Another project is being teed up at Gastonia's Franklin Urban Sports and Entertainment District.

Gold Bond Building Products will invest a total of $90 million in an expansion of its Mount Holly facility. 

Newell Brands has opened its 1.5 million-square-foot distribution facility in Gaston County.

DePalo Foods is investing $6.9 million to expand its Belmont operations. 

IDI Logistics purchased a 25-acre site between Gastonia and Dallas for the development of a more than 300,000-square-foot industrial building. 

Premix Group, a Finland-based plastics manufacturer, held a groundbreaking ceremony with local leaders for its $47 million facility at Apple Creek Corporate Center. 

Häns Kissle, a fresh and prepared foods processor owned by Japanese industrial holding company Mitsui & Co., established a manufacturing facility designed and built by Gray in Gastonia, N.C., as a part of the customer’s five-year plan. “The U.S. is the center of growth on the planet,” says Yohei Sugimoto, senior vice president for Häns Kissle. “A strong economy and increasing population will keep driving that growth. We wanted to capture that.”

More development activity is heading to the South Gateway area of Mount Holly, NC.