NAI Realvest Arranges First North American Operation for Global Leader in Crowns Industry – Pelliconi Group

Robert Blackwell of NAI Realvest Negotiates Lease of 86,000 Square Foot Industrial Facility South of Downtown Orlando

ORLANDO – NAI Realvest, a leading commercial real estate services provider in the central Florida area announced the Industrial Team of Robert Blackwell SIOR, principal in the firm, Sean DuPree CCIM and Jim Murr recently negotiated the lease of 86,000 square feet of industrial space for Pelliconi Group’s first location in North America. Pelliconi Group is a worldwide leader in the production of plastic and metal caps, crowns and closures for the bottling industry. Rick Leighton, senior vice president of Corporate Services for NAI Global, assisted in the transaction.

Pelliconi Group’s decision to locate in Orlando will result in 24 new jobs, and the facility’s location at 2501 Principal Row in Orlando Central Park in south Orlando will serve as a manufacturing base for crowns that will be shipped to two nearby bottlers.

After evaluating other potential locations, Pelliconi eventually chose Orlando for several key reasons, according to Blackwell.

“Orlando provides a central location for Pelliconi to distribute to their clients’ bottling facilities, the international airport makes it easy for Pelliconi management to reach their U.S. based facility and the Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission provided the expertise, services and resources that were critical to an international firm locating a new facility in the U.S,” Blackwell said.

“My relationship with Pelliconi Group started a few years ago, and working closely with their team and members across the NAI Global network, we were able to identify a site that met their industrial needs and positioned them closely to their customers’ bottling locations,” said Leighton.

The Pelliconi Group, based in Bologna, Italy, has three production plants in Bologna and Chieti, Italy, as well as in Cairo, Egypt. Foreign subsidiaries in France, the UK and Germany, and a worldwide network of sales and distribution has allowed them to become the world’s largest producer and exporter of crown corks. The new Florida facility will help introduce the Pelliconi Group’s products and services across North America.

NAI Global manages a network of 325 offices and 5,000 professionals in 55 countries across the globe. NAI specializes in representing large corporations with multi-market real estate requirements and was recently rated the best performing network in the 2009 Watkins Research Group survey of corporate real estate executives.

NAI Realvest is located at 2200 Lucien Way, Suite 350, in Maitland, Florida. For more information visit www.nairealvest.com.

About NAI Realvest:
NAI Realvest, covering all of Central Florida, is a fully integrated commercial real estate operating company specializing in brokerage, development investment, leasing and management, consulting and research services in the U.S. and worldwide. NAI Global is an international commercial real estate network with over 325 offices spanning the globe. Since 1978, clients have built their businesses on the power of NAI Global’s expanding network. Extensive services include multi-site acquisitions and dispositions, sublease, tenant representation, lease administration and audit, investment services, due diligence and related consulting and advisory services. To learn more, visit www.nairealvest.com.