New Pennsylvania Jobs
By: Kevin Flanigan
Updated: July 12, 2012
HARRISBURG - PetSmart Inc., a national retailer with more than 1,200 stores, will locate its new distribution center in Bethel Township, Berks County and create at least 500 jobs.
PetSmart will construct an 870,000-square-foot distribution center in Berks Park 78, a new industrial park located in Bethel Township. The company will start construction on the $50 million distribution center in the fall of 2012, with completion expected in the first quarter of 2014. The project is expected to create at least 500 new jobs by 2016.
The company received a $2.3 million funding offer from the Department of Community and Economic Development, including a $1 million PA First grant, $245,250 in job training assistance and $1.09 million in Job Creation Tax Credits.
PetSmart Inc. is the largest specialty pet retailer of products, services, and solutions for pets. The company employs approximately 50,000 associates and operates more than 1,241 pet stores in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.
PetSmart will construct an 870,000-square-foot distribution center in Berks Park 78, a new industrial park located in Bethel Township. The company will start construction on the $50 million distribution center in the fall of 2012, with completion expected in the first quarter of 2014. The project is expected to create at least 500 new jobs by 2016.
The company received a $2.3 million funding offer from the Department of Community and Economic Development, including a $1 million PA First grant, $245,250 in job training assistance and $1.09 million in Job Creation Tax Credits.
PetSmart Inc. is the largest specialty pet retailer of products, services, and solutions for pets. The company employs approximately 50,000 associates and operates more than 1,241 pet stores in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.
Comments
Jobs? Really? As them what the pay is for an "associate" at PetSmart.
FREDRICK F.
July 13, 2012 at 8:26 pm
