b'In e PipelineLand Optionse WCIDC was busy priming the pump for future2019land purchases in WCIDC parks. ese eorts development in 2019. Four companies signedOptions,support Reimagining Our Westmorelands option agreements that signify plans to nalizeby the numbers strategy to provide development-ready sites.LotsTotal ProposedAnticipated optioned:acreage:work space:Jobs: 6 86.23 726,200 SF 608+Al. Neyer optioned three lots total Pressure Chemical Company optioned a 14.78-acre lot intwo in Commerce Crossing atTech Park II that it intends Westmoreland and another atto develop in stages for Westmoreland Technologyexpansion of its chemical Park II. In Commercemanufacturing and support activities. e company Crossing, the commercialanticipates that when development activities are complete,real estate developmentthe site will support 33 jobs and house multiple buildingsrm plans to build 270,000with a total square footage of 53,200.SF and 233,000 SF buildings for speculativeXodus Medical Inc. has optioned a warehouse/distribution use. 2.1-acre lot directly across from its When complete, the sites are expectedexisting home in Westmoreland to employ more than 400 people, total. In its letter of intent Business and Research Park. e for a 13.9-acre lot in Tech Park II, Al. Neyer noted thecompany, which currently employs 120 in the park, plans demand for Class A warehouse/distribution space and the to construct a 20,000 SF building for assembly and oceneed for modern spaces with higher ceilings in the I-70space. It anticipates hiring an additional 25 people to workand I-76 area. It intends to construct a 150,000 SF ex/ at the site.industrial building onForest Hills Transfer & Storage Inc., which operates athat site.50,000 SF warehouse in Business & Research Park, has e rm anticipates that facility serving warehousing and/ optioned a 2.12-acre lot adjacent to or light manufacturing uses and employing more thanthe two lots it owns. is lot will 150 workers. support the future expansion of its facility with an additional 48,000 SF of work space.7'