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Jan. 5, 2024

2023 Transactions Recap

June 27, 2023

River & Rails Building Down to Just 1,500 SF

The River & Rails Building, located at the intersection of Main St. and William St. in downtown Cape, is down to just 1,500 SF of vacant space remaining after Last Mile Liquidators leased and moved into the 4,450 SF east end-cap unit at 101 William St.  The ...

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Nov. 18, 2022

Acme Contractors to Open SEMO Branch

St. Louis-based Acme Contractors, an industrial construction contractor, has opened a new office and shop at 2380 E. Outer Rd. in Scott City to service its growing Southeast Missouri customer base.  Acme, a specialty construction firm founded in St. Louis in 1947, will have three salaried employees in the ...

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July 15, 2022

Hot Sauce Werks Opening in River & Rails Building

Hot Sauce Werks, a specialty retail store which sells 350 to 400 hot sauces and other food-related items, is set to open in late summer 2022 in the River & Rails Building in downtown Cape Girardeau, according to Chris Cole, commercial broker with Lorimont Commercial real estate who handled the ...

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July 15, 2022

Advanced Pest Control Leases New Space in Cape

Advanced Pest Control has relocated from its previous headquarters at 821 Progress Dr. in Cape Girardeau to a new 9,000 SF lease space located at 530 County Rd 317 in Cape, just off of Route K past Walmart, according to Tom Kelsey of Lorimont Commercial Real Estate who handled ...

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June 15, 2022

SEMO-NASV Relocates to Jackson

Southeast Missouri Network Against Sexual Violence, Inc., also known as SEMO-NASV, has moved to a new 7,500 lease space located at 147 N. Lacey St. in Jackson, according to Chris Cole and Tom Kelsey, brokers at Lorimont Commercial Real Estate.  Cole handled the transaction for the investor buyer ...

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May 10, 2022

Send-a-Friend Finds New Location

Send-a-Friend, the $15 million online stuffed animal care package company started by 2017 Jackson High School graduate Tyler Macke, has purchased a 9,600 square foot facility in Fruitland, according to Tom Kelsey, broker with Lorimont Commercial Real Estate who handled the sale on behalf of the seller.  

Macke ...

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March 31, 2022

Cim-Tek Filtration Brings New Factory to Kennett

Cim-Tek Filtration of Bement, Illinois, has purchased the former Parker Hannifin manufacturing facility located at 1200 Ely St. in Kennett, Missouri, with plans for an expansion factory, according to Lorimont broker Chris Cole, who recently handled the sale transaction for Parker Hannifin along with co-broker Anthony Delguyd of Hanna Commercial ...

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Feb. 26, 2022

Roto Rooter Opens Cape Girardeau Office

Roto Rooter has leased office and warehouse space located at 822 Enterprise in Cape, according to Lorimont broker Tom Kelsey.  The full-service plumbing repair and maintenance company moved into the 3,688 square foot building in February.  

The local employs six people full time, according to manager and ...

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Feb. 22, 2022

River & Rails Building Inks First Tenant

Cape Girardeau-based Frame a Memory Photography, LLC will open a photography studio at 109 William St. in the new River & Rails retail conversion/redevelopment in downtown Cape.  Chris Cole, broker with Lorimont Commercial Real Estate, who handled the recent lease transaction, confirmed that this is the company's ...

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