The new Tractor Supply Distribution facility is well under construction in the Sanders Interstate Industrial Park in Franklin, Kentucky.  (click on photo for a larger view)

This 850,000 square foot facility will serve the Tractor Supply Company retail stores throughout the mid-south. The new facility is being constructed by H&M Construction located in Jackson, Tennessee.

Tractor Supply Company considered forty communities throughout the region prior to selecting Franklin, Kentucky. The search was conducted by Mike Mullis, President and Michael Mullis, Vice President of J M Mullis, Inc.     J M Mullis, Inc is located in Memphis, Tennessee and is one of the most active professional project location specialist companies in the United States.  When completed the new facility will be the largest single structure in Simpson County and one of the largest in south central Kentucky.

“We are extremely pleased to have Tractor Supply Company become a part of our community” said Dennis Griffin, Executive Director of the Franklin-Simpson Industrial Authority. "We appreciate the opportunity that the Kentucky Economic Development Cabinet and the J M Mullis Company gave to Franklin in allowing us to compete for this great project."

Brett Barnes, Economic Development Specialist with the Kentucky Economic Development Cabinet, Larry Hayes, Secretary of the Economic Development Cabinet, Governor Steve Beshear, and Roxann Fry and John Bradley with the Tennessee Valley Authority were all personally involved in the project.

It is expected that the facility will be completed by September of 2011.