Presumably the plant was built with aggregate. And after reading this quote: "However, the plant faces some unique challenges resulting from the changing neighbourhood surrounding the facility." The area surrounding the plant just west of Toronto's crane-dotted Liberty Village, is quickly developing into a trendy neighbourhood of homes and shops." one could be excused if you think that the plant will be demolished with condos will be erected with, you got it, aggregate.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/11/01/toronto-etobicoke-factory.html
In other words, the factory site is more valuable as residential development. The same reason that former never-fully-extracted pits & quarries in Brampton/Bramalea are currently under subdivision houses. Sell for big dollars, move the operation elsewhere ...
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