6 miles: Amount of conveyor belts in the building.
32,000: Cubic yards of concrete used.
33,000: Tons of asphalt required.
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$77.5 million: How much the Gabriel Brothers Inc. project cost.
250: Current number of employees.
800 to 1,000: Gabe’s goal for full- and part-time jobs in Springfield over the next five years.
15: Number of states with Gabe’s stores the Springfield center will serve.
10: Years the company will get a 1.488% state job creation tax credit.
20: Number of Gabe’s retail stores in Ohio, with one possibly coming to Springfield soon.
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