The Ashabhai Group of Companies will invest $23 million to construct a 70,000 square feet office space and distribution centre including a 20,000 square feet cold storage facility in Voivoi subdivision in Nadi to serve their customers in the Western Division.
The management is expecting to create additional employment of 70 to 80 employees.
The company says economic activities resulting from this facility during the construction phase and thereafter will benefit the local community.
The Ashabhai Group of Companies says it has confidence in the country's growth prospects and believes there is light at the end of the tunnel in the wake of global pandemic outbreak.
Founder of the company, the late Ashabhai Purshottam Patel started the business in 1958 and the company currently provides employment to around 450 employees.
