CONKLIN, N.Y. — Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. (NYSE: DKS) plans to invest $100 million to build a regional distribution facility at the Broome County Corporate Park in the town of Conklin.
The investment will create 466 full-time jobs over the next five years in the Southern Tier, the office of Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a news release issued Tuesday.
Construction on the 650,000-square-foot facility will begin next month with completion scheduled in early 2018.
The company’s new distribution center “strengthens” its roots in Binghamton, where it was founded seven decades ago, according to Cuomo’s office.
Dick’s Sporting Goods is now headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The Conklin project is also “aligned” with Southern Tier Soaring, the region’s “blueprint” for economic growth, Cuomo contends.
“We started the company here and ultimately chose Conklin for the business-friendly environment, the quality and reliability of the workforce and the opportunity to bring jobs to our hometown,” Edward Stack, chairman and CEO of Dick’s Sporting Goods, said in Cuomo’s news release.
Dick’s Sporting Goods’ new regional distribution facility in Broome County will be its fifth nationally. The company will build the center on a 123-acre site. It will service more than 200 retail stores throughout the Northeast.
Besides facility construction, related site work will include wetland mitigation, grading and clearing, and extension of utilities.
Additionally, Dick’s is pursuing Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification for the facility.
The company plans to incorporate sustainable components such as “high efficiency” lighting and a heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning system; recycled and “environmentally-friendly” construction materials; along with energy-management systems and recycling programs for corrugate and plastics.
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