The acquisition of the real estate coincided with a buy-out of Palmer Manufacturing Co. by a partnership of American Capital and Radius Partners LLC. Mark Carroll, vice president of Stag's sale-leaseback division, worked with the new ownership of Palmer to craft the agreement enabling the company to stay at the property.
Palmer is an assembler and manufacturer of precision parts for the aerospace industry and other specialty engine users. The company had owned 219 and 243 Medford St. since 1998. Located on a five-acre site, the property features a mix of office and manufacturing space, with the two buildings sharing the same entranceway and parking area.
Stag has an active sale-leaseback program for a broad range of product, including distribution, flex and office properties, typically targeting properties valued from $4 million to $50 million. The company is looking in all 50 US as well as in Europe, and is focused on private and sub-investment grade companies, Carroll says.
Since its founding in 2003, the company has created two investment funds. The inaugural vehicle is fully invested in 24 assets encompassing 3.75 million sf in 37 states, while Fund II had 81 assets at 13.2 million sf in 23 states as of the end of March.
Stag's has preference for single-tenant, net-leased properties, and the firm has bought heavily in such markets as Ohio, Michigan and South Carolina. In its home base of Massachusetts, Stag has invested in a Marlborough office building; a two-building, 199,000-sf office/manufacturing asset in Southbridge; and in the Interstate 495 North market of Haverhill where the company owns a 270,000-sf distribution center.
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