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6B — April 13 - 26, 2012 — Pennsylvania — Mid Atlantic Real Estate Journal

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E R K S C O U N T Y – Governor Tom Cor- bett announced that Scott of Berks Economic Partnership welcomes Crossroads Beverage to Berks County Willems & Cole of NAI Keystone lease 324,000 s/f Manufacturing Facility B and the 110 new jobs it will create to Berks County. The economic impact is unques- tionable.”

Crossroads Beverage Group LLC will open a new bottling and manufacturing facility in Berks County and create at least 110 jobs. “My administration is com- mitted to creating a busi- ness climate that positions Pennsylvania to attract new economic investment and job growth to our communities,” said Corbett. “Because of that commitment, the Governor’s Action Teamwas successful in bringing Crossroads Beverage

The owners of Silver Springs Bottled Water Company decided to expand into the northeast to meet increased customer and consumer de- mand. Crossroads Beverage Group LLC is the Pennsylva- nia operation. Crossroads will lease an existing 324,000 s/f facility in Muhlenberg Town- ship with an option to pur- chase. The project will create at least 110 new jobs within three years and Crossroads will invest over $22 million for renovations, equipment purchases and training for its new employees. “After looking at several sites in the northeast, we felt Muhlenberg Township in Berks County was an ideal place to locate our operation,” said Crossroads Beverage Group LLC’s Chief Opera- tions Officer Kirk Richmond. “We are excited to restore an existing vacant building to production capabilities and to re-energize the workforce by creating jobs. The support for our endeavor by state and local officials has been very positive. The assistance by GAT was instrumental in our decision to pursue this op- portunity.” Steve Willems and Bryan Cole of NAI Keystone mar- keted the site nationally to food and beverage companies knowing the substantial in- frastructure would be ap- pealing. We had many suitors from across the country, many who dispatched engineers and plant designers to evalu- ate the site for their uses. In the end, Silver Spring Water made the commitment. CBRE represented the Tenant. Jon Scott, President and CEO, Berks Economic Part- nership, said “Crosssroads Beverage is an excellent ad- dition to both our business and workforce communities. These are going to be very good new jobs for the Greater Reading region. We are all very pleased to have this busi- ness join our advanced and diversified manufacturing cluster in Greater Reading, and we welcome the Cross- roads Beverage family to Berks County.” ■

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Manufacturing Facility in Muhlenberg Township

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