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US-based mattress manufacturer and retailer, Brooklyn Bedding, has launched plans to expand its footprint in its home state, breaking ground on a new state-of-the art manufacturing facility and corporate headquarters in Glendale, Arizona. The 648,165-square-foot building will be located on 42.8 acres at the crossroads of West Bethany Home and 52nd Avenue.
The new manufacturing facility and corporate headquarters will merge the capacity of both the company’s current factory and warehouse. The plan entails an investment of more than $72 million to make Brooklyn Bedding nearly 100 per cent vertically integrated. The company again tapped long-time partner Brydant Real Estate to spearhead the project. The latter brought together two locally operated companies, the development team of Alston Construction and the architectural team of Ware Malcomb, for the design-build phase, Brooklyn Bedding said.
Pending completion of the new construction, Brooklyn Bedding will continue operations at its manufacturing facility at 4455 West Camelback Road and its warehouse at 4524 North 44th Avenue in Phoenix, according to Brooklyn Bedding.
At present, the company employs more than 250 employees in the Phoenix valley. With the completion of the new build slated for December of 2021, owner John Merwin hopes to add up to 150 employees over the next two years. Recognising the limits of brick-and-mortar in Phoenix, they sought a way to expand nationally. In 2008, John pioneered the bed-in-a-box concept in the US, selling his first roll-packed mattress on Amazon. By 2015, Brooklyn Bedding had developed and constructed a 150,000-square-foot, full-scale factory in partnership with Brydant Real Estate. Less than four years later, with the hyper growth of the brand in both retail and wholesale channels, Brooklyn Bedding had reached maximum capacity and acquired a secondary warehouse, the company said in a media statement.
“Our relationship with Brooklyn Bedding was founded on John Merwin’s passion to be the best, coupled with his uncompromising integrity. At the end of the day, that's a vision we not only appreciate, but also live by. As a real estate consultant and developer, I get excited about working closely with a partner who is truly a pioneer. We've created extraordinary synergy and value over the years because we both know what it takes to build from the ground up,” Scott Backes, president of Brydant Real Estate said in a press release by Brooklyn Bedding.
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US-based mattress manufacturer and retailer, Brooklyn Bedding, has launched plans to expand its footprint in its home state, breaking ground on a new state-of-the art manufacturing facility and corporate headquarters in Glendale, Arizona. The 648,165-square-foot building will be located on 42.8 acres at the crossroads of West Bethany Home and 52nd Avenue.