North Carolina company buys All Steel Carports in Yorktown, plans to open facility and hire 40 workers

Northedge Steel, which has facilities in Rural Hall, N.C., bought the Yorktown site in May for $5.5 million and expects to invest an additional $500,000 as it begins its "official operations in August," according to a Northedge release,

"This milestone is a major move for the North Carolina company on its mission to expand its steel building operations into the Midwest," the release states.

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According to the Northedge Steel website, the company has a network of more than 500 dealer partners, servicing the Midwest and Southeast United States.

All Steel Carports built the facility at an estimated cost of $2 million and was planning to move its headquarters from 2200 N. Granville Ave. in Muncie to the Yorktown site in 2020 when federal officials charged its owner, Ignacio Chavez-Castillo, with "conspiracy to harbor aliens and to encourage and induce illegal aliens to enter and reside in the United States," and "conspiracy to commit money laundering."