Tag: I-40 Corridor
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Amazon and Corning Bring 1,000 Manufacturing Jobs to North Carolina
Amazon and Corning have struck a multibillion-dollar agreement to make the fiber-optic cable that runs Amazon’s data centers — and it’s adding 1,000 advanced manufacturing jobs at Corning’s North Carolina plants, most of them around Hickory. For real estate investors, the story isn’t the cable. It’s where 1,000 new workers will live, and what steady…
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Morinaga’s $136M Mebane Plant and What 204 Manufacturing Jobs Mean for Orange County
Morinaga, the Japanese maker of HI-CHEW candy, has opened its second factory in Mebane, a $136 million investment creating 204 jobs in Orange County and roughly doubling its U.S. production capacity. The plant goes fully operational by October 2026. For real estate investors, the story isn’t the candy, it’s what a second decade of steady…