LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A 100% woman-owned tea company broke ground Monday on a facility in Jeffersontown.
Bigelow Tea will build a 265,000-square-foot facility at 2706 Blankenbaker Parkway. The family-operated tea company, founded in 1945, already has a facility on Constant Comment Place.
Back in 2021, the company announced it was going to build a new 334,000-square-foot facility on Blankenbaker Parkway, which would create 31 new jobs. The facility was originally expected to open by summer of 2024.
"There are so many people that have worked tirelessly to bring this project to life," Cindi Bigelow, the company's CEO and president, said in a news release. "I especially want to call out John Bruins, Senior Director of Engineering, for his commitment to talking to almost every employee over the last two years to ensure that this facility was built to include everyone’s needs."
The site includes 25,000 square feet of planned office space and sits on a 20-acre plot. That will allow for a future expansion of 75,000 square feet.
Sitework is expected to begin this year. The main construction phase is scheduled to start in 2025.
According to a news release, the total investment for the project is estimated at over $70 million.
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