8-29-2016 -- Bill Kuhns assisted Douglas Watkins in purchasing the 33,000 SF industrial building at 28533 Holiday Place in Elkhart. The building on the southwest side of the city had been on the market for over five years as an investment property. Watkins plans to extensively remodel the building and keep the current tenant in place. He hopes to move his own business, Hampton Industrial Inc., to the Holiday Place location at that time. Hampton Industrial installs and repairs heavy industrial machines all over the lower 48 states. Watkins purchased the building from Tom Battler.
Perry Automotive Buys Land
6-29-2016 -- Bill Kuhns, SIOR, negotiated the sale of 0.3 acres of land at 57909 SR 19 in Elkhart to Perry Automotive. The company already owns several adjacent parcels at that location and expects to use the extra room for its growing business. The sellers were Tom and Joanne Ball.
White Water Concepts Leases 22,312 Industrial Building
3-29-2016 -- Carl Tiedemann, SIOR, assisted White Water Concepts in leasing 22,312 SF of industrial space at 29221 CR 20 in Elkhart. The new company manufactures parts for RV, residential and commercial markets using a unique two-zone membrane press. One zone of the press can make countertops, bath vanities, cabinet doors and components; as well as other decorative parts. The other zone of the press is the high-pressure side, for the pressing of wood veneers. The new company is expected to employ between five and seven people and was fully operational March 1. Bill Kuhns, SIOR, assisted the landlord B.R. Properties LLC in negotiations.
Kuhns Helps Perry Automotive
12-29-2015 -- Bill Kuhns, SIOR, assisted in the sale of 57941 SR 19 & 57908 Kreighbaum in Elkhart. The two side-by-side properties (7,344 SF on 1.9 acres at 57941 SR 19 and 3,200 SF on 0.65 acres on Kreighbaum) were purchased by S & J Properties LLC (Perry Automotive). The company had previously been leasing the former Trailer Town building on SR 19 and has plans to expand using the additional land.
New Owners on Pine Creek Road
12-22-2015 -- R&R Investments is the new owner of 4101 & 4121 Pine Creek Road in Elkhart. These two industrial buildings totaling 15,400 SF on 1.36 acres were sold by DJ’s LLC. Bill Kuhns, SIOR, represented the seller and Ross Miller, SIOR, represented the buyer.