Semco Duct & Acoustical Products Inc. scoured only TarrantCounty industrial sites before settling on 1110 Eden Rd. for itssixth sheet metal shop in the US, according to Jeff Givens,principal in NAI Huff Partners of Fort Worth. He tells GlobeSt.comthat the company is replacing a shop in Florida with the Texasoperation.

Givens says Semco execs first looked in the region a coupleyears ago, but put the plan on the backburner. The corporate chiefspicked up the search in early January, placing a call to Givensabout space availability. The Eden Road building got the nodbecause "it had pretty much what they needed," he says. "It was aminimal finish-out." In addition, it had "heavy power in place"plus 14 dock doors and 28-foot clear heights--all key to the finaldecision, he adds. Other dealmakers were two grade-level doors anda location close to the Interstate 20-US Highway 287 junction.

Givens and Trey Fricke, now principal with Lee &Associates-Dallas, had the listing for the local owner, Eden RoadInvestments, which was seeking $4.25 per sf gross. To make the dealwith Semco, Givens says he terminated a pact with a Californiacompany that had been paying rent on some space vacated awhileago.