Our MBC Development team turned over our 88th and 89th retail units for Dollar General during the fourth quarter of 2019.

Our 88th unit (pictured – upper) is located in Malaga New Jersey. Our 89th Dollar General retail unit completion (pictured – lower) can be found in Fleetwood, Pa.

Before year’s end we expect to complete our 90th Dollar General store.

Dollar General operated 16,000 stores in 44 states as of September 28, 2019.

In the fourth quarter of 2018 our MBC Development team turned over our 75th retail unit for Dollar General.

The new store is located in Chardon, Ohio — population 5,148. The city is located about 10 miles south of Lake Erie.

As of December 2018 we have more than a dozen new Dollar General store locations under agreement. In fact, we are on track to complete our 80th unit in the first quarter of 2019.

In 2017 construction of a new ALDI retail unit began at the Bradford Mall in McKean County, Pa. The 20,000 square-foot unit was completed and turned over to the company in the second quarter of 2018.

ALDI, one of the fastest-growing retailers in the U.S., was named the 2018 Retailer of the Year by Supermarket News.

With more than 1,800 stores across the country, ALDI is in the midst of an accelerated growth plan, investing more than $5 billion to remodel and expand its store count to 2,500 by the end of 2022. The company reports in mid-2018 that it’s more than halfway through its national remodel investment.

In the first quarter of 2018 MBC turned over to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Lebanon VA Medical Center (VAMC) a new 8,740 square-foot VA Community Clinic in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pa.

Our recycling and make-over of a space formerly used for manufacturing created a facility comprising eight primary care exam rooms, four mental health consulting rooms, two telehealth-specific rooms, a laboratory, two shared medical appointment or group rooms and a teamwork room for staff.

The clinic provides a wide variety of services to Schuylkill County veterans including primary care, mental health care, laboratory services, annual physicals and screenings, and treatment of conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, respiratory disease, common cold, influenza, tobacco cessation and specialty referrals.

MBC recently completed a 6,000 square foot store for A&A Auto Parts, a leading aftermarket auto parts retailer. The store is located in Pottsville, Pa. at the intersection of State Routes 901 and 209.

When A&A learned that its store site at a former local mall would have to be vacated, the firm commissioned MBC to develop a build-to-suit retail unit to support the company’s desire for greater exposure to the market.

MBC was able to expedite this project, not only by utilizing one of our existing pad sites but also by calling upon our long-time affiliations with local and national suppliers.

The unit was turned over to A&A in February 2018. The new store is destined to become a sought after location by A&A customers — from off-road enthusiasts to do-it-yourself weekend warriors.

In 2016, MBC Development was awarded the bid to construct a brand-new aircraft hangar for the Pennsylvania State Police on the grounds of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport in Avoca, Pa.  The new hangar was a replacement for a decades-old hangar located at the Hazleton Regional Airport.  The new police hangar consists of a one-story 8,800 square feet building that houses a Bell 407GX helicopter and other miscellaneous aviation equipment.  The facility is also equipped with a state-of-the art office that can accommodate troopers and pilots on a 24/7 basis.

The new building was built to better serve the needs of the State Police as well as the residents of Pennsylvania.  The Pennsylvania State Police moved in to their new hangar in April 2017.

The year 2017 was an exciting time at the Bradford Mall in McKean County. Big Lots!, a major tenant at the mall since 1996, identified the need for more space in order to offer a greater selection to customers. The company chose to occupy the vacant space available next to Dunham’s Sports, which opened in 2016. The 52,700 square feet formerly occupied by Kmart underwent a floor-to-ceiling renovation. The grand opening of the new store occurred in September 2017.

ALDI is currently constructing a new store across from Taco Bell at the intersection of Main Street and Foster Brook Boulevard. The unit footprint comprises about 20,000 square feet. An opening in spring 2018 is anticipated.

TruBridge Communications will be moving into the former Rubbermaid complex on Laurel Boulevard in Pottsville, Pa. Upon receiving notification that their original location would be closing with little time to spare, TruBridge called upon MBC to complete the task of providing needed office space. Faced with a tight renovation schedule, MBC was able to complete the task by renovating a 10,000 square foot office area ahead of schedule.

MBC is currently in negotiations to secure other tenants to occupy available space at the complex.

Below is a before-and-after shot of the office interior.

