UPS Opening a Facility On a Keystone Opportunity Zone

The United Parcel Service (UPS) announced in February that it will build a million-square-foot warehouse facility in northeast Philadelphia. The new facility is expected to employ 1,000 and will hire 352 full-time workers by 2022.

The 138-acre site is one of the largest industrial properties in the city and is known as the former Budd Co. property. The location is also a city and state Keystone Opportunity Zone. Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf shared plans to provide approximately $9 million in public training and incentive funds to UPS.

This expansion is a part of a large development project to expand facilities in Philadelphia County and three other Pennsylvania counties, including a “super hub” in Harrisburg.

The overall expansion will create more than 1,700 full-time jobs and be valuable in market accessibility for businesses in the region.

The digital convenience retailer, GoPuff, has also chosen to expand operations throughout Greater Philadelphia. In late 2018, GoPuff opened a $4 million 30,000-square-foot headquarters in Philadelphia and added 10 new warehouses throughout Pennsylvania.

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