Former Ainsworth Plant Sells to Michigan Company

Posted at: 10/16/2012 10:55 PM
By: Renee Passal

nullThere's good economic news for the Grand Rapids area. A Marquette, Michigan-based company is buying the former Ainsworth plant property.

According to the Itasca Economic Development Corporation, J.M. Longyear, LLC is the buyer. They plan on turning the property into a sustainable industrial project.

They'll likely take ownership by the end of 2014. Currently the area is called the Itasca Eco Industrial Park.

Ainsworth closed in 2008.

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