Published in the Lancaster News, by Tim Mekeel

January 21, 2014

Gov. Tom Corbett announced today that Nordstrom will establish the operations of its East Coast online fulfillment center in West Donegal Township, creating 369 full-time jobs.

"Today's announcement continues Pennsylvania's steady economic progress with another company expanding and more jobs for our citizens," said Corbett, in a prepared statement.

"It's a testament to why Pennsylvania is built to advance — our keystone location, our talented and hardworking people — all contributed to Nordstrom bringing hundreds of new jobs to Lancaster County."

Nordstrom is scheduled to open its new 672,000-square-foot building, with an additional 470,000-square-foot mezzanine, at Conewago Industrial Park in West Donegal Township, Lancaster County, in summer 2015.

The company will invest more than $79 million to support the new fulfillment center through renovations, site improvements, new equipment and employee training.

Nordstrom also has committed to creating at least 369 new jobs within three years.

This newspaper reported in September that Nordstrom was considering developing the e-commerce fulfillment center in Conewago.

But until today, Nordstrom had never acknowledged it was looking at the local industrial park.

That changed, of course, with today's announcement by Corbett, echoed by a separate announcement from the company.

(Tim Mekeel, "Lancaster County gets Nordstrom's East Coast fulfillment center with $79M investment, 400 jobs," Lancaster News, 1/21/14)