His Connecticut-based BlueCup Ventures has a plan that would drastically alter the landscape.
BlueCup wants to build as many as four large warehouses on both sides of the highway that could create as many as 2,000 jobs.
But heâs not the only developer who wants to invest in Greater Hazleton.
Randolphâs project is one of eight larger industrial projects that are in various stages of development in southern Luzerne and northern Schuylkill counties.
Together, those projects could yield at least 19 new warehouse/industrial buildings and combine for nearly 17.7 million square feet of construction â the equivalent of 369 football fields, according to information that developers and local officials released in recent months.