Skechers USA Inc., the Manhattan Beach-based shoe company, broke ground Friday on its new distribution center in Moreno Valley.

MORENO VALLEY – A Skechers shoe distribution center rising in Southern California will bring 2,400 jobs to the Riverside County site.

When Skechers started building a colossal distribution center in Moreno Valley six years ago, backers promised a wave of new jobs.

When Skechers started building a colossal distribution center in Moreno Valley six years ago, backers promised a wave of new jobs. Instead, by the time the company moved to the Moreno Valley, it ...

Contrast that with work at the spanking-new Skechers shoe warehouse in Moreno Valley, California, at the southeastern edge of the Inland Empire, about sixty miles from Los Angeles.

It’s modeled after the developer’s other Moreno Valley venture, a 1.8 million-square-foot Skechers warehouse. That facility will be lit by skylights and cooled by natural breezes.