Stalking Horse Bidder Under $23M Contract for Lexington Agricultural Complex

A&G Real Estate Partners and Murray Wise Associates, LLC are under contract with a stalking horse bidder in the receivership sale of a 1.9-million-square-foot greenhouse and agricultural warehouse complex on 151 acres in Paris, KY.

The bidder has entered into an asset purchase agreement for $22.5 million. Competing bids, which must meet or exceed $22.85 million, are due by the close of business on January 31. 

A&G and Murray Wise Associates are also accepting bids on a nearby 50,587-square-foot manufacturing and warehouse facility. Sealed bids for that asset are due before the close of business on Tuesday, February 1.

The assets were previously used as part of AgTech Scientific’s hemp-growing and CBD-production operations in KY.

The asset sales are being conducted on behalf of Aurora Management Partners, Inc., the Receiver for AgTech Scientific Group, LLC; Color Point, LLC and other affiliates, as part of a federal receivership case pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Lexington Division. The ultimate sales will be subject to approval by the federal receivership court.