Updated 5/21/2021 6:50 PM
A Canadian company called Green Data Center Real Estate is attempting to purchase the sprawling former Motorola campus in Harvard and convert at least part of it into a solar-powered data warehouse.
The Harvard property had been tied up in court proceedings as its current owner, Xiao Hua Edward Gong, is under criminal investigation in Canada but the U.S. Marshals Service received permission in September to sell it. That process has been ongoing and U.S. Department of Justice officials declined in court as recently as Wednesday to name the would-be buyer.
Crain s Chicago Business, however, reported Thursday that Green Data was the potential buyer, and Harvard Mayor Michael Kelly and City Administrator Dave Nelson confirmed that to the Northwest Herald Friday.