A beloved Gainesville plant nursery and community fixture is set to close its doors at the end of the year following a $160 million sale to data centers.
Merrifield Garden Center at 6895 Wellington Road in the Brentsville magisterial district – albeit with a Gainesville address – falls within Prince William County’s data center opportunity zone overlay district where the tech hubs can be built by right.
According to court records, the sale went for approximately $4.2 million per acre, with the property located behind Village Place Technology Park and John Marshall Tech Park, both in Gainesville…