Two Northampton County companies have been approved for low-interest loans through the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority.

In the greater Philadelphia region, including central Pennsylvania and the Lehigh Valley, the vacancy rate for industrial space fell to a historic low of 1.96% in the first quarter of 2022. 

York-based Kinsley Construction said on Monday that subsidiary R&C Heavy Mechanical in Maidencreek Township, Berks County merged under the Kinsley name effective Jan. 1, 2022. 

J.G. Petrucci Co. Inc. has announced plans to develop a more than 240,000-square-foot industrial facility in Nazareth on a 23.51-acre site it recently acquired.

Continental Cup Co. will open its site at 1920 Spillman Drive in Lehigh Valley Industrial Park VII off Route 412 in Bethlehem, making it the company's first manufacturing facility.

A recent report from the Food Marketing Institute and Neilsen projects that groceries ordered online will account for 13 percent of total grocery sales by 2022, up from 3 percent in 2018. That would translate into an additional $100 billion per year.

Black Creek Group plans to develop three buildings on more than 16 industrial acres in South Whitehall Township.

When a building is under construction, heavy rainfall makes completion more challenging, creating delays and potentially extending home settlements, said Rick Koze.

The buyer is rehabilitating the property to offer it as a rental, speculative development near Route 309.