Terms of the transaction, including the sale price, were not disclosed. However, industry sources say the facility likely traded for a number in the $30-million range. "This single-story warehouse building represented one of the largest building sales in Monmouth County in quite some time," Kreiman says.

And the site apparently has a major makeover in its future. The Tampa, FL-based Anchor Glass had utilized it for manufacturing purposes for a number of years, before converting it to warehousing and distribution use more recently. At one time, the company was this community's largest taxpayer.

But the site became surplus property in the wake of Anchor Glass' financial woes and bankruptcy declaration in recent years. Enter Somerset Development, a Lakewood, NJ-based company that has completed a number of industrial, office and residential properties in the tri-state area.