An exterior view of the Anheuser-Busch brewing facility in Fairfield, Calif. (By way of Google Streetview)
Simply a few months after Anheuser-Busch introduced it might be closing its Fairfield facility and ceasing manufacturing within the Bay Space, the world’s largest brewing firm is now planning to place its 170-acre Budweiser manufacturing unit in the marketplace.
The San Francisco Enterprise Instances first reported the information that the beer large, which had been working the landmark manufacturing unit on the facet of Interstate 80 since 1976, has tapped actual property companies agency Cushman & Wakefield to market the ability forward of its slated closure on Feb. 22. The property at 3103 Busch Dr. will not be but named among the many listings for lease on Cushman & Wakefield’s web site; SFGATE reached out to the agency, in addition to Anheuser-Busch, for extra info and didn’t instantly hear again.
In December, Anheuser-Busch introduced it had “taken steps to replace and modernize our U.S. manufacturing operations” over the past 5 years, investing almost $2 billion within the 100 services it manages throughout the nation. After a “thorough overview,” the corporate determined to shutter the Bay Space plant. It’s also closing a brewery in New Hampshire and promoting one other plant in New Jersey, finally shifting manufacturing to different services.
“These adjustments will allow us to take a position much more in our remaining operations and in our portfolio of rising, industry-leading manufacturers,” an Anheuser-Busch spokesperson instructed SFGATE through e-mail on the time.
In response to a WARN discover, 238 workers have been laid off from the plant; the corporate instructed SFGATE that each one of them could be supplied full-time roles at different vegetation throughout the nation. The information adopted the closure of the Anheuser-Busch’s Oakland distribution middle in 2022, when 142 different workers misplaced their jobs.
Fairfield Mayor Catherine Moy wrote on Fb that the lack of the ability could be “staggering,” estimating tax losses to be round $10.7 million for the native authorities and $8.9 million for the state. “It’s devastating,” she mentioned in a Dec. 12 submit. “We’re most involved concerning the of us who’re shedding their jobs or having to relocate. My coronary heart aches for them.”
SFGATE tried to succeed in Moy for touch upon the plant going up on the market and what the property may develop into sooner or later however didn’t hear again by time of publication.
Anheuser-Busch is owned by Belgium’s AB InBev, which turned the biggest brewing firm on the planet following the acquisition in 2008. Anheuser-Busch is headquartered in St. Louis, and the corporate makes Budweiser, Stella Artois, Bud Gentle, Michelob Extremely and Rolling Rock beers.