Feature Photo: City and company leaders at the groundbreaking ceremony. Image: Medline.
Posted: 4-5-2026
Midlothian (Ellis County) — Medline has started work on a second distribution center in the Dallas-Forth Worth metro area, and this week, company leaders and guests were really digging it.
More than 100 people gathered last week at a 79-acre site where Medline is in the beginning stages of constructing a new 1.2 million-square-foot distribution center (DC) to meet increasing customer demand in the region. Following remarks from several Medline leaders and state and local officials who shared their excitement about the project, ground was “officially” broken as nine leaders and guests in Medline hardhats (and one cowboy hat) took the first scoops of dirt with their shovels.
The Midlothian facility – Medline’s first announced new DC construction since becoming a publicly listed company in December – is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2027. It will include advanced technologies used at Medline’s other large DCs, including the AutoStore storage and retrieval system and temperature-controlled storage. In combination with Medline’s 800,000-square-foot DC in Wilmer, about 30 miles to the northeast, this will give Medline two technologically advanced DCs in a major metro area for the first time.
With a MedTrans delivery truck in view nearby, Sean Halligan, Medline’s executive vice president for supply chain, welcomed numerous leaders from the industry and community, including U.S. Rep. Jake Ellzey (6th District, Texas); Midlothian City Council member Clark Wickliffe, the mayor pro tem; and Victoria Roberts, president and CEO of the Midlothian Chamber of Commerce.
Ed Graves, Medline’s vice president of regional field sales, highlighted the importance of expanding distribution capacity to meet increasing customer needs in Texas and the surrounding states – even as others in the healthcare industry are taking a more measured approach to expansion.
“Medline continues to invest in this region to develop strong supply chain resiliency, and this is one of the latest examples of the growth of our distribution centers and manufacturing facilities and technology upgrades throughout our system,” Graves said. “All of this is to help us deliver better service to our customers.”
Edited from news release.
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