Mayor Weiers shows interest in locating center in Glendale
After more than 17 years in Peoria, the Challenger Space Center is being forced to relocate after the property owner announced they had sold the building.
“We were contacted by the building owner that the building had been sold in June,” said Challenger Space Center Executive Director Beverly Swayman. “At the time, there was no timetable for that, but the new building owner has now told us we have to be out by Sept. 30.”
Talks about the sale of the building had been ongoing for years, but Swayman said there had never been a buyer until now.
