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Empty Facilities Hard To Sell

OFFICE WAREHOUSE BUILDINGS OFTEN LEFT BEHIND AFTER BUSINESSES CLOSE

Posted: October 2, 2011 at 5:29 a.m.

Jeremy Fretueg, left, and Austin Gann work on shipments Wednesday at Acumen Brands’ warehouse in Fayetteville. The company recently moved from a 15,000-square-foot workspace to a 60,000-square-foot building in a former Coca-Cola bottling plant.

When a new manufacturer builds a facility and moves to town, everyone celebrates.

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Employees at Acumen Brands, an e-commerce company, work in the office Wednesday at the company’s facility at 2429 N. Gregg Av... (By: Photo by Samantha Baker)

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Business, Pages 9 on 10/02/2011

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