Murdoch’s Ranch & Home Supply will join this sign of businesses outside of Butte’s Montana Connections industrial park west of town.
Butte is turning into a crossroads for commerce.
Butte Silver-Bow announced this week that Murdoch’s Ranch & Home Supply will be opening a new distribution center at the Montana Connections Business Development Park. The new distribution center will be approximately 70,000 to 80,000 square feet in size, situated on 21 acres of land.
With the Wausau Supply Company distribution center near completion, and Ergon Asphalt and Emissions construction complete, the development park is becoming a busy place. Conversations with other interested companies are already underway.
This is a good news for Butte, said Kristen Rosa, B-SB Tax Increment Financing Industrial District administrator.
“It’s all positive,” Rosa said, “economic diversification and job creation are always great things for the community.”
The warehouse will create 13 local jobs and additional employment in trucking, Rosa said.
Rosa is hopeful construction on the Murdoch’s facility will begin this coming summer.
“The new facility will provide room to operate more efficiently, with plenty of acreage should expansion be necessary in the future,” said Rick Ungersma, president and CEO of Murdoch’s. “The additional space will increase our ability to serve our stores and customers with the products they need, when they need it.”
