(Source: Kansas City Star, April 2, 2013)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A new generation of huge distribution centers is sprouting from the fields of far southwest Johnson County along the Interstate 35 corridor, confirming Kansas City’s arrival as a major national logistical hub.
Attracted by anticipation of the new BNSF Intermodal facility scheduled to open this fall in Edgerton, these behemoths, longer and wider than the Navy’s largest super-carriers and blandly referred to as Class A bulk space, bear little resemblance to old-fashioned warehouses.
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