SJBiz_AroundTown_BURLINGTON_Cnty_0619_AroundTown 6 / 19 / 19 5 : 33 PM Page 1 around town Mount Holly Fireworks Eastampton Community School Library constructed by RYEBREAD Architects BUSINESSES 2019 Roebling Carnival HERE TO STAY a hotel to the township . Fifteen percent of the From large companies making investments for the apartments will be affordable housing units and long haul to development projects happening the development will also include a clubhouse , recycling center and retention pond . almost everywhere you turn , businesses are happy “ The key piece for this property that makes to call Burlington County home . [ By Julie Shannon ] it so important is the funding for improvement on Cedar Lane and the east side of Route 130 . employees , ” Howell says . “ In terms of the This intersection has been a concern for many risti Howell has seen Burlington County employer and the business , we are accessible years , not just because of recent development , go through many changes in her 17 for people and commuters and have some great but the redesign of the ( New Jersey ) Turnpike years as president and CEO of the K national and regional headquarters here didn’t take into consideration the growth going Burlington County Chamber of Commerce ; because of the proximity . on in that area , ” Wilkie says . “ We’ve been sup - most recently the investment many businesses “ Our goal is to keep businesses here , help portive to get improvements made to the inter - are making by either planting their roots here them connect with other businesses and help section , and then get a first - rate hotel , like a for the first time , or moving into a larger space make sure the employees are taken care of and Marriott and a nice restaurant into that space . ” within the county . have services they need . We are readily acces - “ We’ve seen a boom of warehouse devel - sible to make sure they want to stay opment and distribution centers on the Route here . ” Lumberton 130 corridor , ” she says . “ Burlington Coat Fac - Julie Kronfeld , SIOR , vice president with NAI tory made an investment in redoing their head - Mertz says Lumberton is full of possibilities and Florence quarters and Radwell International Inc . moved sees more activity happening in that area cur - Mayor Craig Wilkie grew up in Florence to Medco Pharmaceuticals ’ old site ( a 312,000 - rently and in the near future . Township and says it’s always been a tight - knit square - foot building ) . We are seeing great “ Lumberton has historically been at the end community . “ There’s still a personal connec - growth of businesses growing and staying of the line with commercial and industrial tion throughout the community , people care , ” here , and that’s because the county has been activity , but we’ve been he says . “ We try to keep that small town seeing a push toward so aggressive in working with businesses to keep America feel . ” there and strong activity going on along Route them here in our county and keep our county Wilkie says Florence was the industrial hub 38 past Mount Laurel into Lumberton — espe - residents with yearsago with Roebling Steel Co . and Griffin Pipe cially retail , office and industrial activity , ” she says . great paying jobs , ” she says . factory , and Florence is now home to distribu - “ We are encouraged by a couple of things It also helps to be in a great location . tion centers of many well - established companies , already going on . ” “ Burlington County has great accessibility to such as Amazon , B & H Photo Video , Subaru , One of them being the Wellington Farms major roadways and cities ; you can be in Express Scripts and Burlington Coat Factory . redevelopment project — a mixed - use develop - Philadelphia in 25 to 30 minutes , New York City Additionally , the township planning board ment with nearly 400 housing units on the 211 - in two hours and Washington , D.C . in three recently approved a mixed - use development acre farmland site . It consists of 92 single - family hours . It really makes us geographically desir - plan to bring 240 apartments , retail space and homes , 300 multi - family units and 106,000 able in terms of the play and quality of life for 18 | SOUTH JERSEY BIZ | VOLUME 9 ISSUE 6 | SouthJerseyBiz.net