E-commerce pet products retailer Chewy Inc. has proposed building a massive, 750,000-square-foot fulfillment center in a Windsor industrial park to help serve its growing customer base in the Northeast.
According to documents submitted to the Windsor Town Council, Chewy would work with a landlord to purchase 93 acres of land at 2000 Day Hill Road, with the property owner later building and leasing the finished facility to the company.
Between construction and equipment, town planners anticipate a total investment of around $175 million in the site.
A prospective timeline for the project, should everything move forward, expects the facility to be operational by the third or fourth quarter of 2023. Chewy plans to create between 800 and 1,000 full-time jobs there within three years, with total annual payroll in year one estimated at $31 million.
According to its application for the project, Chewy is requesting tax abatement and permit fee waivers totaling $3.9 million. It is also in talks with the state for incentives.Â
Chewy said it had considered sites in the Boston and Baltimore areas, and in Enfield and Windsor Locks, before settling on the Day Hill Road location.
