Baltimore Sun Printing Plant Property Is Sold for $46.5 Million

PORT COVINGTON, MD—December 29, 2014—Tribune Media, The Baltimore Sun's parent company, has sold a 60-acre plot of Port Covington, MD, land that houses the newspaper's printing plant, according to the Baltimore Business Journal. An undisclosed buyer purchased the property for $46.5 million.

The site is comprised of 23 acres occupied by the printing facility and parking, along with 37 acres of undeveloped land. Because Tribune Publishing has a long-term lease for the printing plant, the paper's operations are likely to stay in Port Covington.