The site near Cincinnati Avenue, where nylon, polymers and twine ropes were made, has been vacant for a decade.
In October 2005, one of the buildings on the site was set on fire and four Xenia High School teenagers were charged with delinquency by reason of arson and breaking and entering. At the time, fire officials said the blaze was believed to have been a recreational fire that grew out of control. That event caused an estimated $300,000 in damage, the Xenia Fire Department decided.
The complex warehouse of the factory, which was closed in 2003, was destroyed by fire in August 2009. The Xenia Fire Department determined the fire as suspicious. The department did not investigate it as an arson because the structure, 50 feet by 2,000 feet, was on the docket to be demolished anyway.
City officials said that once the site has been cleared, the city's aim is to find a use for the property that will bring jobs.
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