FedEx Freight is expanding its presence in the Indianapolis market with the recent opening of a new service center, per an email to Trucking Dive.
The facility in Greenwood, Indiana, enables the company to accommodate anticipated less-than-truckload growth in South Indianapolis. The 43-acre site at 2955 Allen Road along Interstate 65 looks to serve the Louisville, Kentucky, and Muncie, Indiana, markets as well, FedEx Freight says.
“We are constantly working to optimize our facility footprint in alignment with the goal of investing in strategic markets,” the company said in an emailed statement this month.
FedEx Freight’s door count will grow from 252 to 377 with the opening of the 125-door terminal. At nearly 90,000 square feet, the service center includes an office, dock, break room pod and on-site fueling services. There’s also a 10,800-square-foot shop maintenance facility with six service bays and a truck wash bay, according to site contractor Meridian Design Build.
While the company did not provide an exact number of employees who will work at the facility, FedEx Freight will hire for various roles, such as drivers, freight handlers, operations leadership, fleet maintenance technicians and other support roles.
FedEx Freight is in the process of becoming its own publicly traded company, following the completion of its spinoff from FedEx this year or next.
Last month, FedEx Freight named John A. Smith — currently COO for FedEx’s U.S. and Canada ground operations — as its next top executive. It’s a homecoming for the leader as he previously served as CEO and president for the carrier between 2018 and 2021.
