Turnkey Food & Beverage Processing Campus: Cutrale Citrus Processing Facility & Real Estate

Offering Type: Exclusive Private Treaty Sale (Real Estate + Complete Processing & Infrastructure Assets)

Location: 📍 Leesburg, Florida (Lake County / Central Florida Industrial Corridor)

Facility Footprint: Multi-Building Industrial Food & Beverage Campus on Substantial Industrial Acreage

Site Status: Available Immediately for Turnkey Purchase, Operating Acquisition, or Major Asset Carve-Out

Inspection: Strictly by Appointment

Executive Acquisition Overview

AssetBuilt has been authorized to direct the exclusive Private Treaty offering of the world-class citrus processing, juice extraction, and beverage manufacturing campus operated by Cutrale in Leesburg, Florida.

Positioned in the heart of Florida’s agricultural and logistics corridor, this offering represents an institutional acquisition opportunity encompassing both the heavy industrial food-grade real estate and the complete facility equipment battery. Designed for high-throughput commercial processing, bulk juice extraction, aseptic blending, by-product handling, and cold-chain logistics, the facility features massive multi-megawatt power infrastructure, central ammonia refrigeration, heavy steam generation, and industrial wastewater treatment capabilities.  

Transaction Flexibility: Qualified buyers are invited to submit acquisition proposals for the complete turnkey campus (Real Estate + Machinery & Infrastructure) or structured bulk asset acquisitions.

Real Estate & Campus Infrastructure Highlights

• Food-Grade Processing Campus: Multi-building industrial complex featuring sanitary production bays, stainless steel drainage networks, washdown environments, clean rooms, and high-bay warehousing.
• Heavy Utility & Steam Generation: On-site boiler plant headlined by a massive Nebraska industrial steam boiler rated at 110,000 lbs/hr, supporting extensive thermal process loops, CIP systems, and facility heating.  
• Massive Power Distribution: Multi-megawatt industrial electrical service backed by ABB, Siemens, and Square D substations, step-down transformers, switchgear, motor control centers (MCCs), and plant-wide distribution.  
• Industrial Cold Storage & Ammonia Refrigeration: Heavy-capacity industrial refrigeration systems featuring Vilter/Frick multi-stage compressors, condensers, chilled liquid heat exchangers, and extensive cold-storage holding space.
• Wastewater & Environmental Discharge: Built-in industrial process water handling and treatment infrastructure engineered to support high-volume food and beverage washing, extraction, and sanitization cycles.
• Central Florida Logistics Corridor: Immediate arterial proximity to Florida’s Turnpike, US-27, US-441, and I-4, providing streamlined freight connections across the state and to major regional distribution hubs.

Core Machinery & Process Equipment Battery

The offering includes an extensive asset inventory spanning primary fruit intake to final bulk storage and by-product processing:

1. Juice Extraction & Fruit Receiving Lines

• Automated fruit receiving, grading, de-stemming, washing, and sanitizing conveyors.
• Industrial-scale mechanical fruit extractors, juice finishing systems, and pulp-recovery centrifuges.
• Sanitary stainless steel positive displacement pumps, flow meters, and stainless process piping headers.

2. Process, Blending & Evaporation Infrastructure

• High-capacity multi-stage juice evaporation lines and heat exchange systems.
• Extensive battery of sanitary 304/316 stainless steel holding tanks, blending vessels, agitated process tanks, and CIP skids.
• In-line pasteurizers, deaerators, and sterile process piping manifolds.

3. By-Product & Citrus Feed Processing

• Complete citrus peel and by-product drying systems, hammer mills, and pelletizing lines.
• Essential oil extraction, separation, and purification equipment.
• Spent biomass conveyors, feed storage silos, and bulk load-out systems.

4. Electrical, Substation & Plant Utilities

• Nebraska 110,000 lb/hr industrial steam boiler with auxiliary feed-water systems and blowdown tanks.
• Industrial air compressor rooms with desiccant dryers and air receivers.
• ABB, Siemens, and Square D switchgear, motor control centers (MCCs), and automated Allen-Bradley/Siemens PLC systems.  

5. Material Handling & Warehouse Logistics

• Modern material handling equipment, electric and LP forklifts, and reach trucks.
• High-density industrial pallet racking, staging bays, and drive-in refrigerated racking.
• Multiple covered truck loading docks equipped with levelers and seals.

Private Treaty Guidelines & Acquisition Process

• Offering Mechanism: Negotiated Private Treaty. All proposals are subject to seller approval and formal contract execution.  
• Confidential Due Diligence: Site survey maps, architectural layouts, utility one-lines, equipment lists, and environmental reports will be released to qualified parties upon execution of a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA).
• Inspections: Comprehensive technical walkthroughs and on-site plant inspections are conducted strictly by appointment with AssetBuilt’s project management team.
• Proposal Submission: Written Letters of Intent (LOI) should outline buyer credentials, transaction scope (turnkey real estate + assets or major equipment carve-out), proof of capital, and target closing timeline.

Acquisition Inquiries & Data Room Access

For confidential discussions, data room access, or to schedule a private site inspection:

• 📞 Direct Inquiries: (213) 753-3875
• ✉️ Confidential Email: info@assetbuilt.com

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