Dick’s Sporting Goods to build new distribution centre in Arizona

Dick’s Sporting Goods has unveiled plans to build a $40m distribution centre in Goodyear, Arizona, US.

The project has been designed by Butler Design Group.

The new 60,000ft² facility will be the anchor tenant in the master-planned 1,600-acre PV303 business park.

The facility is being built to LEED certification standards and incorporates sustainable components including high-efficiency lighting and HVAC, recycled and eco-friendly construction materials, energy management systems and recycling programmes for corrugate and plastics.

Construction work on the project is scheduled to be completed by the first quarter of 2013.