CARLSTADT, NJ-The Hartz Mountain Corp. will relocate to space at a 25,000 square-foot building in Carlstadt, relocating its research and development facilities from Bloomfield after 85 years. Jones Lang LaSalle, exclusive agent for the pet food maker, closed the deal.
The industrial property at 640 Gotham Parkway in Carlstadt is owned by Prologis. Featuring 3,500 square feet of office space, a 16-foot ceiling height, three exterior loading docks and 45 parking spaces, the building is located within the Gotham Industrial Park.
“The facility had previously been used for production and testing and, as such, was equipped with certain infrastructure that Hartz found attractive,” says JLL’s Blake Chroman. “The location works well for Hartz because it is close to the firm’s Secaucus headquarters, but still allows for a separation of the business lines.”
Hartz Mountain Industries - the real estate company part of a diversified family business - is a major commercial landlord and developer in New Jersey and New York.
“The Hartz company plans to make a significant investment in converting the Carlstadt property into a modern research and development facility,” Chroman said. He represented Hartz in the transaction in partnership with Tom Reilly and David Knee of JLL.
JLL’s managing director Rob Kossar, along with Chris Hile, presented Prologis.
The JLL team is also serving as the exclusive sales broker for Hartz’s former manufacturing and R&D facility, a 16.5-acre redevelopment site at 192 Bloomfield Ave. in Bloomfield. The company began moving out of the 400,000-square-foot plant over in 2010, relocating most of its manufacturing operations to other facilities around the country.
The Hartz Mountain Corp. has produced pet care products since 1926. Today it makes more than 1,500 products — catering to dogs, cats, parakeets, canaries, parrots, cockatiels, finches, goldfish, tropical fish, reptiles, ferrets, chinchillas, guinea pigs, hamsters and rabbits.
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