Allenwood A long-term lease has been negotiated by the modular prison maker to occupy a 252,282-square-foot structure in Union County’s Great Stream Commons industrial and business park.
The Galveston, Texas-based ModCorr is leasing the structure from PNK Group, a commercial and industrial development company that purchased about 200 acres in the park along Route 15 just north of Allenwood in 2022.
A news release claims that the building is perfect for ModCorr’s fabrication and manufacturing requirements because it has a 40-foot clear ceiling that will allow for the installation of a crane.
According to Buddy Johns, the company’s president, it will enable ModCorr to keep growing and serving its northeast and mid-Atlantic regions.
For correctional facilities, ModCorr provides prefabricated and precast solutions that can be customized to range in security from minimal to maximal.
ModCorr has not disclosed many details about the project, but the county’s planning and economic development director, Sean McLaughlin, stated that he was informed that ModCorr hopes to have the facility up and running by the end of the year, creating up to 100 jobs.
The purchase was made possible by the Mechanicsburg brokerage firm Lee & Associates.
U.S. Pollution Control Inc. (USPCI) planned to build a hazardous waste incinerator on the site of Great Stream Commons.
Officials and citizens fiercely opposed the proposal when it was unveiled in 1990; voters in Gregg Township were even petitioned to rename the town Death Valley Township. In 1994, they turned down the change.
In June 1994, USPCI’s parent company, Union Pacific Corp., declared it was pulling out of the project because to financial concerns.
According to Drew Lewis, the board chair of Union Pacific at the time, the plans were not feasible due to the national regulatory climate and industry uncertainties. He said that USPCI had already spent $17.5 million.
The 677 acres were purchased by the Union County Industrial Development Corp. (UDIC) in 1995 for $4.5 million, and utilities and roadways were installed.
Except for the sale of a tiny piece to an eye doctor’s office and fifty acres just north of Allenwood to the Union County Housing Authority, there was no activity there.
Because the land was not selling, the county had to float a $13 million bond issue and impose a tax to meet debt service in 1998 after the UDIC fell out of business.
All of the land has been sold as of today, with the exception of one plot that has a selling agreement with a developer for a planned data center.
A 478,388 square foot building with 104 dock doors that PNK has available next to the ModCorr site is one of the completed developments.
It was revealed in January that Il Pastaio, a pasta manufacturer, would construct a 71,000-square-foot factory in the park.
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