By Maureen Werther
The former Native Textiles building in Glens Falls, which has stood vacant for the past 10 years, is under new ownership and has welcomed medical device maker AngioDynamics as the first tenant of the 116,000-square-foot facility.
Native Textiles was a significant employer in the Glens Falls region, supplying fabrics to active-wear and intimate apparel manufacturers. It employed approximately 85 people at the Native Drive location, and more employees at the nearby knitting mill on Warren Street, which also shut down.
The acquisition of the old textile mill was the result of a sustained effort on the part of EDC Warren County and commercial real estate broker Steven Borgos of Howard Hanna Realty to find a buyer for the property and position it to again contribute to the economic growth of the region.
The building is situated on a 33-acre parcel of land located off Carey Road, about a mile west of Northway Exit 18.