website<\/a> lists the address as the future home of its factory, with a planned opening of August 2027.<\/p>\nBowery 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.<\/p>\n
Bowery was founded in 2015 and\u00a0grew 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.<\/p>\n
The company, based in New York, also had indoor farms in Maryland and New Jersey that closed alongside the Bethlehem location.<\/p>\n
The Feather Way property is inside Lehigh Valley Industrial Park VII on land formerly belonging to Bethlehem Steel near Interstate 78 and Route 412.<\/p>\n
The site is owned by New Jersey-based developer\u00a0J.G. Petrucci, who purchased it from Lehigh Valley Industrial Park in 2020 for $1.5 million, according to Northampton County records.<\/p>\n
According to its website, MAYA Meats is developing its future factory as\u00a0a halal dedicated production environment, with no pork accepted or processed.<\/p>\n
The site will support commercial production of processed meats, gyros, shawarma, and d\u00f6ner, the website says, with up to 48 million pounds of planned annual production capacity.<\/p>\n
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