1/4/2008Colliers/G&E broker $50M sale of Cleveland industrial portfolio
by A joint venture between Norfolk, Va.-based
Harbor Group International and Reuven Dessler, co-founder of
The Mazel Company, has acquired a 10-building industrial portfolio in suburban Cleveland, Ohio for $50.95 million from industrial developer
The Geis Companies.
Terry Coyne of
Grubb & Ellis and
John Huguenard of
Colliers Turley Martin Tucker represented the seller in the transaction. Joseph Greenberg of
Greenberg Real Estate has been hired to be the leasing agent for the properties while Cleveland-based
Chelm Properties will manage the portfolio, which is comprised of 10 flex-tech and distribution buildings.
The portfolio contains 815,315 square feet and all of its buildings were completed after 1995. The buildings are located in the Cleveland suburbs of Oakwood, Parma, Streetsboro, Twinsburg and Valley View. The portfolio is 93.5 percent occupied with current tenants including DuPont, Eaton, Standard Register, Lawyers Title Insurance and Cort Furniture. The acquisition brings Harbor Group's Cleveland holdings to more than two million square feet.
Coyne is a senior VP with Grubb & Ellis and specializes in the industrial market of Cleveland and northeastern Ohio. He is a former brokerage salesperson with Colliers, Bennett & Kahnweiler and is a graduate of the University of Chicago and the University of Notre Dame.
Huguenard is a principal and senior VP with Colliers and is on the company's board of directors. He is a member of the Boy Scout Fund-Raising Committee and received his B.S. in Personnel Management and Labor Relations from Indiana University.
The contents of the portfolio are as follows:
- Parma Business Campus I at
5565 Venture Dr., Parma, Ohio
- Parma Business Campus II at
5575 Venture Dr., Parma, Ohio
- Parma Commerce Center One at
12875 Corporate Dr., Parma, Ohio
- Twinsburg Business Campus I at
2479 Edison Blvd., Twinsburg, Ohio
- Twinsburg Business Campus II at
2477 Edison Blvd., Twinsburg, Ohio
- Edison Group Building at
2450 Edison Blvd., Twinsburg, Ohio
- Broad Oak Building II at
26400 Broadway Ave., Oakwood, Ohio
- Broad Oak Building III at 2 Thermo Fisher Way, Oakwood Village, Ohio
- Linden Building at
10036 Aurora-Hudson Rd., Streetsboro, Ohio
- DuPont Building at
6200 Hillcrest Rd., Valley View, Ohio
Size: 815,315 square feet
Built: 1995
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