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IRVINE, CA-Hardware wholesaler Markimex has signed a five-yearlease for a 40,000-sf industrial building in the Irvine BusinessComplex in one of a series of recently closed transactions,including four sales, that totaled nearly $13 million. Markimex,which was represented by Kathe Morgan and Lee McCullough ofColliers International's Irvine office, is a wholesale supplier ofOEM plumbing products, fasteners and hardware.

Markimex will operate its corporate headquarters and southwestregional distribution hub from the industrial facility, which is at2712 McGaw Ave. and is owned by the Irvine Co., which representeditself in the deal. McCullough notes that Markimex's currentbuilding "was put into play as part of the residential boom when adeveloper acquired the building as a future multifamily site."Finding another location in Irvine was important to the wholesalesupplier because it wanted to stay in the city, McCulloughadds.