Industrial

ELWOOD, ILL. ¬— Morgan/Harbour Construction Co. has completed the fast-track construction of a 500,000-square-foot Midwest headquarters and distribution facility for Grand Rapids, Mich.-based BISSEL Homecare Inc. The build-to-suit warehouse is located on 35.89 acres at Route 53 and Walter Strawn Road within the CenterPoint Intermodal Center in Elwood. The building is expandable up to an additional 250,000 square feet, and features 32-foot clear ceiling heights, 120 cross docks and four drive-in doors. BISSEL is relocating to its new facility from Joliet, Ill. Morgan/Harbour was selected to build the project by CenterPoint Intermodal Center developer CenterPoint Properties.

CHICAGO — Albert Schulman of Paine/Wetzel • ONCOR International has brokered three industrial transactions in Chicago. At 1300 Exchange Ave., Schulman has negotiated the sale of a 95,000-square-foot building. Amenities include an enterprise zone, an empowerment zone and TIF district. An investment company that owned the property for more than 40 years sold it to 1300 Exchange Trust. Schulman also represented Sign-O-Rama in its acquisition of a 3,000-square-foot building located at 4443-4445 W. Oakton St. in Skokie, Ill. The facility was formerly occupied by Sherwin Williams. The seller, an out-of-town investors, was represented by Ross Goldstein of Hallmark Johnson Realty. Along with Paine/Wetzel’s Michael Nelson, Schulman has negotiated an 8,448-square-foot lease at 1454 W. Willow St. in Chicago on behalf of the landlord, Elston Industrial Lofts. The space has been leased by Orion’s Mind LLC, which negotiated the lease in-house, will use the space within the newly remodeled building as its new corporate office.

ROMEOVILLE, ILL. — Chicago-based Paine/Wetzel • ONCOR International has arranged a 107,068-square-foot industrial lease in Romeoville. Logistics company Exel Inc. leased the space, which is located within a 471,500-square-foot building located at 1165 Crossroads Pkwy. The property features 30-foot clear ceiling heights, 12 loading docks and ESFR sprinkler systems. Paine/Wetzel’s Gerald Sullivan, John Stump and Phill Reiff represented the landlord, USC Solutions. Jeanne Rogers of Arthur J. Rogers & Co. represented the tenant. Terms of the lease were not disclosed.

O’FALLON, MO. — St. Louis-based NAI DESCO has brokered two industrial leases in O’Fallon. In the first transaction, the firm represented the landlord, LK Drive, in the leasing of a 77,000-square-foot building at 3801 Lloyd King Dr. The building was leased to aerospace and defense supplier Hendon Products, which will take occupancy this summer. Additionally, NAI DESCO represented the tenant, King Innovation, in leasing a 39,000-square-foot industrial building located at 42 N. Central Dr. The landlord was Frederick T. Dyer Trust. NAI DESCO’s David Gannon and David Branning negotiated both of the transactions.

ELMHURST, ILL. — Daniel Fanelli of Darwin Realty & Development Corp. has negotiated the acquisition of a 12,000-square-foot industrial building on behalf of Chicago Metro Fire Protection. The facility is located at 820 N. Addison St. in Elmhurst. Chicago Metro Fire Protection has leased the building for the past 15 years and exercised its option to buy in purchasing the property. Dan Curtis of Robert A. Schmitz & Co. represented the undisclosed seller.