EASLEY — A Greenville holdings firm has sold a historic plant in Pickens County, with a developer planning to convert the property into lofted apartments along the Doodle Trail.

Alice Company announced it sold the Arial Mill plant in a “joint venture led by Farpoint Development” for $2.6 million in a release last week. The plant sits on 19.2 acres on Rice Road in Easley and was operated by Alice Manufacturing for 85 years starting in 1929 — 75 of those as a textile mill and 10 years as a

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