A large Windsor logistics center that was being constructed on spec has signed a national tenant to occupy the entire property.
Columbus, Ohio-based Safelite Group, parent company of the well-known Safelite AutoGlass brand, has signed a long-term lease to occupy 165,625 square feet in the Baker Hollow Logistics Center, at 105 Baker Hollow Road.
Safelite will be the property’s sole occupant. It will use it for its windshield replacement operations and support office, according to Condyne Capital Partners, the logistics center’s Massachusetts-based developer.
Condyne paid $1.65 million for the 15.8-acre Baker Hollow Road site last December. The seller was Windsor-based O.J. Thrall Inc., which previously used the land as a tobacco farm.
The logistics center is still under construction but should be completed by the end of the year. After that, Safelite will make some improvements to the property. The lease starts in April, according to Shawn McMahon, a broker with Jones Lang LaSalle’s Hartford office. He and Daniel McGillicuddy brokered the lease deal.
When complete, the property will feature a 5,000-square-foot office, warehouse space, 32-inch ceiling heights, 38 dock doors, four electric vehicle charging stations, a 100,000-gallon fire storage tank and 25% of the roof will be reserved for solar, Condyne said.
Condyne and its partner, Polar Design Build, contracted Flood Consulting, Maugel DeStefano Architects and Quieto Consulting Engineers for the overall design of the building and its grounds, the company said.
