{"id":172273,"date":"2026-02-20T01:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T01:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/172273\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T01:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T01:59:08","slug":"walgreens-to-shutter-500k-sf-houston-distribution-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/172273\/","title":{"rendered":"Walgreens To Shutter 500K SF Houston Distribution Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><a class=\"tag tag-2298\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/tags\/walgreens\" target=\"_blank\" data-tag-id=\"2298\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Walgreens<\/a> plans to close a 500K SF distribution center in Houston, eliminating 159 jobs, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twc.texas.gov\/data-reports\/warn-notice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according to a Texas Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act notice<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/placeholder.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Placeholder\"\/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The layoffs are expected around June 1. Walgreens plans to consolidate its distribution services and deliveries to its distribution center in Waxahachie, south of Dallas, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/houston\/news\/2026\/02\/18\/walgreens-to-close-distribution-center-layoffs.html?utm_source=st&amp;utm_medium=en&amp;utm_campaign=me&amp;utm_content=HO&amp;ana=e_HO_me&amp;j=44224321&amp;senddate=2026-02-19&amp;utm_term=ep4&amp;empos=p4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the Houston Business Journal reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The 500K SF distribution center at 1805 Greens Road in Houston near George Bush Intercontinental Airport was built to suit in 2008. The cross-dock facility sits on a 25-acre site and has 10K SF of office space and an automatic picking and conveyor system, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bryantstacygroup.com\/walgreens-distribution-center.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according to developer Bryant + Stacy Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Walgreens confirmed the closure in a statement to the HBJ.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cBy streamlining service and deliveries from a single source \u2014 the Waxahachie Distribution Center \u2014 we believe we can better serve our customers while reducing workload for our store teams,\u201d the statement says.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Waxahachie facility is about 212 miles north of the Houston distribution center.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The <a class=\"tag tag-107403\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/tags\/pharmacy\" target=\"_blank\" data-tag-id=\"107403\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pharmacy<\/a>\u00a0chain in October 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/national\/news\/retail\/walgreens-to-close-1200-stores-amid-efforts-to-improve-financials-126290\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">announced plans to close 1,200 stores<\/a> over the following three years. That same year, the company also closed distribution centers in Florida and Connecticut.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Walgreens isn\u2019t alone in closing stores, as the retail pharmacy market has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/national\/news\/retail\/retail-pharmacies-face-financial-challenges-and-online-alternatives-as-the-market-looks-to-snag-their-prime-locations-for-future-uses-128083\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">struggling to find the right prescription for years<\/a>. Philadelphia-based <a class=\"tag tag-30815\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/tags\/rite-aid\" target=\"_blank\" data-tag-id=\"30815\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rite Aid<\/a> closed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/national\/news\/retail\/pharmacy-chain-rite-aid-closes-89-remaining-stores-131245\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">its last 89 stores<\/a> in October, marking its end after 60 years.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Walgreens was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/chicago\/news\/2025\/08\/28\/sycamore-partners-completes-10b-acquisition.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">taken private in August<\/a> after an acquisition by New York-based <a class=\"tag tag-91\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/tags\/private-equity\" target=\"_blank\" data-tag-id=\"91\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">private equity<\/a> firm <a class=\"tag tag-96953\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/tags\/sycamore-partners\" target=\"_blank\" data-tag-id=\"96953\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sycamore Partners<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Walgreens plans to close a 500K SF distribution center in Houston, eliminating 159 jobs, according to a Texas&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172274,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[17297,69562,56,58,57,33174,69560,8159],"class_list":{"0":"post-172273","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-distribution","9":"tag-distribution-center","10":"tag-houston","11":"tag-houston-headlines","12":"tag-houston-news","13":"tag-pharmacy","14":"tag-walgreens","15":"tag-waxahachie"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}