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Arthur Murray Franchise Finds Retail Space for Lease in St. Louis
An Unexpected Party on a Weekday Afternoon In 2006, Lola Kim was walking down West Illinois Street in Chicago. It was a weekday afternoon, so she was mystified when she passed a storefront that was pulsing with music and full of people dancing. A trained musical...
New Mosquito Joe Franchisee Calls on Hilliker to Find Office Space for Lease in St. Louis
A Yard Overrun by Pests Laura Strasser lives in Des Peres, Missouri. With two kids and four dogs, she has plenty of reason to worry about mosquitos, fleas, and ticks. More than a nuisance, these insects can carry viruses, so she takes them seriously. To deal with the...
Omni Physical Therapy Works with Hilliker Corporation to Purchase Commercial Real Estate in St. Louis County – Des Peres
A Welcoming Environment for PT Patients Physical therapist Dr. Hunter Knight, DMP, believes each of her patients has a right to her undivided attention. At Omni Physical Therapy, she made it her mission to see only one patient per hour. With three private treatment...
Do You Know What You’re Signing? Here’s How to Understand Your Commercial Real Estate Lease Agreement
Here’s a familiar story. An entrepreneur is outgrowing her current space or is ready to lease new space for the first time. She goes for a drive, sees a sign on a building that looks like it might fit her company’s needs, and calls the number listed. She asks the...
The Future of Retail Properties – KMOX Interview
KMOX 1120 Anchor & Reporter, Michael Calhoun interviews Sentinel Emergency Solutions and Hilliker Broker Associate about their unique development and the future of retail properties.
Naked Boot and Shoe Brings Handmade Shoes to Chesterfield, MO
Bringing High-Quality Shoes Directly to Customers Jim Ferguson has spent his career in the shoe manufacturing business. Relying on years of experience, he knows what it takes to create high-quality handmade leather shoes. He also knows what goes into the price of...
St. Louis Business Purchases and Rehabs South County Retail Plaza
Family-run Fire Truck Business Set to Rehab South County Retail Plaza From Childhood Dream to Thriving Business Bill Franz grew up loving fire trucks. And in 1986, he saw an ad in the paper that changed his life. It had a phone number and a simple message: “Sell fire...
St. Louis Builder Finds New Headquarters and Showroom in Fenton
Mahn Custom Homes and Renovations Purchase New Headquarters, Adding Showroom, in Fenton Creating a Personalized Experience In 1998, Mike Mahn saw an opening in the construction industry. As someone who believed in quality work and service, he noticed too many...
Quality Auto STL, moves to Westport with help from Hilliker Corp.
Quality Auto STL, Built on Foundation of Helping Veterans, Finds Commercial Rental Space in Westport A Dedication to Excellence David Marks founded Quality Auto STL in 2010. Having worked in the industry since 1999, he jokes he bought a “garage with a house in front...
How to find Commercial Property in St. Louis
Looking to Rent or Buy Commercial Property in St. Louis? Here’s How to Start your Search Over the next several months, members of our team of Commercial Real Estate Pros will be sharing their expertise with people like you — business leaders poised to move to a new...
Hilliker Completes 10-Year Office Lease with Capes Sokol
Clayton, Missouri – October 23, 2018 – Capes Sokol, a St. Louis-based full-service law firm, has signed a lease to move into the Regions Centre located at 8182 Maryland Avenue in Clayton. Jeff Altvater and Rebecca Thessen, office brokers with Hilliker Corporation,...
Kirkwood Material Supply Grows with Valley Park Acquisition
Valley Park, Missouri – April 30, 2018 – Locally owned Kirkwood Material Supply (KMS) plans to open a new location in Valley Park at 141 and Hwy 44 in late May. KMS closed on the 5-acre, 25,000 Sq. Ft. former St. Louis Hardscape Facility in February of this year. Hal...
Masonic Temple Sold By Hilliker Corporation
Hilliker Corporation has sold the 386,000 sq. ft. Masonic Temple at 3681 Lindell Boulevard. Ben Hilliker and Scott Martin of Hilliker Corporation represented Masonic Temple Association of St. Louis and sold the property to Brandonview LLC. The Masons will continue to...
Former Comfort Shoe Building Returns to It’s Flooring Roots for $1.3 Million
Des Peres, Missouri – October 3, 2017 –Hilliker Corporation recently sold the Comfort Shoe building off Route 141 and Manchester Road for $1.3 Million. Will Aschinger with Hilliker Corporation represented the seller in the real estate transaction, while JLL...
Recently Sold: 3.6 Acre Retail Complex in South County for $3.3 Million
The retail center, which consists of two separate properties located at 5228 and 5240 South Lindbergh Boulevard, was listed as a portfolio sale. The total square footage of the center is approximately 28,840 sq. ft. Outback Steakhouse is the primary tenant in the...
