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ASBURY, NJ, JANUARY 29, 2010--- J.G. Petrucci Co., Inc. (JGPCO), one of the New Jersey and Pennsylvania region’s most respected development and design/build organizations, announced that it has completed a new $10 million headquarters facility and warehouse/distribution center for Cigars International, a subsidiary of Swedish Match AB. The new facility is located at 1911 Spillman Drive in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania within Bethlehem Commerce Center at Lehigh Valley Industrial Park VII. The park occupies a portion of the former Bethlehem Steel plant and is one of the nation’s largest brownfield sites. Cigars International was represented by Kevin M. Cain, SIOR of Capstone Real Estate Group, LLC.
As a result of the investment, Cigars International has preserved 175 jobs and will be adding at least 50 more permanent jobs in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The construction alone at the state-of-art facility led to the creation of roughly 150 jobs. Cigars International, the country's second largest retailer of premium, hand-rolled cigars, is presently located at 6771 Chrisphalt Drive in Bath, Pennsylvania. The company’s parent, Swedish Match, based in Stockholm, Sweden is a more than $1.8 billion global enterprise with nearly 12,000 employees and manufacturing operations in 10 countries.
The new headquarters will almost triple the space currently occupied by Cigars International at its Bath facility. Building features include a 41,706 square foot humidor, 15,000 square feet of office space, including a call center and 56,828 square feet of pick/pack and storage space. The facility has a 28’ clear ceiling height, 45’-6” x 45’-0” bay spacing and 10 overhead doors with dock levelers.
Tom Shaughnessy of JGPCO, stated, “The new Cigars International headquarters is JGPCO’s third facility at LVIP VII and our largest yet. LVIP greatly simplifies and accelerates the development timetable, allowing us to complete projects much quicker than is typically the case.” He added, “We also appreciated the cooperation and responsiveness of the Cigars International management team, which facilitated getting a project of this size and complexity done in so short a time.”
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About J.G. Petrucci Co., Inc.
J.G. Petrucci Co., Inc (“JGPCO”) is a fully integrated, privately-held commercial real estate organization with more than 22 years experience in the design/build, development, re-development and acquisition of industrial, office, healthcare, retail, multi-family and other properties. The company’s portfolio also comprises a broad range of brownfield and adaptive reuse projects, as well as expertise in green building. In addition, JGPCO is recognized as a leader in both the New Jersey and Pennsylvania markets with a client and tenant roster that includes organizations such as Merrill Lynch, Weyerhaeuser Co., Federal Express, Cryovac/Sealed Air, Gargiulo Produce, St. Luke’s Hospital & Health Network, Flemington BMW and Synchronoss Technologies, among others. JGPCO presently holds an investment portfolio of over 3 million square feet of prime industrial, retail and office space. The firm is based in Asbury, New Jersey and also maintains offices in the Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania. For additional information about J.G. Petrucci Co., Inc., please visit our website at www.jgpetrucci.com.
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