ELIZABETH — The Wakefern Food Corp., which Union County leaders at one point said were considering the closure of a major warehouse in Elizabeth, instead broke ground today on a new distribution center in the city, officials said.
The 524,000-square-foot dry-goods warehouse will replace a 1950s structure the company has used as a main distribution hub for ShopRite stores in the region. Keeping the facilities in the city will mean the preservation of nearly 350 jobs and the creation of that many more, officials said.
Union County and the city of Elizabeth used bonds backed by the federal government to provide about $19 million in low-interest loans toward the cost of the project, estimated to be more than $50 million.
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