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GREATER FORT WAYNE Business Weekly n
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October 18-24, 2013
Fort Wayne furniture stores play musical chairs Art Furniture
Van
will open a new store in Fort Wayne in January in the 311 Coliseum Blvd. retail space recently vacated by the Ashley
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and mattresses. It is expected to employ 50 people.
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Ashley moved to another space at 6334 Lima Road. Art Van Furniture was founded in 1959 by Art Van Eislander and has 35 stores Linda Lipp in its home state of Michigan. It recently began expanding to other states, opening new stores in Toledo, Ohio, the Chicago area and Indiana. The 46,000-square-foot Fort Wayne store is across the street from Glenbrook Square and will carry brand-name furniture
REAL ESTATE & RETAIL
David Norton and David Nugent represented George F. Smith Family Investments LLC in the lease of 20,000 square feet of space at 6145 W. Jefferson Blvd., in Westland Centre Mall, to Furniture Crafts of Indiana LLC. Nugent also represented the tenant. Todd Ramsey represented the landlord, Hartzell Realty II LLC, in the lease of 50,000 square feet of space at 2425 S. Coliseum Blvd. The tenant, Yoke Fat International Group Inc., was represented by Roger Koehlinger.
CBRE/STURGES Kathy Moses-Denig and Brady Hayes represented the landlord of Midwestern Office Park and the tenant, Caregiver Homes of Indiana Inc., doing business as SeniorLink, in the new lease of 1,146
square feet of office space at 7221 Engle Road, Suite 230. Moses-Denig and Hayes represented the landlord of the Fifth Third Metro Center
Chicago O’Hare. 3.5-hour drive.
and the tenant, attorney Cathy Serrano, in the new lease of space at 202 W. Berry St., Suite 545.
DIRIG SHEET METAL Dirig Sheet Metal was awarded a contract to install heating, ventilation and air-conditioning ductwork for Century-Link in Decatur.
ZACHER CO./ CORFAC INTERNATIONAL Fletcher Moppert represented the landlord, Aqua Shores Commercial LLC, in the lease of a 17,325-square-foot industrial space in the National Recreation Building, 5120 Investment Drive, to Tristate Warehousing Inc. Scott Griffith represented the landlord, Walgreen Co., in the lease of a 13,450
space at 3717 Grape Road, Mishawaka, to Party City Corp.-Halloween City. Steven Zacher represented the tenant, Norandex Building Materials Distribution Inc., in the renewal of a lease for 15,000
square feet of industrial space at 717 Ley Road. Zacher and John Adams represented the seller, Dana Driveshaft Products LLC, in the sale of a 607,712-square-foot industrial building at 400 S. Miller Ave., Marion, to
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Fort Wayne International. Drive our economy.
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congested parking and long lines. That’s hard. Fly
square feet of space in the DBB building at 2499 S. County Road 600 East, Columbia City, to Gator Cases Inc. Bean represented Hanning & Bean Enterprises, the owner of the former 6,358-square-foot former O’Charley’s restaurant at 6709 Lima Road, in the sale of the property to Sineenart Engtrakul. Moppert represented the owner, PF Patmar LLC, in the sale of a 6,032-squarefoot building at 5120 S. Calhoun St. to Southwest Automotive Two LLC. Scott Griffith assisted the sublandlord, New Cingular Wireless PCS LLC, in the sublease of a 2,200-square-foot retail storefront at 1846 Lincolnway E., Goshen, to Mobile King LLC. Zacher and Brent Overholt represented both the tenant, Ruan Transport Corp., and the landlord, Johnson Family Enterprise LLC, in the renewal of a lease of the 39,600-square-foot industrial building at 4432 Ardmore Ave. If you have items for the real-estate and retail column, please contact Linda Lipp by e-mail at llipp@kpcmedia.com, by phone at (260) 426-2640, ext. 307, or by mail at Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly, 3306 Independence Drive, Fort Wayne, IN 46808.
BRIEFLY
Indianapolis International. 2.5-hour drive.
Flying out of Chicago or Indy means a tiring drive,
AP Marion IN LLC. Adams and Brian Bean represented the landlord, DBB LLC, in the lease of 168,000
The Fort Wayne-Allen County Airport Authority expects to receive $600,000 in federal funding to support its efforts to expand scheduled service out of Fort Wayne International Airport. The Office of Aviation Analysis awarded the grant through its Small Community Air Service Development Program. The program awarded more than $11 million in grants to 25 airports in 22 states. “This is great news for the Fort Wayne International Airport and a testament to our collaborative regional efforts,” Scott Hinderman, the authority’s executive director of airports, said in a statement released by the
Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership. “We look forward to using the grant to expand our air service options for travelers in northeast Indiana.” The authority worked with the Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership and the Regional Air Service Committee on the grant application. It also has worked with the groups during the past 12 months to identify possible routes for additional scheduled service out of FWA and conducted a business traveler survey as part of that effort. “Expanding air service options in northeast Indiana, one of the priorities for Vision 2020, is critical for creating a highly competitive business climate in the region,” Katy Silliman, NIRP’s vice president of regional initiatives, said in the statement.
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