Wholesa,ler's double barreled move

InOregon...

Oregon Pacific Industries, Portland, has moved into its new 100,000-sq. ft. warehouse, l7 miles south of Portland, off the I-5 freeway in Wilsonville, Ore.

Their entire Oregon warehouse crew and inventory has moved to the new site, which replaces previous warehouses in Portland and Salem. Administrative and sales personnel remain at Portland headquarters until a new corporate office is constructed on the Il-acre Wilsonville tract later this year. Total investment is over $2 million.

The warehouse facility includes a At/z-acre outdoor paved storage area, including a truck service station equipped with fuel pumps and a steam cleaner and employee parking. An employee lunchroom, sanitary facilities, an insulated storage area, and a dispatcher's office are among the interior features.

The all-steel warehouse measures 40I'x243' and 32'high at the ridge.

InCalifurnia...

Oregon Pacific Industries has also moved into a new 10,000 sq. ft. sales office building in Fairfield, Ca.

Orepac's Ralph L. Heath heads a l2-member staff as trading department manager at the new facility, which replaces offices established in Sacramento in 1971. Fairfield office personnel number 25 in all. A wholesale warehouse building is scheduled for construction on the l0-acre site later this year, with Hank Feenstra to be warehouse manager. The complex will represent an investment of $I.8 million.

The two-story office structure is of wood frame construction, and

Story at a Glance

lnvesting more than $3.8 million, national wholesale firm has moved two of its Western operations to new, expanded locations . . interestingly, both moves were from "in-city" sites.

utilizes many Orepac-distributeo building materials. Rough-sawn cedar boards, wood shakes, and other forest products are featured in the natural-finish exterior. The new building contains private offices, a sales "trading room", computer and accounting space, and an employee service area.

Construction required 95 tons of steel, delivered in 24 truckloads. The 2Yz-acre floor is 5" of 3,000 lb. concrete and required a volume of 2500 cubic yards of material.

A 50' wide unobstructed truck bay is located at one end, with an indoor weighing scale and parking space for five tractor-trailer units inside. The 900' rail spur enters the building at the opposite endo with an indoor length sufficient to accommodate five railroad cars.

Located midway between Sacramento and San Francisco, at the intersection of I-80 and Calif. Hwy. 21, it is serving northern California and northern Nevada.

The firm services more than 3,000 retail dealers throughout North America from its locations in Ore.; Ca.; Birmingham, Ala., and Rockford, Ill. A national sales volume of $150 million is anticipated for 1973.