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Hudson Logistics Center

By Tom Farrelly - Hudson | Apr 10, 2021

About six years ago Hudson had been short-listed by United Technologies Corp/Pratt & Whitney (UTC/P&W) for a 600,000 square foot logistics center, but UTC/P&W decided to locate in Londonderry instead. They preferred Hudson but would have required a variance to exceed the Town’s 38-foot building height restriction.

The development trend was calling for taller buildings with more internal ‘clear height,’ so the Planning Board unanimously voted to pursue this change. In 2017, having already approved a 50-foot building height in Sagamore Industrial Park, Hudson voters overwhelmingly (70% Yes/30% No) passed a 50-foot height for several other undeveloped industrially zoned parcels, including the 375-acre Green Meadow Golf Course.

Today, Hillwood Enterprises’ Hudson Logistics Center proposes three buildings at Green Meadow, two to be occupied by Amazon. Amazon will create 1,400 new direct jobs offering full health insurance benefits including dental and college tuition reimbursement. The Hudson Logistics Center will also create 1,100 in-direct jobs. Twenty-five hundred new jobs with more than $80 million in annual wages will have an enormous, positive impact on Hudson and southern NH’s economy. Also, as we all learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, our families rely on an efficient e-commerce supply chain for our essential necessities, including food.

The projected real estate tax revenue will be $5.4 million annually. Further, more than 60% of the site will remain open green space, including an easement to permanently conserve 120 acres.

No other proposal for this site has or will come close to offering the Hudson Logistics Center’s benefits, especially the berm and buffer system that will mitigate impacts for neighbors.

The economic development success the citizens of Hudson voted for, and the Planning Board worked to secure, has materialized in the proposed Hudson Logistics Center.

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