A Kansas City area real estate company has purchased the
Harley-Davidson West Campus in Springettsbury Township from the York County
Industrial Development Authority for $4.5 million.
NorthPoint Development, based in Riverside, Mo., is
planning a $40 million development project that will attract a tenant to the
property's 750,000-square-foot building and create more than 650 jobs, YCIDA
said. The NorthPoint deal will not affect the motorcycle manufacturer's plant,
it said.
NorthPoint CEO Nathaniel Hagedorn said in June that the
building would mostly like be used for distribution, manufacturing or
warehousing.
YCIDA purchased the 58-acre property at 1445 Eden Road in
2012 to encourage Harley-Davidson to remain in Pennsylvania. The authority
agreed to split proceeds of the land's sale with the company.
Preparing the site for reuse required environmental
remediation efforts due to the presence of chemicals used in manufacturing, not
just by Harley-Davidson but also by a company that made snowmobiles, golf carts
and bowling equipment there in the 1960s and by the U.S. Navy, which used the
building as a munitions plant in World War II. Harley-Davidson and the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers conducted the cleanup efforts.
"The West Campus project was an opportunity to take
an underutilized site in a strategic location and facilitate the redevelopment
resulting in the highest and best use of the site," YCIDA Chairman Jack
Kay said in a news release Tuesday. "It is another example of the
commitment and dedication that the YCIDA has to improving the York community
and spurring economic growth."
Larry Lapinski, NorthPoint's vice president of
development, said, "NorthPoint's investment in York County was premised on
the strong transportation and logistics network, along with a strong skilled
workforce in the area. From the beginning, we were impressed with the work of
the YCIDA and their ability to make this transaction happen."
Source: Central
Penn Business Journal
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