Fairburn is on deck for a supersized warehouse and a fresh batch of industrial jobs after Develop Fulton signed off on support for a nearly $32 million expansion by Post Consumer Brands. The project would tack on more than 300,000 square feet to a distribution operation that already sprawls across about 700,000 square feet.
According to Atlanta Daily World, the incentive package clears the way for Post Consumer Brands to expand its leased warehouse and distribution center, with the company’s current landlord footing the bill for the planned $31.99 million buildout. The new construction would add approximately 301,320 square feet to the facility at 4955 Oakley Industrial Boulevard, and the incentive would apply only to that expansion, not to the existing building.
Post Consumer Brands handles cereal, grocery products and pet food, which means the Fairburn site is juggling both pantry staples and pet-bowl essentials. When the company first announced the distribution center in 2019, it billed the Fairburn facility as a more-than-700,000-square-foot hub expected to create 58 local jobs and cut transportation miles across its Southeastern network, according to Post Consumer Brands.
This is not a greenfield arrival so much as a serious upgrade of an existing logistics node. Develop Fulton, the Development Authority of Fulton County, says its economic development programs back companies that want to build, renovate, expand or relocate, including warehouse and logistics operations like Fairburn’s cereal-and-kibble hub.
Jobs, Tax Revenue And A 2027 Start
The expansion is projected to create approximately 35 new full-time positions, retain 64 existing jobs and support about 100 temporary construction jobs. The development analysis also pegs the overall economic impact at roughly $182.6 million, with construction anticipated to begin in the fourth quarter of 2026 and operations expected to kick off by the third quarter of 2027, Atlanta Daily World reports.
Supporters are also pointing to the tax math. The expanded facility is projected to generate about $3.55 million in local tax revenue during the 10-year incentive period and approximately $246,605 in taxes in the first year after completion, compared with about $14,290 a year before the new investment.
Fairburn’s Growth Is Pulling In Both Jobs And Housing
The Post expansion arrives as Fairburn and South Fulton stack up a growing lineup of industrial, residential and mixed-use projects. Earlier this year, Verona, a 280-unit mixed-use development planned for Fairburn with retail space, amenities and housing aimed at households earning roughly 80% to 120% of the area median income, was detailed by Hoodline.
That mix matters for a city trying to build its employment base without turning into a community where residents simply sleep in Fairburn and work somewhere else. More warehouse capacity can bring jobs and tax dollars, while new housing and neighborhood retail help support the workers and families that follow the next wave of investment.
The Fairburn warehouse story stretches back to the original industrial financing approved in 2018. Authority records described a roughly 700,000-square-foot distribution facility at the Oakley Industrial Boulevard site and noted that a potential second phase could eventually expand the operation, according to Develop Fulton meeting documents.
Closing on the new phase is currently anticipated in the third quarter of 2026, setting up construction later that year if the timeline holds. By the third quarter of 2027, Fairburn could be hosting a significantly larger Southeast logistics hub that keeps cereal and pet-food products moving through a facility built for Post Consumer Brands’ next stage of growth.
