BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The former home of a vertical farm in Bethlehem is being transformed into a production facility for a specialty meats manufacturer.
A sign outside 1025 Feather Way indicates the 156,000-square-foot building’s next tenant will be MAYA Meat.
MAYA’s website lists the address as the future home of its factory, with a planned opening of August 2027.
Bowery Farms abruptly ceased production at the site about two years ago. 104 employees were laid off, according to a WARN Act notice filed at the time.
Bowery was founded in 2015 and grew a variety of leafy greens and herbs, as well as strawberries, that were sold in grocery stores and retailers around the country, such as Whole Foods and Walmart.
The company, based in New York, also had indoor farms in Maryland and New Jersey that closed alongside the Bethlehem location.
The Feather Way property is inside Lehigh Valley Industrial Park VII on land formerly belonging to Bethlehem Steel near Interstate 78 and Route 412.
The site is owned by New Jersey-based developer J.G. Petrucci, who purchased it from Lehigh Valley Industrial Park in 2020 for $1.5 million, according to Northampton County records.
According to its website, MAYA Meats is developing its future factory as a halal dedicated production environment, with no pork accepted or processed.
The site will support commercial production of processed meats, gyros, shawarma, and döner, the website says, with up to 48 million pounds of planned annual production capacity.
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