Dick’s Sporting Goods announced it will invest $100 million to build a regional distribution facility at the Broome County Corporate Park in the Town of Conklin, N.Y. Construction on the 650,000-square-foot facility will begin next month and is scheduled for completion in early 2018.
Dick’s investment is creating 466 full-time jobs during the next five years, said the company.
DICK’S new regional distribution facility in Broome County will be its fifth nationally. The center will be located on an approximately 123-acre site in the Broome Corporate Park and will service over 200 retail locations throughout the Northeast. Along with construction of the facility, related site work will include wetland mitigation, grading and clearing, and extension of utilities. Additionally, Dick’s is pursuing LEED certification for the facility with plans to incorporate sustainable components such as high efficiency lighting and HVAC, recycled and environmentally-friendly construction materials, energy management systems and recycling programs for corrugate and plastics.
The State and Broome County together have offered a competitive incentive package as part of their efforts to attract Dick’s Sporting Goods’ major distribution facility. New York State’s performance-based incentives are valued at up to $12 million, including funds from the region’s Upstate Revitalization Initiative and Excelsior Jobs Program tax credits. Additionally, the Broome County Industrial Development Agency is slated to approve tax abatements in the immediate future.
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