Alro Metals has opened a new facility in Oviedo, a suburb just northeast of Orlando, in a move the company says will expand its presence, inventory, and processing capabilities across the region. The plant brings expanded metals stock and new laser equipment to a market that industrial real estate watchers have described as one of Florida's fastest-growing distribution hubs.
The size of the new facility depends on which report you read. According to thefabricator.com, the building spans 254,000 square feet, while Steel Market Update puts the figure at 245,000 square feet. Either way, it marks a dramatic jump from the company's existing footprint in the area — Alro Steel previously operated a 93,200-square-foot service center at 2505 Forsyth Road, according to a 2021 report from bizjournals.com.
Per the company, the new location will allow Alro to better serve the Orlando market, as reported by Steel Market Update in an article written by Michael Cowden, the outlet's editor-in-chief. The Oviedo plant stocks aluminum, alloy, carbon steel, stainless steel, tool steel, cast iron, brass, bronze, and copper, among other metals, thefabricator.com reports. The facility also features laser equipment built for tube and plate processing, giving the company new cutting capabilities it didn't previously have in the market.
Original Orlando Site Shifts Its Focus
Rather than shutting down its original Orlando location, Alro Metals is repositioning it. The company's original site will now focus specifically on plate processing, the same report from thefabricator.com notes, suggesting a division of labor between the two facilities rather than a simple relocation.
Alro Steel is based in Jackson, Michigan, and operates 80 locations across 16 states with roughly 3,200 employees, according to a 2024 report from macombdaily.com. The Oviedo expansion fits a pattern of recent growth moves by the company, which has been steadily adding capacity at facilities around the country in the last few years.
Part of a Broader Expansion Pattern
The Oviedo opening echoes other recent Alro projects. In Morrisville, Pennsylvania, the company opened a 149,000-square-foot facility in 2023 offering more inventory, cut-to-size metals, and value-added processing, according to a release from Alro Steel. More recently, Alro doubled the size of its Imperial, Pennsylvania, facility to add metals storage, precision saw cutting, laser processing, and faster next-day delivery, the company said in a separate release.
Alro is also pursuing growth outside Florida. The company is planning a 250,000-square-foot metals distribution plant in Mount Clemens, Michigan, expected to be operational by 2026, according to the report from macombdaily.com. That Michigan project is projected to create between 70 and more than 100 jobs and is intended to serve the metro Detroit area with cut-to-size metals and next-day delivery, the outlet reported.
Why Orlando Is Drawing Industrial Investment
The Oviedo expansion lands in a Central Florida industrial market that analysts say is attracting outsized attention. Orlando is often viewed as a single, high-growth distribution and operations hub, according to a report from REBusinessOnline. A second-quarter 2026 industrial market report from Lee & Associates tracked vacancy rates, net absorption, rental trends, and the construction pipeline across Orange and Seminole counties, underscoring the kind of demand that has made the region attractive to suppliers looking to expand their footprint near fast-growing metro areas.
