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A former Yellow terminal acquired by XPO recently gave the LTL provider a multipurpose site with its largest number of doors for a single property, according to the company.
The site in Kernersville, North Carolina, features 265,000-square feet of space across buildings with 333 doors, XPO East Division President Tim Staroba said. The facility features a freight assembly center for network consolidation and a city dock.
“With over 330 doors, this facility is the largest in our network by door count and will manage over a billion pounds of freight per year,” the company said on LinkedIn.
A nearby property about three miles away, along with a facility in Charlotte, previously required multiple touch points. Now, employees and customers get a more efficient process, where the consolidation of trailers is centralized, Staroba noted.
“It certainly makes our employees happy because they don't have to re-handle freight erroneously,” Staroba said, adding that customers are also happy with freight only needing to be handled once.
The site opened in early May, according to an email from XPO spokesperson Cole Horton. About 220 employees are based at the site, allowing future growth, Staroba noted.
The carrier acquired the site from Yellow Corp. through a bankruptcy auction, spending over $32.5 million to acquire the 71-acre property, according to county records.
“It was a key investment for us,” Staroba said.
As of Q1 2025, the carrier has opened most of the Yellow sites it acquired, according to a securities filing. That included additions of sites in Carlisle, Pennsylvania; Bakersfield, California; and the Atlanta area.
“This excess capacity positions us to capture market share in a freight upturn and unlock more operating leverage,” CEO Mario Harik said on an April earnings call.
XPO placed winning bids on over two dozen sites in December 2023 through a court-supervised auction in a $870 million bid that far outpaced other LTL competitors.
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