Walmart has closed its fulfillment center near Route 146 in Worcester, with the 90 impacted employees being given the opportunity to transfer to other company locations.
The center, located in a former Sam’s Club store at 1 Tobias Boland Way, closed on Monday.
Impacted employees who wish to remain with the company will receive a $7,500 incentive to transfer to open roles at other fulfillment centers, while those who leave are eligible for severance pay, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act filing Friday.
Walmart closed the site in 2018 as part of a wider closing of Sam’s Club locations across the country. It reopened a year later as a fulfillment center for online orders.
RK Centers of Needham purchased the site for $18 million in 2014, according to City of Worcester property records. The 138,075-square-foot building was constructed in 2011.
The site received a 2026 assessment of $15.76 million, with the land accounting for $4.81 million of the value.
Eric Casey is the managing editor at Worcester Business Journal, who primarily covers the real estate and banking & finance industries.
