R.C. Willey Home Furnishings said Friday it will lease a facility in Roseville, Calif., that will be used as a distribution center.
The 495,185-square-foot facility will have 150 employees and is scheduled to be occupied in February.
Lease terms between Salt Lake-based R.C. Willey and landlord Amir Development of Beverly Hills., Calif., were not disclosed. The site is part of a former 770,000-square-foot Hewlett-Packard manufacturing and distribution facility that HP left when it merged with Compaq.
In announcing the deal, R.C. Willey said it picked Roseville as an "ideal" location to support its stores in northern Nevada, the Sacramento region and California's Central Valley.
The chain has a store in Reno, Nev.; an under-construction store in nearby Rocklin, Calif.; and plans for more stores in the valley.
"We are excited to enter the California market and provide a unique retail experience for those shopping for furniture, appliances, electronics or flooring," R.C. Willey's chief executive officer, Scott Hymas, said in a prepared statement. "Roseville will be an ideal location to service our stores in Rocklin and Reno and future stores in the greater Sacramento area."
R.C. Willey, a subsidiary of Warren Buffett-owned Berkshire Hathaway, has 2,400 workers, with distribution centers and stores in Utah, Nevada and Idaho.