KALAMAZOO, MI -- A long-standing Kalamazoo bakery is for sale.

Both locations of MacKenzies’ Bakery, on Harrison Street and West Main Street, are currently on the market with a listing price of nearly $1.3 million, according to a listing by Kalamazoo Commercial Real Estate. Described as a “turnkey business opportunity,” the $1,275,000 listing includes the business, both properties and all fixtures, furniture and equipment.

The business specializes in baked goods, including artisan breads, cupcakes, donuts, pastries, sandwiches, smoothies, coffee drinks, wedding cakes and more.MacKenzies’ starting baking in Kalamazoo in 1980, but has roots in the region spanning back to the 1920s.

The three-generation family business began when Nona MacKenzie and Henry Woods “Cap” MacKenzie began selling baked goods and produce from a roadside stand on M-140 between South Haven and Covert.

Nona’s grandson, John MacKenzie, would carry the family tradition forward and, with his sister, Mary, open the first MacKenzies’ Bakery in Kalamazoo in 1980. Later that decade, MacKenzies’ Bakery opened a second location in Portage. MacKenzies’ opened its newest building, on Harrison Street near downtown Kalamazoo, in 1998.

The Portage location closed its doors in 2018.

The bakery’s donuts were chosen by the staff at the Kalamazoo Gazette in 2014 for MLive.com’s Michigan’s Best Doughnut search.

The business has been up for sale for a couple of years already, John MacKenzie said in an interview with MLive. MacKenzie, 71, said he is ready to retire.

“I’m ready to go do something else,” MacKenzie said.

The business has served the community for nearly 50 years, but there is not a fourth generation interested in carrying on the family tradition. While waiting to sell, MacKenzie will continue at the helm of the business.

Though it’s likely a new owner would change the name, MacKenzie hopes to see the bakery continue serving sweet treats to the community.

“I’d hate to see it disappear," MacKenzie said.