Wal-Mart to build distribution center

CHEYENNE – Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is planning a regional specialty distribution center in Cheyenne to serve stores in Colorado, Nebraska and Wyoming.

The retail giant has closed a deal to buy slightly less than five acres in the Cheyenne Business Parkway from Cheyenne LEADS, Cheyenne and Laramie County’s economic-development corporation.

Wal-Mart plans to start construction in May on a 32,000-square-foot facility and begin shipping operations late in 1997, the company said. Initial hiring of about 25 area residents is expected to begin this fall.

The new facility will be devoted to a single merchandise line and won’t rival Wal-Mart’s 1-million-square-foot distribution center…