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Century Ready To Make A Deal On Move-In Ready Industrial Building
July 27, 2014
It’s been about five years since the Town of Century re-acquired the former Helicopter Technology building in the town’s industrial park, and the town still stands ready to make a deal with a future tenant for jobs.
The town purchased the industrial building at public auction for less than $1 out of pocket back in August 2009, following the town’s foreclosure judgment against the now defunct Helicopter Technology.
Century’s mayor, Freddie McCall, still has high hopes for the future growth of his town. And he sees the building as 40,000 square feet of space that would be just perfect for a company looking to locate and grow on the Gulf Coast.
“It has a lot of office space up front,” he said. “It has a little kitchen here with a microwave.”
He knows the real estate sales pitch on the building — “Immaculate 40,000 square foot office/warehouse building. Enterprise and free trade zone. All under climate control. Fully sprinkled. Eight HVAC units, 10 restrooms, two loading docks and three phase power. Priced to move.”
“It’s ready to go,” McCall said of the building. “Fairly heavy duty electrical wiring. Air conditioning. Plenty of room. It has great potential.”
The biggest potential of the building, according to the mayor, is the fact that it’s move-in ready. He said that would allow a company to become operational quickly, rather than waiting for permits and construction of a new facility.
“Things are looking up in Century,” he said. “We are ready for a company to become part of the excitement.”
Pictured top: Century Mayor Freddie McCall on the empty plant floor in the old Helicopter Technology Building in the Century Industrial Park. Pictured inset: McCall believes the building could be key to the grown of Century. Pictured below: The building, repurchased by the town at a foreclosure auction in August 2009, still sits empty. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
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3 Responses to “Century Ready To Make A Deal On Move-In Ready Industrial Building”
Hope something comes soon so i can try to get on tired of driving to Atmore everyday.
Airbus supplier? Don’t we wish.
Look around any of our local towns. Do we really have a workforce capable of high tech manufacturing??
We are a third world community. Resources are exported. Lumber is manufactured. Paper is produced. Beyond that there are no value added timber products produced.
Modern international commerce provides an advanced tutorial on the need to attract international conglomerates to the area. It’s all about the money and maybe Century should try to grab some of the Air Bus pie. After all, Century has rail links, close to two ports and two interstates.