SOUTHAMPTON, PA—Schiller Grounds Care has leased 36,000 square feet at 1280 Industrial Highway in Southampton, PA, an expansion from its nearby 21,000 square foot warehouse distribution location at 1120 Industrial Highway.  NAI Mertz's Jeffrey Licht, SIOR, senior vice president, and Adam Lashner, vice president, negotiated the transaction on behalf of both parties.

Schiller Grounds Care engineers, manufactures and markets state-of-the-art lawn and garden care equipment.  The newly leased space at 1280 Industrial Highway will be utilized to hold the company's overflow product.

In this case, location of the broker's office was a critical factor in getting the deal done.

"Schiller's need for additional warehouse space necessitated relocating to a larger facility.  Since our offices are located on Industrial Highway as well, we knew that approximately 35,000 square feet of space was coming available on the street, and created the marriage before the property formally hit the market," says Licht.

1280 Industrial Highway is a 100,000-square-foot multi-tenant industrial building owned by the Erlich family.  The building is also home to the Erlich family's Gift Mark Company, a supplier of fine children's furniture and accessory pieces to retailers throughout the United States, and a distributor of fine Israeli giftware.

"NAI Mertz is located on our street, and Jeff and Adam stop by all the time to check on our real estate requirements, and this time it paid dividends for us all," says Marc Erlich.