When All-American Bottled Water Co. acquired it in 2004 fromMiller Brewing Co. for $14 million, the property totaled 176 acresand included seven buildings totaling approximately 1 million sfincluding the historic brew house, as well as substantial waterrights. As it comes to market today, All-American is no longer theowner, the property is now closer to 136 acres, the total builtenvironment closer to 890,000 sf, and the water rights are in theprocess of being condemned by the cities of Tumwater, Lacey andOlympia.

"We will bring this to market in pieces; there's zoning in placefor retail, office, light industrial and even multifamily," TomGorman, one of the listing brokers, tells GlobeSt.com. "The bottomline is it will get sold."

All American Bottled Water Corp. and its president, L. EricWhetstone, purchased the property with financing provided by R.E.Loans LLC of Lafayette, CA, and Pensco Trust Co., which administersthe retirement account of Barney Ng, a principal of R.E. Loans whoalso individually loaned money to All-American, according tomultiple sources. Ng also is a principal of Bar K Inc., a privatemortgage banking company also based in Lafayette.

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