Gillman Home Center will be open in Shelbyville by the end of the year if no major delays occur.

The Batesville-based company is growing by two locations in 2022, with a current project underway in Muncie and the beginnings of a Shelbyville location already started.

Curtis Gillman (photo, center), Chief Operating Officer of Gillman Home Center, hosted an official ground-breaking ceremony Thursday afternoon at its future Shelbyville location -- a 5.2-acre site at 200 Lee Boulevard.

“Shelbyville is the kind of town we thrive in,” said Gillman after the ceremony. “It’s a win-win for us being here. We feel like we can really compliment the other businesses in town, we are really going to be able to give back to the community.

“It’s the kind of town that supports small businesses that understand the value of a business that gives back, that will always hire local.”

With its two newest locations, the Gillman family will operate 14 locations in Indiana and Ohio, including Connersville, Edinburgh and Batesville.

The Shelbyville site will include a nearly 25,000-square-foot retail store and nearly 20,000-square-foot lumber barn.

“The easiest way I like to tell people is we have everything you need to build and maintain your home and a little more,” said Gillman. “That can be everything from your hard to find nuts and bolts in the hardware section to conventional lumber, shingles, insulation, lawn and garden supplies, drainage supplies, plumbing, electrical, and fun things too like we’ve got a lot of national brands for outdoor cooking.

“It’s a big store that we will fill with a lot of stuff.”

The site is already being prepared for construction which Gillman said will start “soon.”

“It’s a big process but once we get going and everything falls into place, we get moving quickly,” he said.

The first Gillman Home Center was built in 1992 in Batesville, Indiana. A Shelbyville location has long been desired by the company, according to Gillman, the son of the company’s founder, Charlie Gillman.

“More than anything, we see an opportunity here,” said Curtis Gillman. “This side of town needs building materials and hardware and we think we fit a niche that is needed on this side of town.”