Mosack Group industrial project breaks ground in Mint Hill

The Mosack Group broke ground on a new 115,000 square-foot facility in Mint Hill on June 11, as a small crowd gathered to celebrate the ceremonial beginning of the $9.7 million project. Construction was already underway by lead contractors Landmark Builders  and the company is expecting the project to be completed by Nov. 1.

The project will retain 50 existing jobs and bring 21 new jobs to the county over the next five years, according to county economic development officials. The joint effort between the Town of Mint Hill and Mecklenburg County to entice Mosack to build in the community is the first economic development of its kind for Mint Hill.

“There are other towns in the county that take advantage of the opportunity to do economic development projects and I’m happy to see Mint Hill do its first,” said County Commission Chairman George Dunlap. “I hope it isn’t the last. When you think of the millions of dollars this project will cost, you also think of the tax dollars that are coming to Mecklenburg County from this. That is how we fund our schools, that is how we fund our parks. And I’m proud to see y’all remaining in Mecklenburg County these days when you can do business almost anywhere.”

The county will support the investment through a Business Investment Program (BIP) grant of $134,839 over five years. The county estimates an additional $15,600 in sales tax revenue by the end of the grant term. The Town of Mint Hill is providing a grant for $59,015 over five years.

Owner and CEO Glenn Mosack said the assistance from the county was instrumental in locating the project in Mint Hill.

“I have learned more about construction than I ever thought I would during this project,” Mosack said. “But our family’s facilities have always been very aesthetically pleasing to our communities. When we appeared before the council we wanted to make sure it was a project that was designed to be beautiful for our community. We will have higher ceilings than our current building and that will make a huge difference both in appearance and for our operations.”

The Mosack Group imports and sells residential plumbing products to large scale commercial retailers. With the relocation into a new facility, the Mosack Group will be able to onboard new manufacturing lines for PEX pipe extrusion.

“The building plus land costs about $8 million and we will put in about $2 million worth of equipment that will produce PEX piping extrusion,” Mosack said, in a nod toward the major effort to return manufacturing to Mecklenburg County. “We hope this will be one of 8 or 10 lines of piping. Each line after the first will be about $1 million. And we are grading more of the land for an expansion down the road.”

Mint Hill Mayor Brad Simmons said he also hoped it would be one of several new economic development projects for the town.

“Now that we have shown (Chairman) George’s GPS the coordinates of Mint Hill we hope to get you out here more often to what I consider the correct end of Highway 51,” Simmons said. “This was a great project and a lot of the work was done before I became Mayor but I get the privilege of announcing this project and taking all the credit. I hope it is the first of many.”