Coweta

County has added another plum to its industrial mix.

Officials confirmed that Waccamaw/Home Place would be

opening a new distribution center in the county next

spring.

The

200,000-sq. ft. center is under construction in the

county's Creekside Industrial Park near Interstate 85 and

will employ nearly 120 people by next June.

Waccamaw/HomePlace

is a South Carolina-based home furnishings retailer and

formed as a new company earlier this year when the two

companies merged.

The Coweta

facility is set to serve as a distribution point for

stores in Georgia and other Southeastern states, said

officials at 21st Century Coweta, who helped lure the

company to the county.

"It's

good to have a nationally known name locate here. It's

going to be a great industry," said 21st Century

Coweta President Scott Frederick.

The

investment to the county from the new center is pegged at

more than $20 million, with nearly $8 million being paid

for the land and construction costs of the new building.

The

announcement of the distribution facility is the first

since Coweta County purchased the remaining land in the

Creekside and Shenandoah industrial parks late this

summer as a mechanism to draw more industries into the

county.

Officials

said negotiations were underway with Waccamaw/HomePlace

before the county purchased the land.