Developments keep moving forward in West Chester amidst the pandemic

While some areas are slowing business development down, some developments in West Chester have continued to push forward during the last few months.

WHILE MANY AREAS OF THEECONOMY ARE STRUGGLING TO STAYAFLOAT DURING THIS PANDEMIC,THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT ARESUPRISINGLY SEEING ASURGE.WCPO 9 NEWS REPORTERLISA SMITH IS LIVE IN WESTCHESTER WHERE LAND ANDLOCATION ARE THE PATH TOECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.GOOD MORNING TIMYKA... YES,,,IT'S PRETTY UNEXPECTED TO TALKABOUT GROWTH IN THE MIDDLE OFA PANDEMIC AND ECONOMICDOWNTURN.

BUT, THAT'S WHATWEST CHESTER DEVELOPMENTOFFICIALS SAY IS HAPPENING..ESPECIALLY AT THIS CORNER OFUNION CENTRE BOULEVARD ANDSTATE ROUTE 747."I can assure you thatbusiness has not stopped.

Itmight be different butcertainly the permits have,the permit load that we'reseeing here in West Chesterindicates that there certainlystill is investmenthappening."ACCORDING TO AARONWIEGAND,, COMMUNITYDEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR WESTCHESTER.

THE GROWTH IS TAKINGSHAPE..

IN THE FORM OF LARGEWAREHOUSES.

THE TOWNSHIPEXPECTS TO OPEN OVER ONEMILLION SQUARE FEET OFWAREHOUSE SPACE THIS YEAR.

ABIG CONTRIBUTOR IS THE WESTCHESTER WORLD TRADE CENTER."With our agreement with them,buildings were expected to becompleted by the end of theyear 2026.

They will now bemostly completed by the middleof next year we expectinstead, they've ramped upproduction of their buildings."HE ALSO SAYS THIS WEEK THETOWNSHIP ZONING COMMISSIONAPPROVED A PLAN FOR ANADDITIONAL 350-THOUSAND SQUAREFEET OF SPACE.COMING UP IN THENEXT HALF HOUR..

WE'LL TELLYOU ABOUT A MAJOR PLAYER INTHIS COMPLEX..

AND WHAT ALL OFTHIS HAS TO DO WITH AMAZON'SAIRHUB.LIVE IN WEST CHESTER..

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