Morton Salt Demolishing One Facility, Constructing Another In Falls Twp.

Morton Salt will take down one massive storage building and construct another nearby in Falls Township.

Morton Salt has operated a 118,000-square-foot salt storage facility inside the Keystone Trade Center for several years. They also have other buildings spread across two different leased plots of land in the complex that was previously owned by U.S. Steel.

NorthPoint Development, which owns the Keystone Trade Center, wants to use the land where the 118,000-square-foot salt storage facility is presently located for redevelopment.

NorthPoint Development plans to use the site for “more cohesive development,” according to attorney Michael Meginniss, who represents the developer.

Morton Salt will demolish the 118,000-square-foot salt storage facility and their lease for the land will end. The company will then build a 115,200-square-foot storage facility nearby at 10 Solar Drive in the Keystone Trade Center near two existing buildings, according to Morton Salt representatives.

Morton Salt plans to make sure there are previsions to limit salt runoff into nearby wetlands, company representatives said.

The Falls Township Board of Supervisors on Monday evening granted preliminary and final land development for the plan.

Morton Salt uses the Falls Township facilities for storage so salt can be easily distributed.

Chicago-based Morton Salt has roots dating back to 1848. The company currently mines and distributes salt for human consumption, water conditioning, industrial, agricultural, and road use.

Also at Monday evening’s meeting, Township Engineer Joseph Jones said NorthPoint Development’s site improvements are set to move forward and planning for more large distribution center buildings is underway.

The developer is close to finishing up plans for buildings four, five, and six, Jones said.

Work on a 1,159,849 square-foot distribution center at the Keystone Trade Center is underway. A “major transportation company” has been signed, but the tenant has not been announced.

NorthPoint Development officials have said the project has the potential to add 5,000 to 10,000 jobs and 15 million square feet of new warehouse space with a total investment of $1.5 billion over the coming years. The company said they want to develop the “largest e-commerce, logistics, and multi-model industrial project on the East Coast” with room for as many as 20 new buildings.

Previous reporting on the project:

• First Tenant Signs For Massive Keystone Trade Center
• ‘Transformative’ Keystone Trade Center Project Holds Ceremonial Groundbreaking
• NorthPoint Development Expanding Warehouse Plan At Keystone Trade Center
• Second Phase Of Keystone Trade Center Moves Forward
• Three 1 Million-Square-Foot Buildings Proposed For Keystone Trade Center
• Keystone Trade Center Site Gets Subdivision Approval
• Municipal Authority Closes On Keystone Trade Center Property
• Construction To Get Underway By July On Massive Keystone Trade Center
• 1 Million-Square-Foot Warehouse For Keystone Trade Center Approved
• First Warehouse Proposed For Keystone Trade Center Project To Come Before Public
• Keystone Trade Center Project Allows Water Authority To Build New Treatment Plant
• Large U.S. Steel Site In Falls Twp. Sold For $160 Million
• County Commissioners Approve Tax Break For Massive Keystone Trade Center Plan
• Tax Breaks Could Help Development At Proposed Keystone Trade Center
• Keystone Trade Center Project Moves Forward
• Ground On Billion-Dollar Keystone Trade Center Could Be Broken By Spring
• Falls Twp. Holding Special Meeting On Proposed U.S. Steel Site Redevelopment
• Plans For U.S. Steel Site Show New Billion-Dollar Development, Potential For Thousands Of Jobs
• EXCLUSIVE: Large U.S. Steel Site To Be Sold To Developer
• U.S. Steel Seeking To Sell Fairless Works Site

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