Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Is a deal certain for Certain-Teed?


Market rumors have the building materials company finally making a decision.

The company has been in and out looking for new office space for quite some time. In April 2011, the company decided that it would remain in its buildings 750 East Swedesford Road in King of Prussia for the “foreseeable future.”

Certain-Teed and the North American headquarters of its parent company, Saint-Gobain, occupy four structures totaling 175,000 square feet. The buildings date back to the 1970s.

A year ago, the company decided to venture back out in the office market, looking for space. The combined companies sought between 200,000 and 250,000 square feet to consolidate and expand, according to market sources.

Sources believe a deal is eminent for the company to move to what is referred to as the Aegon campus owned by developer Eli Kahn of E. Kahn Development Corp. That property at 20 Moores Road in Frazer, Pa., consists of two vacant office buildings that total 236,704 square feet. The property used to be an office complex once occupied by Aegon Group.

Four additional buildings can be constructed on the 65 acres and in all more than 500,000 square feet of space can be developed. Approvals are already in place for any new office construction.

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