Asking Price: $5,500,000.00
112+ Total Acres Highbush Blueberries and Packing Facility
400 Acres – Cohen Lee Road Property
112+ Acres Highbush Berries
Varieties:
38.55 acres San Joaquin (35 acres under frost protection, remainder under wind machines) (planted 12/9/2014)
36.9 acres Farthing (under wind machines) (planted 1/12/2015)
35.2 acres Legacy (6.41 acres under wind machines) (planted 12/23/2014)
0.6 acre Abundance (under frost protection) (planted 12/13/2014)
1.5 acre test plot (under frost protection)
4 Orchard Rite Wind Machines with propane Ford 10 cylinder industrial engines
4” Deep Well
2.5 acre irrigation pond (10’ deep) with re-fill assistance from 12” deep well
12” Deep Well for all drip irrigation/fertigation with 3 stage filtration system and computerized fertigation system
30’ x 108’ Metal Building including work bays/shop, office with full bath, 2 worker restrooms, irrigation/fertigation room, car lift
22’ x 35’ Harvester Shelter
18’ x 22’ Concrete floored, reinforced wooden sided compost shelter
2 permanent restroom buildings (2 toilet stalls each)
20’ x 40’ Shelter over cargo container chemical storage
8 foot deer fence – conventional fence with barbed-wire strands surrounding 158 acres (17,225 feet fenced perimeter)
3 Phase Electric Power
64+ acres 5 yr old planted pines
15 acres inside fence ready to plant
97= acres outside fence could be planted
75 acres marginal wet land per David A. Ferrell, retired NRCS registered forester; the NRCS determination shows the total maximum acres available for blueberry expansion (NW and WX) to be 232.1 acres. When the frost protection pond and other possible buffer areas are removed, there should still be at least 210 acres available for expansion outside the fenced area.
Property is currently in the first year of a 3 year pollinator project with University of Georgia. Wildflower planting area is outside of fenced area.
41 Acres – GA State Route 64 Property
Overhead Frost Protection on 8 acres with 50 HP electric pump
3 Phase Electric Power
4” Deep Well (7.5 HP)
(4) Barrack style labor houses – capacity 110, satellite TV service and 3 security cameras
(2) 2 apartment military style double wide housing units – current USDOL capacity 24, with screened porches, common shelter, satellite TV service. With minor changes could be approved for 36 capacity.
(3) Single Wide Trailers
0.997 Acre – GA State Route 64 Packing Facility
11,590 Sq. Ft. Foam Insulated Metal Building
Housing raw fruit storage room, receiving, KATO packing room, QC, breakroom, office, restrooms, parts room, shop, electrical room, dehydration area, and two modern packing lines
80 tons cooling capacity
3 Phase Electric Power
(6) Roll up doors, (2) are sealing loading docks
Chain link fencing
3100= Sq. Ft. Sheltered asphalt loading area
4” deep well (3 HP)
9 camera security system
1500+ Sq. Ft. dry storage insulated metal building
Equipment
KATO/CURO Packing Line:
BEI Blower/Cleaner electronic variable speed upgrade (36 inch)
BBC 2.5 color/soft sorter (rental)
KATO Grading System
2020 LUCAi Artificial intelligence module
CURO 12 head fill-by-weight clam filler
Labeling Conveyor
(2 ) Labelers
In-Line inkjet clam printer
Lazy Susan round pack off table with skate wheels
Conventional Packing Line:
BEI Blower/Cleaner electronic variable speed upgrade
BBC 2.5 color/soft sorter (rental)
BBC 2.5 color/soft sorter (rental)
BBC soft sorter
Z Elevator table (18 inch)
Lakewood filler
Labeler
In-line inkjet clam printer
Hamilton ITS check weigher
Lazy Susan round pack off table with skate wheels
Other:
A & B pack off table/conveyor
McKibben pack off table/conveyor
Flat-bed Isuzu truck
True Blue lug washer/sanitizer
(4) Dumpster type trash fruit bins
Dump wagon for trash berries
(2) Hyundai electric forklifts with 2 chargers (2 seasons old)
CAT electric forklift with charger
Dehumidification equipment
(3) Office computers, (5) monitors
(3) Office Printers
Datacard printer
New VariDesk
(3) Receiving and QC computers
(2) Receiving and QC laser printers
(3) Zebra (pallet tag) printers
Screw type air compressor with dryer (2 seasons old)
10,000+ Lugs
Permanently mounted pressure washer with 100 foot hose
Air compressor
(7) filing cabinets
43” Flat Screen TV for employee training
Cardboard compactor
(7) Bird Gard Super Pro AMP Systems
Kubota 2013 M7040HDC- cab tractor with front end loader
New Holland TN 95 cab tractor
Rhino 6’ mower
Hooded herbicide sprayer
Arbus 2000 airblast sprayer
Moffet field fork lift
Calderoni 5’ flail mower
Haven top-load blueberry harvester
(2) Trucks and Trailers
John Deere Gator