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July 23, 2015

Kodak takes on new role: startup landlord

  • Kodak Park campus has gone from a liability to an asset, with 58 diverse companies drawn by plentiful utilities, a railroad and Kodak's technical and industrial support.
    • By CAROLYN THOMPSON
    Associated Press

    ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The chemical know-how and machines that spooled out countless miles of film are being eyed for medical marijuana and solar cells, while the private rail line now carries tomatoes alongside coal as photography pioneer Kodak, its bankruptcy behind it, embraces a new role: startup landlord.

    The 127-year-old company had buildings and infrastructure to rival a small city when digital photography bumped its familiar yellow boxes from tourists' camera bags and took over much of Hollywood.


     
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