Focus on Visalia industrial park
-May 8,2019-
Treehouse Foods has closed their 38,400sf pretzel plant in the Visalia Industrial Park. The snack foods plant had employed nearly 300. Now there is new twist to the story as the 14 acre property on Goshen Ave has been sold to developer and next door neighbor Butch Oldfield with American Air. Oldfield is a refrigeration contractor and developer of industrial properties.
In the past year Treehouse Foods has closed more plants than they opened as they appear to be in consolidation mode. This was the 4th plant they closed recently.
Treehouse, based in Oak Brook Illinois has some 40 manufacturing facilities in the US, Canada and Italy that make private label food products including snack food.They announced the closure of the Visalia facility more than a year ago.
Oldfield says he has not begun marketing the property but expects that will begin soon. Tenants could be food related or not.
Oldfield has developed the American Industrial Park on the western side of the Visalia Industrial Park with typically smaller size tenants, 5000 to 15,000 sf. This is the same area where Fresno-based developer Pickett Construction is building several new ‘spec’ buildings.
Oldfield has recently built new facilities for Breck’s Electric and Smith’s Promotions.
Candy Distributor & Tortilla maker locate warehouses in Visalia
Candy.com and partner Green Rabbit have opened a distribution warehouse at 2235 N PLAZA DR. The company has several jobs posted online.
Mission Tortillas has opened a warehouse in the Visalia Industrial Park at 7940 West Doe Avenue Visalia, CA 93291.