{"id":1004199746,"date":"2017-12-11T02:15:26","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T10:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004199746"},"modified":"2022-12-07T00:20:39","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T08:20:39","slug":"brandt-group-acquires-first-us-manufacturing-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/brandt-group-acquires-first-us-manufacturing-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"Brandt Group Acquires First US Manufacturing Facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Roxana Baiceanu<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1004200031\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/12\/kongskilde-industries-bloomington.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004200031\" data-attachment-id=\"1004200031\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/brandt-group-acquires-first-us-manufacturing-facility\/brandt-tractor-ltd-brandt-announces-plan-to-add-major-manufactu\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/12\/kongskilde-industries-bloomington.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,620\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Brandt Tractor Ltd.&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Kongskilde Acquisition (CNW Group\/Brandt Tractor Ltd.)&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;This image must be used within the context of the news release it accompanied. Request permission from issuer for other uses.&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Brandt Tractor Ltd--Brandt announces plan to add major manufactu&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"kongskilde-industries-facility\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;19500 N. 1425 East Road&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;19500 N. 1425 East Road&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/12\/kongskilde-industries-bloomington.jpg?w=800\" class=\"wp-image-1004200031 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/12\/kongskilde-industries-bloomington.jpg\" alt=\"19500 N. 1425 East Road\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/12\/kongskilde-industries-bloomington.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/12\/kongskilde-industries-bloomington.jpg?resize=300,233 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/12\/kongskilde-industries-bloomington.jpg?resize=768,595 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004200031\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">19500 N. 1425 East Road<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Canada-based The Brandt Group is expanding its presence in the U.S. The company is getting ready to take over Kongskilde Industries\u2019 200,000-square-foot facility in Bloomington-Normal, Ill.\u2014along with all the equipment\u2014in a deal expected to close December 15. The investment reinforces the strength of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/plymouth-sheds-100m-on-chicago-area-industrial-assets\/\">Chicago-area industrial market<\/a>, which has attracted a growing number of out-of-state investors\u00a0this\u00a0past year.<\/p>\n<p>The plant is located on a 40-acre lot at 19500 N. 1425 East Road on the outskirts of Normal, Ill. It can be easily reached via interstates 39 and 55.<\/p>\n<p>Brandt plans to use the property to produce agricultural equipment for the American corn and soybean markets. Since the plant already has the latest tooling, including a powder-coat paint line, the company expects to begin production in the first quarter of 2018 and to bring approximately 300 jobs to the area within the next five years.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image\u00a0courtesy of\u00a0CNW Group\/Brandt Tractor Ltd.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 200,000-square-foot manufacturing facility is located in Bloomington-Normal, Ill. The property and its equipment belonged to Denmark-based Kongskilde Industries. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1064,"featured_media":1004200031,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1491,21743,21748,13,21742],"tags":[38540],"class_list":["post-1004199746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chicago","category-deals","category-industrial","category-midwest","category-latest","tag-the-brandt-group"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Brandt Group Acquires First US Manufacturing Facility - Commercial Property Executive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/brandt-group-acquires-first-us-manufacturing-facility\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Brandt Group Acquires First US Manufacturing Facility\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The 200,000-square-foot manufacturing facility is located in Bloomington-Normal, Ill. 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