Fairfield, Calif.-based Jelly Belly Candy Co. will move its distribution operations from Pleasant Prairie to Tennessee.
The company plans to sell the 233,000-square-foot Pleasant Prairie building, constructed in 2000 on a 40-acre site at 10100 Jelly Belly Lane. Until the move occurs the facility will continue to host public tours.
“Tours continue per usual and we have a full schedule of events this summer,” said Jelly Belly spokeswoman Jana Sanders Perry. “The company ultimately plans to move distribution to Tennessee, but there’s no timeline for that yet. We don’t have any other announcements at this time.”
The Jelly Belly property in Pleasant Prairie has an assessed value of about $14 million, according to Kenosha County records.
The Kenosha County industrial real estate market had a vacancy rate of 3.45 percent in the fourth quarter of 2014 and absorbed 698,300 square feet of space during the quarter and 1.5 million square feet of space during all of 2014, according to Xceligent data.
