Monsanto grows closer to greenhouse opening
Raytheon gets bigger. Caterpillar comes to town. Amazon to build and hire thousands. Southern Arizona isn’t doing too bad lately in the big-name department.
Another big name bringing major economic impact to the area has done so more quietly after purchasing a large chunk of land (over 150 acres) along Twin Peaks and Sanders Road in the Marana area with the intent to build a 7-acre, under-glass greenhouse and seed production facility to produce the next generation of corn.
Project construction for the Monsanto facility is nearing the halfway point on the 30-foot-tall steel and glass edifice in the desert. On a recent visit, 160 area contractors were hammering and welding under a $125 million construction contract (in addition to the $4 million it took to purchase the property itself).
