/n COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MICHIGAN (NOV 22, 2010)—Midlink Business Park welcomes Bryan Knoll and his company,
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/n Softball Fans, Inc., to its dynamic, mixed-use business park. The privately-held softball and hardball equipment supplier,
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/n who is one of the leading on-line suppliers in the country, has leased approximately 34,000 square feet at Midlink West to
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/n facilitate its growing business.
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/n Softball Fans is bringing to Midlink—all under one roof—3,500 square feet of retail space and 19,000 square feet of
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/n indoor training facilities, as well as their corporate offices, warehousing and fulfillment teams. The training facility,
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/n which will house both pitching and batting cages, in addition to a full practice infield, will provide area universities and
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/n amateur teams with a world class, off-season indoor practice and training facility. Softball Fans also will offer its
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/n facilities and trainers to both individuals and recruitment camps.
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/n Softball Fans, Inc. offers more than 10,000 SKUs and ships worldwide on a daily basis. Softball Fans, Inc. sells through
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/n a variety of channels including three web sites, Amazon, eBay, Google as well as their retail storefront.
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/n “We researched a new location for our business very thoroughly and Midlink was our clear choice,” said Knoll.
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/n “West Michigan has needed a quality facility for some time, and, together with our retail offering
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/n we should be able to fully serve all avid baseball and softball players in this area.”
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/n "Midlink is pleased to be able to provide a fully financed and turn keyed expansion for Bryan’s business," said David Smith,
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/n President of Midlink Business Park. “We are very excited to have Softball Fans here, and look forward to the contribution
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/n it will make to our growing retail business. Softball Fans will certainly bring added retail traffic into the park."
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/n Thanks go to both Dane Davis of CB Richard Ellis | Bradley who represented Softball Fans and Marc Tourangeau
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/n of Signature Associates who represented Midlink Business Park.
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/n About Midlink Business Park
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/n Located midway between Chicago and Detroit at I-94 and Sprinkle Road, Midlink Business Park is a world-class development
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/n that offers two, state-of-the-art, multi-tenant industrial buildings totaling more than 1.6 million SF. Also available is an 88-acre,
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/n build-to-suit industrial zone designed for single- and multi-tenant use. Plans for the development include an additional
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/n 38-acre office campus and 41-acre retail area. The original 340-acre site was renovated and repurposed after Hackman Capital
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/n Partners purchased the property in 1999.
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/n About Softball Fans, Inc
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/n Incorporated in 2004, Softball Fans, Inc. is the leading online retailer of baseball, fast pitch and slow-pitch equipment.
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/n The company specializes in high-end gear from such top brands as Nike, Easton, Mizuno, Nokona, Rawlings and others.
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/n About Signature Associates
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/n www.signatureassociates.com
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/n With offices in Southfield, Lansing, Grand Rapids, Muskegon, Kalamazoo, Michigan and Toledo, Ohio, Signature Associates
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/n is the region’s leading commercial real estate firm. Signature Associates provides a diversity of services,
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/n including industrial, office and retail brokerage, investment sales, property/asset management, market research, mortgage banking
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/n and advisory services. Signature has been the exclusive leasing agent for Midlink since May, 2007.
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/n Media Information
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/n For additional information or interviews related to this release, contact
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/n Eleanor Moriartyat (310) 473-8900, ext 115 or David Smith at 269 384.1100, ext 150.
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/n For Midlink leasing information or tours, please contact Ted Vliek at Signature Associates at 269-385-2000.