Monroe, Ohio – Earlier this year, Presto Foods www.prestofoods.com a leading midwest restaurant wholesaler of pizza, Italian and deli foods was quickly running out of space in their Monroe, Ohio headquarters. Presto needed to add office space and conferencing facilities to better serve their customers in southwest Ohio. The Kiesland team had worked with Presto previously in 2005 when Presto acquired an existing building and expanded it to include freezer/cooler warehouse space. Now it was time to address the sales/administrative side of the business which had been stuffed into a less than ideal workspace.
Fortunately, the building allowed for expanding the office onto an existing storage mezzanine. The challenge was to economically construct 5,000 square feet of office space on the mezzanine that would tie-in with the warehouse and the 1st floor offices while meeting egress building codes that didn’t exist when the building was originally built. Kiesland collaborated with Architect, Mike Wentz of Wentz Design to develop a floor plan “topper” that would meet the needs for good circulation and stay within an aggressive budget. Work started in June 2011 and wrapped up in October 2011.
Lebanon, Ohio – Siemens MBCU Repair Group recently moved into a new 51,200 sf leased facility located in the Kingsview Industrial Park in Lebanon, Ohio.
The Siemens Industry group provides specialized repair and testing of electrical motor controls which are utilized in industrial equipment such as pumps and machine tools. The group employs a staff of approximately 60 highly skilled engineers and repair technicians who service Siemens customers worldwide from this location. Through acquisitions and mergers, the MBCU repair group is a “descendent” of the former Cincinnati Milacron machine tool organization that was formerly housed in a South Lebanon facility which dated back to the 1970’s. When Siemens approached Kiesland in 2010, they specified a desire for a state of the art facility that would provide a more modern and efficient environment, allow for new green technology and provide for future growth of the business. They also sought to use sophisticated Siemens electrical and building automation products wherever possible.
The new production/repair facility designed by the Kiesland team provides a highly flexible work cell floor plan to facilitate growth and adaptability for future changes to the business. In addition, employees enjoy abundant natural light, temperature/humidity control throughout and conductive epoxy flooring on the production floor. The facility also houses secure data storage, product testing areas and a large engineering office with conferencing facilities.
Kiesland provided design/build services for the project and was closely involved with coordinating a phased move from the old facility. The design work commenced in January 2011 with construction substantially completed by September 30, 2011. The completed project was recently sold to Monmouth Real Estate who will add it to their extensive portfolio of net leased corporate properties.
Monroe, Ohio – Currently undergoing a 9,000 square foot expansion, Dickerson Distributing is ramping up for increased demand in SW Ohio. The addition will provide expanded Controlled Environment Warehouse (CEW) space for beer product storage as well as a dedicated area for production and storage of point of sale marketing materials. A late Spring 2010 completion date is expected.
Over the past 20+ years Kiesland has expanded the beer distribution facility five times to its current size of over 75,000 square feet. Services have included master planning and design/build services for controlled environment warehouses, distribution and office/sales areas. Dickerson is the exclusive distributor of Anheuser-Busch products for Butler, Warren and Preble Counties in Ohio.
Fortunately, the building allowed for expanding the office onto an existing storage mezzanine. The challenge was to economically construct 5,000 square feet of office space on the mezzanine that would tie-in with the warehouse and the 1st floor offices while meeting egress building codes that didn’t exist when the building was originally built. Kiesland collaborated with Architect, Mike Wentz of Wentz Design to develop a floor plan “topper” that would meet the needs for good circulation and stay within an aggressive budget. Work started in June 2011 and wrapped up in October 2011.