MBC completed its first Dollar General store in Elmer, New Jersey.  The store was a former hardware store.  Upon purchasing the property, MBC gutted the building and completely remodeled it for Dollar General.  The store opened for business in July 2017.  We look forward to expanding our development portfolio to complete more projects in the greater tri-state area.

As a preferred developer for Dollar General, MBC Development has completed two new Dollar General stores in Lake City, Pa. and Mentor, Ohio.  A third store in Oxford, Pa. opened in January 2016.

Pictured: new Dollar General store in Mentor, Ohio.

Dunham’s Sports opened for business in the late summer of 2015 in a new location — the former K-Mart at the mall.

K-Mart closed in 2004.

When MBC Development purchased the property, the roof of the building had deteriorated to the extent that there were standing puddles on the floor.  The building was gutted and an extensive renovation was completed to accommodate Dunham’s needs.

Taco Bell recently opened a new restaurant next to the Bradford Mall. The location is adjacent to a new signaled intersection at the corner of Main Street and Foster Brook Blvd.  The intersection was created for easier and safer access to and from the mall.

The restaurant includes seating for several dozen patrons as well as a drive through.

Tompkins VIST Bank ranks in the top position for holding the greatest total of deposits in the Schuylkill Haven marketplace.

Upon execution of a new 10-year lease, MBC agreed to create a new facade for the dated 1960s-style exterior of the VIST building. Learn More

Bradford is a city in McKean County, Pennsylvania, close to the border with New York State and approximately 78 miles south of Buffalo, New York. The Bradford Mall is located in Foster Township, adjacent to Bradford. MBC Development bought the mall in October 2013 and has since embarked upon the rehabilitation of the property.

Sheetz Convenience Stores is now open at the Bradford Mall. The new Sheetz retail is located on the corner of Bolivar Drive and East Main Street at the location of the former Firestone/Turn and Burn Café.  This Sheetz is particularly interesting because it contains the new Drive-Thru concept for their locations.

Below are some photos of site construction.

And a view of the completed project.

This warehouse complex formerly housed Rubbermaid Commercial Products, a division of the enterprise that manufactured metal receptacles such as trash cans and cigarette ashtrays.  After Rubbermaid closed its doors in the fall of 2015, MBC Development was hard at work rehabilitating the property to accommodate new tenants.

Our new tenants include Material Dynamics, an industrial manufacturer, Grid 1, an electrical subcontractor, and American Signal and Lighting, which specializes in converting and upgrading exterior lights to be energy efficient.

Below are some before and after pictures of the site:

BEFORE CONSTRUCTION:

AFTER CONSTRUCTION:

Installation of a natural gas engine replaced the existing boilers in the Central Services Building on the campus.

The outcomes of our installation are:
•   a significant reduction in electric consumption
•   40 percent to 70 percent increased efficiency in the use of electric and gas
•   the use of exhaust heat to generate steam for the steam loop
•   the use of engine heat to supplement hot water heating

ISS Solutions, a wholly-owned division of the $2.3 billion Geisinger Health System, provides total information technology support to its parent as well as to several hundred other clients.

ISS Solutions handles large volume product purchases for Geisinger, which increases its buying power when procuring products for other clients.

Construction by our affiliate company, Miller Bros. Construction Inc., is complete within the industrial complex of our Iron Town Commerce Center in Danville. ISS occupies 48,000 square feet of warehouse space and 8,000 square feet of immediately adjacent office space.

MBC-developed Dollar General retail sites can now be found in Boyertown, Catawissa, Newville, Reading and Turbotville (pictured here).

Catawissa – MBC purchased a property formerly known as Catawissa Lumber. We also purchased an adjacent house. We razed the house and combined that lot with one of the parcels from the Catawissa Lumber site. MBC used the combined site to construct a new build-to-suit site for Dollar General.

Reading – On a spot approximately three blocks north of Penn Street a former four-story furniture factory burned to the ground in 2010. MBC was eager to tackle this massive redevelopment opportunity and bring much-needed jobs to downtown Reading. MBC completed this build-to-suit in just four months.

Turbotville – We acquired a former automotive repair facility and constructed an addition to it to create this new retail unit. We also installed a completely new, on-site, elevated sand mound sanitary sewer system as the building had no sewer service at all prior to our acquisition.