Two projects totaling $32 million in private-sector investment in West Seneca and Tonawanda received more than $1.37 million in combined tax breaks from the Erie County Industrial Development Agency to support a new pasta production line and manufacturing of renewable natural gas equipment, respectively.
Rosina Food Products wants to expand its existing pasta manufacturing plant at 75 Empire Drive with a 12,000-square-foot addition to accommodate a new ravioli production line, while also renovating and reconfiguring some office space in the former Lender’s Bagels bakery building-turned-warehouse to provide room for employee welfare areas.
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It also plans to renovate a vacant former Lifetime Health medical facility at 130 Empire Drive into an office building for employees displaced by the manufacturing expansion, and to handle future administrative growth. That includes future research and development, supply chain, sales, marketing and its Rosina University training.
The $16 million project – including $7 million for the building addition and $6 million for equipment – received $455,000 in sales tax breaks, $218,789 in property tax savings and $75,000 in mortgage-recording tax relief. The company plans to retain 274 jobs at the site while creating 15 new ones. In all, it employs 617 at all of its Western New York locations.
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