COLUMBUS, OH—Performance Bicycle, the nation’s leading mail order and retailer of bicycles and cycling merchandise has signed agreements to lease three buildings in Northeast and Central Ohio.

Hallmarking the company’s presence in the state and more specifically the Columbus market, the leasing agreement includes more than 24,000 square feet of property spread out between three different locations in Northeast and Central Ohio.  

By this summer, Performance Bicycle will operate three retail shops; a move that expands the company’s operation into 13 states. Retail shops will open at Northwest Square in Columbus; the Rockport Shopping Center in Rocky River; and Golden Gate Plaza in Mayfield Heights.

Ron Markowitz, who as an agent for NAI Ohio Equities worked closely with Performance Bicycle on the leasing agreements, has been working in commercial real estate for more than 30 years. He is confident the move will be beneficial to both Performance Bicycle and the participating retail markets.

“The people working for Performance have a very strong handle on their customer base. They expect Ohio to be a very strong market,” Markowitz said.

Operating as central Ohio’s largest locally owned commercial real estate company; NAI Ohio Equities has been serving the Columbus real estate market for more than 35 years.  Located downtown in the Columbus Brewery District, NAI Ohio Equities is comprised of a team of twenty-five agents making up an experienced Brokerage Department specializing in land, retail, office, investment and industrial real estate.  In addition to the Brokerage Department, NAI Ohio Equities has a reputable Property Management Division managing more than 12 million square feet of property. As an affiliate of NAI Global, Ohio Equities is part of a network of 5000 professionals working in 350 offices in 45 different countries. For more information on NAI Ohio Equities including available brokerage and property management services visit www.ohioequities.com or please call 614-224-2400.