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Lease prices and annual real estate taxes are much lower
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Cut Your Costs by 34%!<\/em><\/h2>\n[\/nectar_highlighted_text][vc_column_text css=”” text_direction=”default”]On average, using an \u201capples to apples\u201d comparison, the cost to lease quality industrial space is about $3.75 per square foot less in Northeastern Pennsylvania than in the Lehigh Valley. \u00a0And real estate taxes? Here, you\u2019ll pay $0.75 to $0.95 per square foot compared to the $1.00 to $1.90 per square foot you\u2019ll likely pay in the Lehigh Valley.\u00a0 We even have special tax abatement zones where you\u2019ll pay next to nothing.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” centered_text=”true” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”40″][nectar_highlighted_text color_type=”regular” highlight_color=”rgba(46,188,232,0.6)” style=”half_text”]\n

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Lehigh
\nValley<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

Lease Rate: $11.25 Per SF, NNN<\/strong>
\nSize: 100,000 SF<\/strong>
\nAnn. RE Taxes: $1.45 per SF
\n<\/strong>Total Ann. Rent + Ann. RE <\/strong>Taxes:
\n________________________<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

$1,270,000<\/span><\/h2>\n[\/fancy_box][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ background_image=”8415″ background_image_position=”center center” background_image_stacking=”default” background_image_loading=”default” column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/2″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][fancy_box box_style=”parallax_hover” icon_family=”iconsmind” image_url=”7699″ parallax_hover_box_alignment=”middle” parallax_hover_box_overlay=”#0072bc” parallax_hover_box_overlay_opacity=”0.7″ parallax_hover_box_overlay_opacity_hover=”0.7″ border_radius=”default” image_loading=”lazy-load” color_scheme=”dark” secondary_content=”here’s some awesome text that would only be shown on hover” icon_iconsmind=”iconsmind-Location-2″ min_height=”300″]\n

Northeastern
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Lease Rate: $7.50 Per SF, NNN<\/strong><\/span>
\nSize: 100,000 SF<\/strong><\/span>
\nAnn. RE Taxes: $0.85 per SF
\n<\/strong>Total Ann. Rent + Ann. RE <\/strong>Taxes:
\n________________________<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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