GM's Plant May Be Reborn as Distribution Center

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PITTSBURGH-General Motors Corp. has placed its estimated 500,000-sf, metal-stamping auto parts plant in suburban West Mifflin on the selling block, a move that could evolve into a new use for the structure as a regional distribution center, area industrial real estate brokers tell GlobeSt.com.

GM officials confirmed Aug. 16 they are trying to find a buyer for the 56-year-old Allegheny County plant. If a buyer isn’t found, GM plans to close the plant in December, as it initially announced in November 2005. The planned sale and shutdown is part of the automaker’s nationwide strategy to close 11 plants across the US and Canada in a move to halt its growing financial losses, the company previously said.