Parts of the former Miller Brewery in Volney will be renovated over the next few years and leased it to companies for warehousing and manufacturing.
OSWEGO COUNTY
Redevelopment of former Miller Brewery, expansion of industrial park among top projects for 2023 By Ken Sturtz
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DJ Properties, a company controlled by businessman Michael Tormey’s family, purchased a 67-acre portion of the former Miller Brewery in Volney in March 2022 for $5.5 million. They plan is to renovate 786,000 square feet of space, mostly the main building at the complex, over the next few years and lease it to companies for warehousing and manufacturing. Ever since it closed 30 years ago, economic developments officials have been trying to redevelop the site, with varying degrees of success. Most of the proposed business ventures there haven’t panned out over the long term and the massive main building had gone unused for so long that portions of the roof had rotted away.
The Tormey family has already proven their strategy on a smaller scale. Over the last two years, they purchased and renovated the former can-making plant just north of the Miller complex. An electrical parts distributor signed a lease and plans to move into the 130,000-square-foot space this spring. The investment will save the building from the wrecking ball and create a large amount of versatile space close to where semiconductor manufacturer Micron plans to build a plant. “That’s really going to be an exciting and hot project in 2023,” said Austin Wheelock, executive director of Operation Oswego County. “It’s going to be a huge opportunity and huge selling point for Oswego County.”
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Industrial park expansion and Wastewater treatment plant upgrades in Phoenix The 135-acre L. Michael Treadwell Oswego County Industrial Park just off of Route 481 in Schroeppel has been slowly filling up with businesses over the years. But when EJ USA took a major parcel to build a 71,000-square-foot fabrication facility a few years ago, it became obvious that the industrial park was running out of space. So economic development officials went looking for land to expand the park. After several years of negotiations, the Oswego County Industrial Development Agency bought 185 acres of adjacent land in 2021 for $1.1 million.
