Seven Ways to Prepare for an Industrial Property Search Heading into 2022

December 16, 2021January 14, 2022 Alexa BroylesBlake DeCrane, columbus, commercial real estate, CRE, Curt Berlin, industrial, Industrial Property Team, matt osowski, Warehouse

The landscape for acquiring industrial property has changed dramatically over the past year. After brick-and-mortar retail came to a screeching halt in early 2020 due to the COVID -19 pandemic, online purchases soared, and since then, retailers have been leasing the existing industrial warehouse space in Columbus, Ohio, at an unparalleled pace. The NAI Ohio Equities Industrial Property Team explained that their business has flip-flopped with the majority of their 2021 representation being on the tenant side, where it has traditionally been on the landlord side. Industrial warehouse space is…

Ohio Equities Finds Industrial Warehouse Space Fueling BARK Co. Expansion and Job Growth

October 18, 2021January 14, 2022 Alexa BroylesBARK, Blake DeCrane, columbus, columbus ohio, commercial real estate, CRE, Curt Berlin, industrial, Industrial Property Team, jobs, matt osowski, Warehouse

The rapidly expanding Original BARK Company announced in a press release last week that it would be creating 500 full-time jobs in Columbus over the next four years, tripling its staff. Launched in 2012 with its monthly, themed subscription, BARK Box, BARK has now expanded to include BARK Super Chewer, BARK Bright and BARK Eats. The success of these expansions, and specifically the success of BARK Eats, drove co-founder Carly Strife to think about expanding its industrial space here in Columbus, Ohio, which accounts for some of the job creation…