NEWMAN, GA—Ontario, CA-based Niagara Bottling has acquired a little more than 49 acres of land at the Shenandoah Industrial Park here. The site will be home to its new $57-million, 450,000-square-foot facility.
The deal was announced by brokerage firm Lee & Associates' Atlanta office. Tommy Hiles of Lee & Associates, in conjunction with Paul Earnhart of Lee & Associates' Ontario, CA office, represented the buyer, the nation's largest supplier of private label bottled water, in the transaction. No purchase price for the land acquisition was reported.
The new Niagara Bottling facility will bottle and distribute private label water and related beverages as well as the Niagara label. When the facility opens in late 2014, it will include one high-speed bottling line. Up to four production lines are planned for full build-out. The plant will initially employ 41 people.
“The Shenandoah Industrial Park site is ideal for Niagara Bottling's first facility in Georgia because of its easy access to Interstate 85, proximity to Hartsfield Jackson International Airport and its closeness to Niagara's Southeast customers,” Hiles said. “Niagara Bottling's investment in Coweta County shows that Georgia is a real contender for national companies looking to open new facilities in the Southeast.” He adds that Niagara decided Newnan was the right fit after considering more than a dozen locations in Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama.
Niagara Bottling currently has 18 locations across the United States. The project in Newman is a collaborative effort between Lee & Associates, the Coweta County Development Authority, the Coweta County Water & Sewer Authority and the Georgia Department of Economic Development.
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