Hilliker Sells $7 Million+ of Warehouse Buildings
Hilliker Corporation sold two warehouse properties for over $7 million within 8 months. In January, Hal Ball and Chris Taff of Hilliker Corporation listed two surplus Lineage Logistics properties for sale on Planned Industrial Drive in North St. Louis. Both properties...
Hilliker Sells New HQ Space to Children’s Charity
Hilliker Corporation sold a 33,000+ sq. ft. office/warehouse building to a local charity that provides for city school children. The office/warehouse was sold for $1,495,000.00 to serve as the new headquarters for The Little Bit Foundation. The Little Bit Foundation...
Hilliker Corporation Sells City Building to Italian Manufacturer
Saint Louis, Missouri – June 1, 2017 –Italian plastic manufacturer, Serioplast, closed on the purchase of a 132,000 Sq. Ft. warehouse building in North St. Louis City 70 in April 2017. Serioplast plans to convert the building to a plastic bottle manufacturing plant to...
The Time for Multi-Tenant Investments is Now
Fenton, Missouri – June 6, 2017 – A 32,500 Sq. Ft. office/warehouse was recently sold in less than five months by Hilliker Corporation, indicating a strong industrial real estate market. The property was sold for $1,700,000.00. The building was 80% occupied at the...
Apostles Church Buys 108-Year-Old Church for New Home
St. Louis' Hilliker Corporation represents both Buyer and Seller with sale 4515 Evans Ave. is the home of the new Apostles Church in St. Louis, Mo. ST. LOUIS - March 2, 2017 - PRLog -- Hilliker Corporation, a locally owned and managed commercial real estate company in...
Bridgetown Trucking Moves to Union Seventy Center Business Park
Hilliker Corporation assists client with relocation from Chesterfield, Mo. (St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 20, 2017) Hilliker Corporation, a St. Louis owned and managed commercial real estate company, recently helped its client move to one of St. Louis’ largest and most...
Hilliker / Westwood Sells Local Investment Property
The Westwood Net Lease Advisors team of Vince Vatterott and Jason Simon in collaboration with Meade Summers of the Hilliker Corporation recently closed on a sale of the national corporate headquarters for Scrubs and Beyond in St. Louis, MO. Scrubs & Beyond opened...
Westwood Net Lease Advisors Close $92.6 Million Deal
Westwood Net Lease Advisors’ team of Vince Vatterott and Jason Simon just completed the largest 1031 exchange in its company’s history, resulting in their client’s acquisition of a $92.6 million new Dow Chemical Company headquarters building in Midland, Mich. Westwood...
Quiet Village Landscaping Purchases New Headquarters
Hilliker Corporation represents seller of Overland property (St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 12, 2017) Hilliker Corporation, a St. Louis owned and managed commercial real estate company, assisted its client in selling a building to a local landscaping company. Quiet Village...
Print Poets Leases 9,000-Square-Foot Warehouse
(St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 21, 2016) Hilliker Corporation, a St. Louis owned and managed commercial real estate company, recently assisted a new printing company find the perfect St. Louis location for its growing business. Print Poets, the printing division for The Home...
South City Resident to Create Development in His Own Community
Hilliker Corporation, a St. Louis owned and managed commercial real estate company, recently assisted its client buy a property to be developed in his own neighborhood. Salviccio Properties’ owner and developer Matt Salviccio purchased a more than 14,000-square-foot...
Urban Sprouts Purchases 14,000-Square-Foot University City Property
Urban Sprouts Purchases 14,000-Square-Foot University City Property Child development center to consolidate all locations at new building (St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 19, 2016) Hilliker Corporation, a St. Louis owned and managed commercial real estate company, recently sold...
School’s Out. Redeveloment’s In.
Two schools and a church are being replaced by more than 200 luxury apartments … and Hilliker Corporation helped transform all of these long abandoned city and county places of learning to communities for living. The former St. Pius V School, which operated for 86...
Hilliker Corporation Sells Building to French School
Hilliker Corporation, a St. Louis owned and managed commercial real estate company, recently assisted its client sell a building to a local French school. Alliance Francaise de St. Louis, a non-profit French language school for children and adults, recently purchased...
Hilliker Corporation Sells A Big Piece Of History
Stix, Baer and Fuller Service Center,1431 Kingsland Avenue, Pagedale, Missouri. Negative by Mizuki, Henry T., 6/20/1958. Missouri History Museum Photograph and Prints collection. Mac Mizuki Photography Studio Collection. Remember Stix, Baer & Fuller, one of the...
