ANDERSON — Less than 10 months after finishing construction on its Anderson facilty, Corteva Agriscience hosted a grand opening to introduce its investment to local officials.
Corteva Agriscience is located on 30 acres in the 1900 block of East 67th Street. The facility is a $30 million investment that officials say will create 41 jobs.
A groundbreaking took place last October with the goal of opening the facility in 10 months. It was completed a month ahead of schedule.
The developer of the project is Indianapolis-based Scannell Properties, which built a 300,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution center. Corteva has signed a 10-year lease on the facility, which will distribute seeds to local farmers.
Corteva made donations of $2,500 each to the Second Harvest Food Bank and the Future Farmers of America Lapel chapter.
Ryan White, regional development director, said Thursday the Pioneer seed company is excited about locating in Anderson.
“Location is everything,” he said. “We have access to the highways and access to the workforce.”
White said the fall season is a busy time for the company as the seed is packaged and will be shipped from the Anderson distribution center to farmers in Indiana and Ohio.
“This is the largest distribution center we have in the United States,” he said. “Seed will be brought in here from our plants in Indiana, Illinois and Ohio.”
White said the Anderson facility is a model for how the company wants to serve customers.
“We’re excited to be in Anderson,” he said. “It was a great experience working with the city.”
Jordan Kirshenbaum with Southshore Companies, which will be operating the facility, said the project moved very quickly.
“We’re here to serve our customers, who are the farmers,” he said. “There is leading-edge technology in this facility.”
Kirshenbaum said the company is hiring people from Anderson and the surrounding areas.
“It was a wise decision for them to locate in Anderson,” he said of Corteva. “Anderson is a great place to do business.”
Anderson Mayor Thomas Broderick Jr. said the facility is another positive development in the city. “This is another indication that Anderson is a great place to do business,” he said.
The Anderson City Council last year approved a six-year tax abatement for Scannel Properties.
The city is offering a 65% tax abatement for that time period.
The company is expected to pay $3.6 million in taxes over the next decade. The abatement will save Scannell an estimated $2.2 million over six years.
At the time, council members were told that Corteva was only interested in locating in Anderson.
The facility includes 28 loading docks on the west side of the building with parking for 25 semi-trailers. It would generate as many as 125 semitruck trips daily during busy months and about half that number during the down season, officials said.
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