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"This is a beautiful building for us," said Ronda Massey,
vice president of IET, Inc., a professional industrial engineering
firm. "We really needed the space." IET recently relocated
to 3539 Glendale Ave.
She explained that the company had outgrown its former 2,400
square-foot headquarters purchased seven years ago when there
were three employees. Today, the IET staff has grown to 60
people.
According to Massey, the IET staff occupies the second floor
of the facility. A workout exercise room, complete with shower,
was created in a first-floor room. "The building was in excellent
condition," she said. "We moved into the building as it was
and only added some extra cabling for networking capability,"
she said.
"Our business is to improve productivity in manufacturing
plants, yet we felt that our own efficiency was down because
we did not have the space for the 20 projects being worked
on at any given time," said Timothy Stansfield, PE, company
president and founder.
"Finding a building in Toledo to meet our engineering staffing
needs was difficult to find, but Denise Zyndorf of The Reichle
Klein Group, a CB Commercial Partner, was able to find just
the right facility for us. The previous owners, Mannik & Smith,
an engineering and surveying company, were looking for a larger
facility for their business. This building was not on the
market, but Denise's pursuit on our behalf brought Mannik
& Smith and us together," he continued. "A deal was quickly
reached."
According to Jaan Mannik of Mannik & Smith, "The offer for
our Glendale building, made the deal happen on our new headquarters
building in Arrowhead Park," he said. "This was a win-win
situation," he added.
"This was one of those fun transactions where everyone was
truly happy," Zyndorf said.
Marty Gallagher, SIOR of Michael Realty Co. represented Mannik
& Smith on both transactions.
Stansfield said the firm specializes in working with manufacturing
firms on manufacturing system design, work measurement, manufacturing
simulation, production scheduling, work flow design, productivity
measurement software and warehouse design.
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