LISA SCHEID | Business Trends ReporterTuesday Rock Lititz announced it had purchased 38.369 acres in Warwick Township for an undisclosed price.
The parcel is nearly all of the High Sports complex at 727 Furnace Hills Pike.
In announcing the purchase, Rock Lititz representatives said former property owner Samuel High, 90, will retain a 1-acre parcel that operates a car wash and spring water vending system, which will continue to be open to the public. Tokens for the batting cages and driving range, which ceased operations on Monday, will be honored at the car wash. A message left for High at the facility was not returned Tuesday.
The High Sports complex property is zoned commercial and industrial. County property records do not yet reflect the transaction with Rock Lititz.
Rock Lititz President & CEO Andrea Shirk said Rock Lititz has no immediate plans for its use of the property, which is on the side opposite of Rock Lititz on Furnace Hills Pike north of East Newport Road, less than a mile from Rock Lititz.
“We will explore the possibilities of how best to complement our 108-acre campus of businesses, education facility and rehearsal studios that support the live event industry,” Shirk said.
Shirk said Rock Lititz remains on track to welcome the Academy of Live Technology in late spring to its own building on campus, offering immersive industry training in a four-year bachelor of fine arts program in partnership with Lancaster city-based Pennsylvania College of Art & Design.
In the last year, Rock Lititz has been the site of more than $25 million in construction, including expansion of its hotel and adding a 400,000 square foot building.
A master plan created last year showed a 400,000-square-foot building at 301 Rock Lititz Boulevard, known as Pod 3. There are no immediate development plans for that area.
Rock Lititz also has no immediate plans for the 13-acre former Specialty Bakers site, which lies adjacent to the campus at 560 Furnace Hills Pike.
