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Beacon Partners sells Husqvarna’s north Charlotte R&D facility
January 06, 2012
Charlotte Business JournalBy Will Boye
Charlotte real estate firm Beacon Partners has sold the Husqvarna research and development building in north Charlotte for $8.89 million.
The 64,637-square-foot building is on Statesville Road, adjacent to the Harris Corners office park. It serves as Husqvarna’s headquarters for research and development for the company’s North American division.
The Swedish outdoor-equipment manufacturer moved its North American headquarters to Charlotte in 2010, bringing 160 jobs.
The company’s headquarters is in the Three Harris Corners building, and it built the research facility on 9 acres nearby. The building includes office, R&D lab space and a warehouse component. Husqvarna is leasing the building through January 2021.
The buyer of the property was a Virginia limited liability company called ABMAR G K #1 that lists a New Jersey mailing address and is managed by Adam Cohen.
Ryan Clutter and Patrick Gildea of CBRE Group Inc. .CBRE Group Inc. Latest from The Business Journals Beacon Partners buys industrial sites in CharlotteSilver Investments is adding industrial building near Charlotte's NorthlakeBuyer bags Shoppes at River Ridge over holidays Follow this company .represented Beacon Partners on the sale.
Clutter says he and Gildea are representing sellers on $1.1 billion of office and industrial investment-sale assignments in the Carolinas.
