The Project: Inside Corporate Location Decisions

From VW Bus to 800,000 Square Feet: Sweetwater Sound Grows in Fort Wayne


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This week we bring you the story of Sweetwater Sound, a homegrown Fort Wayne, Indiana company that started as a one-man operation in a Volkswagen bus in 1979 and has since grown to become the No. 1 online retailer of music instruments and audio gear. The company announced plans in October 2018 to invest $76 million in two new facilities at its 163-acre campus in Fort Wayne, bringing its facilities to a total of 800,000 square feet. To get the full story behind this impressive growth, we spoke to Sweetwater's visionary Founder and CEO Chuck Surack and John Urbahns, CEO of Greater Fort Wayne Inc.

 

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The Project: Inside Corporate Location DecisionsBy Development Counsellors Internationals