Carhartt Looking to Fort Worth for Distribution Center

Workwear apparel company, Carhartt, is looking for some tax breaks from Fort Worth to build a distribution facility. So, far the city has come up with a seven-year tax abatement of up to 75% of the company’s real and business personal property taxes, which would be capped at $2 million.

Under the proposed agreement, Carhartt would have to buy $80 million in factory equipment to get the tax break. Taxes are expected to be over $3 million a year. Once the distribution center is established, the City of Fort Worth expects to get back the value of its investment after a little more than two years.

The facility would be at 16101 Wolff Crossing, west of Texas Motor Speedway near State Highway 114. Carhartt is looking to occupy a 1.2 million square foot distribution center that could one day see over 500 workers. An online retailer, Carhartt has annual revenue of about $2 billion and has 5,000 workers nationwide.