Overview

The Koppers Follansbee Plant represents one of the most compelling heavy-industrial redevelopment opportunities in the Upper Ohio Valley. Situated at 810 Koppers Road in Follansbee, Brooke County, West Virginia, this fully infrastructure-loaded complex sits directly on the Ohio River (milepost 69.3L) with immediate access to WV Route 2 and trimodal transport via road, Norfolk Southern rail, and navigable waterway.

The facility's 33-acre Koppers plant footprint is complemented by the adjacent 80-acre Trimodal Terminal Site to the south, creating a combined ~113-acre assemblage with contiguous Ohio River frontage. The Koppers plant itself is a fully built-out chemical distillation complex — operating since 1914 — with process equipment, boiler infrastructure, wastewater treatment, 13 buildings, and a certified river dock already in place. The Trimodal parcel adds cleared, divisible brownfield land ready for new development.

Together, this site offers something increasingly rare: existing heavy industrial infrastructure, scalable utility capacity, and multimodal logistics — all within a single contiguous property. It is well suited for chemical manufacturing continuation, energy transition projects, industrial redevelopment, or advanced manufacturing, and sits in a federally designated Opportunity Zone with brownfield incentives already established.