Central Pennsylvania gives companies efficient access to major U.S. and Canadian markets through an uncongested logistics network of highways, railways, and airports designed to move products quickly and reliably.
Location
Explore The Region
A world apart in the center of it allCentral Pennsylvania has a strategic northeast location to major markets but offers access to talent, education and training, infrastructure, energy, livability, and a resource ecosystem for long term investment success. Central PA is a location where you can have breakfast at home and drive to a lunch meeting in Baltimore, New York City, Washington D.C., Philadelphia or Pittsburgh with time to spare.
Central Pennsylvania offers a powerful combination of strategic location, transportation access, available industrial and commercial real estate, skilled talent, reliable infrastructure, competitive business advantages, and outstanding quality of life.
The Focus Central PA region includes Mifflin, Centre, Union, Snyder, Northumberland, Montour, and Columbia counties. Together, these communities provide the location, logistics, workforce, infrastructure, industry diversity, education, and regional partnerships needed to support smart economic growth.
Whether your team is evaluating sites, comparing market data, reviewing transportation connections, exploring workforce resources, or learning more about living and working in Central Pennsylvania, this section is designed to help you understand the advantages of the region and connect with the resources needed to make confident location and expansion decisions.
A Strategic Northeast Location
Central Pennsylvania offers strong transportation access through rail service, major highways, regional and international airport connections, and major infrastructure investments.
Transportation
Central Pennsylvania offers skilled, dependable talent supported by a strong education and training ecosystem, creating career pathways that help businesses find the workforce they need to grow and succeed.
Talent
Focus Central Pennsylvania is a resource to assist project teams in understanding infrastructure for site development in Central Pennsylvania.
Infrastructure
Central Pennsylvania, is home to a robust talent pool of more than 290,000 people well-prepared to support business success.
Economy
Pennsylvania is an energy abundant state with a significant history of energy production and innovation, standing as the third largest energy producer in the United States overall.
EnergyIndustrial & Commercial Real Estate Market
Focus Central Pennsylvania has partnered with Lee & Associates of Eastern Pennsylvania to create and release a Quarterly Industrial Market Report for the North Central Pennsylvania real estate market.
Industrial land asking prices across the Focus Central Pennsylvania region are currently ranging from approximately $40,000 to $110,000 per acre, depending on site readiness, infrastructure, location, and development potential. Market activity remains steady, with several large industrial properties recently sold or placed under contract.
Point Township Industrial Site - Northumberland County, PA
- 101-acre site (approximately 70 buildable acres) listed at $5.5 million, or approximately $54,455 per acre. The property recently received a $5.7 million PA SITES grant to advance shovel-ready improvements.
SEEDCO Industrial Park - Mount Carmel, PA
- Asking approximately $100,000 per acre. The property has generated strong interest but no formal offers to date. Ownership has indicated flexibility in pricing despite maintaining a higher public asking price.
Great Stream Commons, Lot 16 - Allenwood, PA
- 37-acre industrial site listed at $2.5 million, or approximately $67,568 per acre.
Sunbury Industrial Site (Brownfield) - Sunbury, PA
- 21.04-acre brownfield site listed at $2 million, or approximately $95,057 per acre. The property has received interest and lower-price discussions, but no full-price offers.
Several large industrial properties in the region have recently sold or entered into agreements:
- Northumberland County, PA
- 111-acre site previously listed at approximately $110,000 per acre
- 443-acre site previously listed at approximately $100,000 per acre
Final sale prices for both transactions have not yet been disclosed.
- Northumberland County, PA
- 9.7-acre rail-served brownfield site under final sale for $275,000, or approximately $28,350 per acre
- Union County, PA
- 164.27-acre site previously listed at $7 million, or approximately $42,613 per acre
- 56-acre site previously listed at $6 million, or approximately $107,143 per acre
Notably, the 56-acre Union County property saw a substantial increase in value following the 2022 sale of the nearby Kling Farm along I-80, which sold for approximately $18 million for roughly 170 acres.
For industrial ground leases, the regional market is currently seeing rates around:
- Approximately $100 per month per trailer
- Approximately $1,000 per acre annually for land leases
Overall, site owners across the region continue to demonstrate flexibility, with pricing often negotiated based on project scope, infrastructure requirements, location, and long-term development potential.