Project facts
- Decision / announcement date
- 2026-06-18
- Sector
- Logistics & distribution
- Facility action
- New facility
- Project status
- Announced
- Project / facility
- New distribution center
Figures & qualifications
- Capital category
- Planned
- Capital scope
- site
- Jobs classification
- New/Direct
- Jobs basis
- LD jobs 1,000 = site new jobs: 'nearly 1,000 new jobs' at the Bakersfield processing & distribution center upon completion (City of Bakersfield / Ross announcement 2026-09-16; phased to ~2032). Preserved: 200 = CalCompetes 'Employee Net Increase' (statewide net FTE minimum tied to the $25M credit, CCTC agenda 2026-06-18) — recorded in Reported Jobs. Different scopes; both correct.
- Statistical exclusion reason
- Provisional: hardening required before statistics
Ross Stores, Inc. (applicant: Ross Dress for Less, Inc.). ~$500M announced; $494,467,618 per CCTC. 1,000 = site new jobs at completion; 200 = incentive-committed statewide net increase.
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