Which glass company owns what property is in the process of changing a bit along Crystal Avenue in Vineland, a sprawl of legacy and active manufacturing and storage facilities.
The prospective ownership changes were disclosed during testimony at a recent Planning Board hearing on behalf of Gerresheimer Glass Inc. The board then approved a minor subdivision for 527 Crystal Avenue, on the east side of the avenue near Cambridge Place.
Gerresheimer Glass wants to sell several developed acres from the 4.9-acre site, including a large building, to a New York company involved in warehousing. The city is offering financing to complement bank financing on the proposed sale.
Separately, Corning Pharmaceutical Glass later on would acquire from Gerresheimer about 1.1 acres, from the same property, to roll into its already considerable holdings in the area. Past furnace operations left petroleum hydrocarbons in the soil and a sale would come at some point during a planned remediation, however.