<p> The latest sale in a series of live and online auctions to sell the cold storage and packing assets of East Coast Brokers & Packers raised $800,000, bringing the total to $75.8 million. The assets included more than 13,000 acres of farmland, packing facilities, labor camps and equipment, primarily located in Florida and Virginia, according to a press release.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> “We’ve sold everything except the Red Rose Inn & Suites in Plant City, and we’re still negotiating with some prospective buyers for that. But we’re pretty much done,” said Ken Nofziger, president of Murray Wise Associates, which spearheaded the auctions. The company partnered with Crosby and Associates, Inc., and Woltz & Associates on the real estate auctions and with Weeks Auction Co., Inc., for the sales of the equipment.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> Chapter 11 Trustee Jerry McHale commented, “I just can’t imagine that anybody could have done a better job than Murray Wise Associates did. I am absolutely amazed at the total proceeds that were received in each and every auction. I will say that every auction exceeded my expectations.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> The auctions were authorized by the United States Bankruptcy Court of Florida, Tampa Division, with Gerald A. McHale, Jr., as trustee administering the sales.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href=" http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/auction-of-packing-cold-storage-facilities-brings-east-coast-brokers--packers-total-to-758-million-229559121.html" target="_new"> East Coast Brokers & Packers </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
