A food-grade processing facility in Detroit, Michigan, is being offered for sale together with a fully equipped vertical farm. The combination of indoor growing infrastructure, harvesting and processing areas, cold storage and industrial real estate is offered to food processors, fresh produce companies and investors looking to expand their production or handling capacity.
SecondBloom Auctions is organizing a sealed-bid sale of the Planted Detroit campus at 6301 E. Lafayette Street and 1050 Mt. Elliott Street in Detroit’s East Industrial corridor. The offering includes two renovated industrial buildings totaling 37,637 square feet on 1.49 acres, sold together with the complete controlled-environment agriculture and food-processing installation.

More information about the facility and the sale is available at SecondBloom Auctions.

Planted Detroit started operations in 2018 and developed into Michigan’s largest vertical farm. The company is winding down operations in November 2026. Between 2019 and 2023, approximately $16.9 million in gross assets were added to the campus.

These assets include two automated NFT growing systems, 98 Pipp Horticulture mobile vertical grow racks, a full nursery, a harvest room, food-grade processing space and cold storage. The facility also has dedicated grow-room HVAC and standby generation. Its growing canopy covers approximately 28,000 square feet, and it holds USDA Harmonized GAP Plus+ certification.

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Opportunities for food businesses
While the installation offers an opportunity for another operator to take over an established indoor farm, the processing and storage infrastructure could also be relevant to companies that do not intend to continue vertical farming. The existing facilities provide a starting point for businesses looking to combine food production, handling and processing at one location.

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“This is a rare chance to acquire a commissioned indoor farm without the two-year build,” says Blake Lange, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of SecondBloom Auctions. “The infrastructure here, including the automated PARS systems, the irrigation and lighting systems and the food-grade processing space, would cost many multiples of the real estate value to replicate. We expect interest from CEA operators, food processors and industrial users alike.”
The campus consists of two renovated, sprinklered buildings with clear heights of up to 22 feet. The five parcels are zoned M2 Restricted and M3 General Industrial, allowing food processing, manufacturing, warehousing and laboratory uses by right. The property is also located within an Opportunity Zone and offers direct access to I-75 and I-375.
The sale is being conducted as a single package through a sealed-bid process.

More information about the facility and the sale is available at SecondBloom Auctions.