Apple processing plant sprouting in Moses Lake

MOSES LAKE — Apple processing is coming to Moses Lake. “We performed a substantial evaluation process and selected the site in Moses Lake for a variety of reasons, including proximity to our orchards, access to I-90 and other transportation aspects, available utilities and an energetic, growing community,” wrote Third Security CEO Julian Kirk in an email to the Columbia Basin Herald. Radford, Virginia-based Third Security, an investment fund specializing in biotechnology companies, is building a $22 million, 66,000-square foot apple processing plant at 7571 N. Randolph Road, across from lift-maker Genie, at the Port of Moses Lake, according to engineering plans and building permits filed with the city of Moses Lake’s Community Development Department...