LVEDC and

Northampton County
DON CUNNINGHAM
PRESIDENT & CEO

LVEDC Mission
The

mission of the Lehigh Valley

Economic Development Corporation
is to market the economic assets
of the Lehigh Valley and to serve as
a regional shared services and
resource center to help businesses to
come, grow, and start here.

Lehigh Valley at a Glance

$35.4 Billion GDP

Larger

than the entire state of Vermont

and 94 other countries in the world

Site

Selection magazine March 2015

The

Lehigh Valley was ranked the topperforming region for economic

development in the Northeastern United
States

Lehigh Valley at a Glance

I2R Nanowave (Canada)

Upper Macungie, Manufacturing

Nihon Koden (Japan)

South Whitehall, Bio-Tech

Upper Macungie, Food & Beverage

Bethlehem, Clothing Distribution

Ricoh (Japan)

Lower Nazareth, Aerospace

Primark Stores (Ireland)

Forks, Clothing Distribution

MBD Safran (France)

SunOpta (Canada)

Inditex (Spain)

Lower Macungie, Manufacturing

Malmedie (Germany)

of 19 projects in 2015 were international

Hanover (NC), Electronics

Norac (France)

Forks, Food & Beverage

Economic Snapshot

Billions

Economic base is diversified

$6
$5.24
$5

$5.01

$4.95

$4.84

$4

$3
$2.22
$2

$1.61

$1.53

TRANSPORTATION
& WAREHOUSING

INFORMATION

$1.36

$1
$0

FINANCE & REAL BUSINESS SERVICES MANUFACTURING

ESTATE

EDUCATION &
HEALTH CARE

RETAIL TRADE

Lehigh Valley GDP by sector

ARTS &
ENTERTAINMENT

LVEDC Business Recruitment &

Marketing Outreach: 2015-2016

Site Selectors Guild Conference, Spring/Fall

Site Selectors Guild Spring

Area Development Foreign Direct

Investment Forum

IEDC Executive Leadership Roundtable

IAMC Spring & Fall Professional Forum

Industrial Asset Management Council

Spring Professional Forum

World Forum for Foreign Direct Investment

I-95 Corridor Coalition Freight Academy

NAIOP Industrial Conference

European Foreign Direct Investment Visits

IEDC Annual Conference

Area Development Consultants Forum

CoreNet Global Summit

Bio International Convention

SelectUSA Investment Summit

CoreNet Global Summit

Regional Brownfields Conference

NAIOP Commercial Real Estate

Conference

SIOR 2016 Fall Conference

National Brownfields Conference

Major Deliveries & Deals

- Industrial

10 Emery St

880,000 SF

Primark

2485 Commerce Center Blvd

677,000 SF

1185 Feather Way

179,000 SF

Major Deliveries & Deals

- Industrial

SAFRAN MBD
50 New Jobs

50,000 SF
REEB Millwork
267 Jobs Retained

175,000 SF
TYBER MEDICAL
25 New Jobs

40,000 SF

Major Business Expansion

MANUFACTURING
FLEXICON

91,000 SF

C&S Wholesale Grocers

500 New Jobs

579,000 SF

Redevelopment in
Northampton County
Simon Silk Mill, Easton
LVLRI Funds: $175,000
Delivery: 2016 (Phase I)
LVLRI dedicated
$150,000 of assessment
dollars in NC in 2015.

GKEDC Industrial Park II, Wind

Gap
LVLRI Funds: $148,000
Delivery: 2017

Easton Public Market

LVLRI Funds: $3,000
Delivery: 2016

2016 Pipeline

FOOD/BEVERAGE
NORAC

79,160 SF
62 jobs
INDUSTRIAL

FedEx Ground Hub

Largest in system

1 million+ SF

2016 Pipeline
Chrin Commerce Center

800 acres along Rt. 33 in Northampton County

Duke Realty

1.1 million SF delivered Q1 2016

1 million SF

630,000 SF

DCT Industrial

425,000 SF leased to FedEx and Inditex

Remainder to be manufacturing, office, retail,

hotel, and medical

Source: ChrinCommerceCentre.com

2016 Pipeline
Bethlehem Commerce Center

LVIP VII
1000

Acres on former Steel lands

Majestic Bethlehem Center

Five

additional buildings are planned

Building

#3

2,000,000 SF, Building #3 is fully entitled, shovel ready

and available for lease.

Intermodal

First retail project recently announced

Northampton County
Sub-regional marketing campaign
One-minute

video
highlighting assets of
each area
Brochures with overview
info about each area
High-quality photos to
use on websites and in
marketing brochures

Northampton County
Sub-regional marketing campaign
Website

with video, photos,

assets, demographics, and
current opportunities
SelectNorthamptonCounty.
com
https://www.youtube.com/u
ser/LVEDC

LVEDC and Northampton

County
DON CUNNINGHAM
PRESIDENT & CEO