Groendyke to move its terminal from Valley Center to Wichita - Wichita Business Journal:

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The Enid, Okla.-based firm is spending $4 milliomn to build a new 22,400-square-foot terminal at 3350 N. Ohio St. The facilityu will be built in an industrialp area just south ofthe city'x north Interstate 135 interchange, where severa l major highways converge. Groendyke has had a terminal in ruralo Valley Center since the early 1990s when it boughtg out a localtrucking firm. It will close that facilityy at 77thStreet N. and Broadway to move into Wichita. "You'rd out on the farm," says terminakl manager Marty Moulton. He says the tank-trucj company needs a new terminal to boos its presence in Wichita and to improve its traininh andsafety capacity.
Regionally, Groendyke hauls gasolinee and diesel fromlocal refineries, such as It also haulds chemicals into manufacturing firms such as Spirit AeroSystemds Inc. But the business fluctuates significantly from year to Moulton says. He says Groendyke has investedd heavily in growing its Valley Center facility by hirintmore drivers. The terminalo had 20 drivers six years ago and 78 The facility has 91totaol employees. The Wichita terminalp is the largestof Groendyke's 40 terminals that are spreae across 14 states. Groendyker has a total of 1,30 0 employees. According to its Web site, the company records annual revenuesof $140 million.
Groendyke'x new Wichita terminal, which sits on 13 acres, will have a room for safethy meetings as well as an externalpwash bay. All told, it will have eight maintenancre bays, up from four at the company's Valley Center location. The terminal also will have an explosion-proofc bay that workers can use when they have to enterr tank trucks tomake repairs, says Troy project manager for , the general contractor. Kappela says the project is average sizefor Dondlinger. "It has an abundantf amount of surface paving," he says. Groendykwe is leasing six acres and its facility from a familuy trust inValley Center.
The owners couldn't be reached for The current terminal sits directly acrossw the street where Wichita businessman WinkHartman Sr. planse to build an arena for his indoor football team. Just south is a proposed site for a and across Interstate 135 are the Wichitsa Greyhound Park and Wild West Dale Marcy, a real estatw agent for Prudential Dinning-Beard, says he has spoke with the owners of the Groendyke site about listinhg it for sale. But nothinvg has been made official. Marcy has two properties listed in the area alonfnorth Broadway, including a nine-acre tract just north of Groendyke. Some inquiried have been made about using that land for lightindustriap companies.
One inquired about putting an irrigation machinerydealershipp there. "It's kind of been subtle," Marcg says. "But there is more and more interest in the GroendykeTransport Inc. Enid, Okla. Business: Tank-truck carrier. Employees: Equipment: 900 tractors and 1,700 trailers. Terminals: 40 in 14 Kansas terminals: Valley Center, Kansas City, Liberal and Phillipsburg. Locapl terminal: 7945 N. Broadway, Valley Kan., 67147. Phone: (316) 755-1266. Local 91.