Dive Brief:
- FedEx's Pennsylvania-based subsidiary, FedEx Ground, wants to build a $175 million sorting facility in Allen Township in the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania.
- There is no word yet, however, on whether the company has signed on a contractor for the 1.3 million-square-foot facility or if it is shopping for proposals.
- Reports say the Rockefeller Group is the developer that bought the 253-acre site from the Lehigh Valley International Airport.
Dive Insight:
The Morning Call newspaper in Allentown has reported that FedEx wants to do a two-phase project, with the first part opening in 2015 and the second part two years later. Estimates are that the sorting facility could generate 800 local jobs. FedEx filed plans late last year with the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission.
