Macy’s Building NC Distribution Center, 2,800 Jobs to Come

People wait in line at Macy's before Black Friday sales in the Manhattan borough of New York, on Nov. 26, 2021. Jeenah Moon/Reuters

CHINA GROVE, N.C.—Macy’s Inc. announced plans Thursday to build a distribution and online order fulfillment center in central North Carolina that ultimately will employ about 2,800 people.

The department store and online retail giant said in a news release that it will invest $584 million in the project in China Grove, located in Rowan County, 35 miles (56 kilometers) northeast of Charlotte.