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In May 2015, Tami Longaberger, who had led the company since Dave died in 1999, [6] resigned as chief executive officer and director of the company. [12] In February 2016, the company said it would sell the Basket Building and move its employees to Longaberger's factory in Frazeysburg, Ohio. [13]
The owner of the former Longaberger basket building in Newark no longer wants to sell, but a lawsuit states the building was already under contract.
Potential buyers are apparently electing not to put all their dollars in an Ohio office building shaped like a household item -- and on the market for $5M.
Dave W. Longaberger (1934–1999) was an American businessman who founded the now-defunct Longaberger Company, which made handcrafted maple wood baskets and accessories and became notable in the Newark, Ohio area for the "Big Basket Building" that became the company headquarters in 1997. [1]
The Longaberger Company former corporate headquarters. Newark is the site of several major manufacturers. Holophane, founded in 1898, is one of the world's oldest manufacturers of lighting-related products. The main factory of Owens Corning Fiberglas is also located in Newark. State Farm Insurance has Regional Headquarters here.
The classic handcrafted baskets by Longaberger — for years, a company based in a distinctive basket-shaped building in Ohio — typifies the collectibles market: They surged in value in the ...
Longaberger installed a new roof on the structure and increased security with the intention of restoring the home as a future Longaberger Basket Company headquarters building. Upon choosing instead to construct the new headquarters of the company in Newark, Ohio, he placed the mansion restoration project on hold.
It's owned by Tami Longaberger, the chief executive of the famous basket-makers, Longaberger Co. Listed at $15 million, the Georgian estate on 200 acres comes with a whopping 38,000 square feet of ...