Overview
- Diageo confirmed it has signed a purchase-sale agreement for the former Crown Royal bottling facility in Amherstburg but is not disclosing the purchaser.
- The company and the buyer will carry out due diligence over the next month or so before the transaction is finalized and the buyer is revealed.
- The plant shut in late February and cost about 165 jobs, and local officials say they hope a sale could restore employment for displaced workers.
- Amherstburg council says it will only get involved if the new use requires a zoning or official-plan amendment because the site is currently zoned industrial.
- The property was listed for sale in December 2025 and drew several inquiries from alcohol-industry firms, including at least one bidder whose two offers were previously declined, a history that could speed or shape the buyer’s future operations.