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Company used alternate name to buy land
Hendersonville Star News
By Sherry Mitchell
July 1, 2011
The entity that recently purchased more than 300 acres in Castalian Springs, Western Farm Products LLC, never existed prior to the real estate transaction and was established to disguise the fact that the actual owner, Hoover Inc., intended to use the land for a rock quarry, representatives said last week.
Tom White, attorney for Hoover, addressed a standing-room only room of residents about his client's plans to build a rock quarry, rock-crushing plant, a quarry spoils area and an asphalt and concrete plant abutting Corum Hill Road in Castalian Springs. White said a company using a different name was normal business procedure for businesses such as theirs to ensure the deals go through.
“I’m sure that’s part of the reason, and I wouldn’t criticize my client for doing that,” White said. “No one is going to come into a community to put in an industry like that and identify who they are.”
