A state senator says there are plans to turn the giant basket-shaped former headquarters of the Longaberger Company into a hotel.

Ohio State Senator Jay Hottinger says developer Steve Coon would announce the iconic building will become a luxury hotel with hopes to open in 2020 or 2021.

The 210-thousand square foot, seven-floor building on East Main Street in Newark sits on a 21-acre lot.

The building is shaped like the wicker picnic baskets once produced by the Longaberger Company, which shut down operations 2018.