Nestled along the Lehigh River in a lush, mountainous location between Jim Thorpe and Lehighton, Packerton Yards is a 59-acre site that can meet a variety of uses from industrial to office.

Just two miles from the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, and only one exit from the Lehigh Valley, this site is ideally located.

The site is zoned for industrial use and is designated a Keystone Opportunity Zone (KOZ). KOZ status allows for more than tax exemption... projects in designated KOZ's/KOEZ's that are approved for Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (PIDA), or Small Business Financing shall receive the lowest interest rate extended to borrowers.

Carbon County purchased the site in 2005 to help secure state and federal funding.

Packerton Yards was formerly used as a transfer station for freight cars traveling between Buffalo and New York City, and for the storage and repair of steel and spare passenger rail cars and parts.

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The Packerton Industrial Site is 59 acres of level, cleared industrial land. The sites are not currently subdivided, it is up to the tenants specifications as to how they will be divided. Serving the electricity needs of the site is PP&L, Inc. with a 12 kVa loop, 2400-volt A/C and three-phase service. Penn Fuel Gas provides natural gas to the site and Verizon provides telecommunications. The Lehighton Water Authority serves all water needs and the Lehighton Sewer Authority serves the sewer needs with municipal facilities available.

Transportation is easily accessible through highways, by air or by railroad. The Packerton Industrial Site has immediate access to U.S. Route 209 and Pennsylvania Route 248, and located only two miles away is Interstate 476. Wilkes-Barre and Allentown are only a short drive away and Philadelphia is only 75 miles south. The Jake Arner Memorial Airport is just 10 minutes away and the Lehigh Valley International Airport is only 20 miles away. The Norfolk Southern Corporation line traverses the site with service west to Buffalo, New York, and east to Jersey City, New Jersey.

The boundaries of the site are Norfolk Southern Corporation Line to the north, Norfolk Southern Corporation Line to the south, Lehigh River to the east and Norfolk Southern Corporation Line to the west.