"We have had an overwhelming response since we announced we weretaking bids. More than 25 companies have contacted us. Sixcompanies are going to look at the site," Adam Marek, president ofBeacon Redevelopment, tells GlobeSt.com. "We're going to beinterested in those companies with experience with brick andmetal."

Investors built the glass factory in 1889, where its famed milkglass operation was housed until 1984 when the company went out ofbusiness. Hempfield Township supervisors have tried to have thebuildings torn down for the past 13 years, according to Marek. In2006, the township ordered the 16-acre site to be razed. Marek saysthere has been no opposition to tearing down the facility. Beaconacquired the site last month.

[IMGCAP(2)]"We have several ideas in mind of what we want to dowith the site. The township is interested in a small industrialpark or an alternative energy plant such as an ethanol-typefacility," Marek says. "We're definitely going to put somethingproductive into that area, maybe a factory of some sort."