Louisville Real Estate News

Best Buy to move ahead with Bullitt County repair center

Best Buy Co. Inc., the Minneapolis-based retailer of consumer electronics and personal computers, has decided to go with Greater Louisville as the site for a computer repair center that will employ 550 people.

The company’s “Geek Squad” subsidiary, a computer-support task force that’s on call 24 hours a day, will operate the facility, which will be called Geek Squad City, according to a news release.

The repair center will occupy 165,000 square feet in the ProLogis 65 Business Park in Hillview, Ky.

Best Buy also considered sites in Mississippi and Tennessee.

The Bullitt County site’s proximity to United Parcel Service Inc.’s Worldport air hub, located at Louisville International Airport, will help shorten Best Buy’s turnaround time for repairs.

Best Buy received preliminary approval for up to $9.3 million in state tax incentives for up to 10 years at a March 30 meeting of the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority in Frankfort.

Best Buy is a Fortune 100 company that trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol BBY. It has more than 930 retail stores across the United States and Canada. There are two stores in Louisville, at 5024 Shelbyville Road in St. Matthews and 4251 Outer Loop. There also is a Southern Indiana store at 1025 Veterans Parkway in Clarksville.