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Pepsi: Purchase headquarters renovation will create 1,250 jobs

PepsiCo headquarters in Purchase is photographed the day

Photo credit: Xavier Mascarenas | PepsiCo headquarters in Purchase is photographed the day the company announced a $240 million renovation focusing on infrastructure and the interior of the property. (Oct. 26, 2012)

PepsiCo's quarter-billion-dollar plan to renovate its Purchase headquarters is poised to jump-start the region's moribund construction sector, which lost 7.7 percent -- or 2,600 -- jobs in the 12 months since October 2011, officials said.

The construction project, scheduled to launch in the first quarter of 2013, will create 1,250 construction jobs lasting 2 1/2 years, the soft-drink giant...

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