2,355 retail locations in the United States, Canada and Mexico and 285,000 employees.
“We’re continually working to make doing business with Lowe’s easier for customers. Investing to
build a new fulfillment center - the first of its kind for Lowe’s - allows us to offer customers more
products online, consolidate multiple parcel shipments and ship purchases directly to customers
faster and more efficiently,” Brent Kirby, Lowe’s chief supply chain officer said. “The Nashville
area was chosen due to its existing large shipping hubs, access to interstate roadways and wellskilled workforce.”
Local leaders and partners expressed gratitude to Lowe’s for choosing Robertson County as the
home for the company’s new fulfillment center.
“Robertson County is proud to welcome Lowe’s to our community. This is the culmination of
many months of hard work by so many people,” Robertson County Mayor Howard Bradley said. “The prospect of 600 new jobs in our county is exciting. Beyond that is the hope that this will be a prelude to further economic expansion in the western portion of our county. We believe this could be the catalyst that opens up the entire I-24 corridor to new life and opportunity. We are grateful to Lowe’s for having the faith in our region to bring this enormous investment into our collective future.”
"The town of Coopertown is thrilled to be chosen as the site for this new, state-of-the-art
distribution facility for Lowe’s,” Coopertown Mayor Sam Childs said. “We believe the investment
and confidence that Lowe’s has placed in our town will put us on the map and spur additional
growth and development within our community.”
“We are thrilled that Lowe’s has chosen Coopertown and Robertson County for this amazing new facility,” said Margot Fosnes, president and chief economic development officer, Robertson
County Chamber of Commerce. “It is gratifying to see the confidence in our workforce and our
community’s ability to support and provide a positive environment for their operations. We look
forward to a long and prosperous working relationship with Lowe’s in Robertson County.”
“TVA and Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation congratulate Lowe’s on its decision to
locate in Coopertown, Tennessee, and create hundreds of new job opportunities in the
community,” TVA Senior Vice President of Economic Development John Bradley said. “We are
privileged to partner with the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community
Development, Robertson County Chamber of Commerce, city of Coopertown and Robertson
County to help foster Lowe’s success at its new operations location.”