Crushed Red to expand to Illinois
The expansion of restaurateur Chris LaRocca’s Crushed Red Urban Bake & Chop isn’t slowing down as the fast-casual chain plans to open its first location in Illinois. Crushed Red is expected to open a 3,000-square-foot space at 222 Park St. in the Park Street Plaza...
Pipe manufacturer buys new headquarters building
Pittsburgh Pipe will move this fall from its longtime headquarters on the north Mississippi riverfront to a larger building it bought on Hampton Avenue for $675,000. Commercial real estate firm Hilliker Corp. represented Pittsburgh Pipe and the Hampton property’s...
Crazy Bowls and Wraps sells headquarters to Mission Taco
Crazy Bowls and Wraps has moved into a new headquarters in Olivette after selling its previous base in Webster Groves to Mission Taco. The fast-casual chain closed on the $620,000 sale of 286 East Ave. in Webster Groves to Mission Taco on Feb. 4, according to Hilliker...
Hilliker Corporation Helps Lease Loop’s Tivoli Building
BY Brandvein Aaranson Public Relati | Posted: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 08:30 PM Hilliker Corporation, a St. Louis owned and managed commercial real estate company, recently helped lease a well-known property in the Delmar Loop area. The Tivoli Building, located at...
Mercy to plant new urgent care center in Chesterfield
A St. Louis-based investment firm has purchased a 13,500-square-foot strip mall in Chesterfield that soon will be home to a new Mercy Health family medicine and urgent care center. Mase LLC, which owns two other properties in Chesterfield, bought the building at 17701...
Integrated Facility Services grows in Fenton
Integrated Facility Services Integrated Facility Services plans to keep it headquarters at 1055 Cassens Industrial Court, also in Fenton, and an office in Columbia, Mo. Rebranded last month as Integrated Facility Services, the company was formerly known as Air...
Food Service Consultants Consolidates To State-Of-The-Art Facility
BY Brandvein Aaranson Public Relati | Posted: Monday, February 15, 2016 02:53 PM Hilliker Corporation, a St. Louis owned and managed commercial real estate company, recently assisted a local food management company combine both its corporate and catering services...
Episode 4: Ben Hilliker – The Future Great City podcast by nextSTL
February 9, 2016 Alex Ihnen Featured, Media & Commentary, Podcast 5 Comments It’s nextSTL.com in a podcast! In this episode we speak with Ben Hilliker, the founder and CEO of Hilliker Corp., a commercial real estate firm in St. Louis. Ben graduated from Washington...
Rockin’ Jump coming to O’Fallon, Mo.
Via St. Louis Post Dispatch: Rockin Jump Coming to O' Fallon, MO Jan. 12--Rockin' Jump, an indoor trampoline park, is scheduled to open in late April at 61 North Central Drive in O'Fallon, Mo. Matt Strelo, whose job resume includes executive positions with the St....
Hilliker Corporation Helps Truck-Trailer And Container Company Consolidate St. Louis Offices
BY Brandvein Aaranson Public Relations | Posted: Wednesday, January 06, 2016 02:23 PM Hilliker Corporation, a St. Louis owned and managed commercial real estate company, recently assisted a Kansas City-based truck-trailer and container company consolidate its four...
Hilliker Corporation To Help Sell Car Concept Development
BY Brandvein Aaranson Public Relations | Posted: Monday, December 14, 2015 01:25 PM Hilliker Corporation, a St. Louis owned and managed commercial real estate company, was recently selected to assist a Chesterfield, Mo. area development in the sale of luxury car...
Hilliker Corporation Leases Space To Sports Bar
Hilliker Corporation Leases Space to Sportsbar BY Brandvein Aaranson Public Relati | Posted: Friday, December 04, 2015 04:35 PM Hilliker Corporation, a St. Louis owned and managed commercial real estate company, recently leased a building to a well-known sports bar...
Hilliker Corporation Celebrates 30th Anniversary
Hilliker Corporation, St. Louis’ largest locally owned independent commercial real estate brokerage and management firm, recently celebrated its 30th anniversary in business. The company was founded in 1985 by Ben Hilliker, who serves as Chief Executive Officer....
Hilliker Corporation Helps Client Expand Warehouse Capabilities
BY Brandvein Aaranson Public Relati | Posted: Friday, July 03, 2015 10:18 AM Hilliker Corporation, a St. Louis owned and managed commercial real estate company, handled a lease transaction for a repeat customer whose company just keeps growing. B & G Industries, a...
FAITH GROUP NABS MAPLEWOOD SPACE
Faith Group LLC, a security and technology consulting and engineering firm, has purchased a larger space in Maplewood for $825,000. The 10,600-square-foot building, the former Steve Adams Studio located at 3101 S. Hanley Road, was acquired May 26. Faith Group Managing...
Post-Dispatch building price is $4.25 million, parking lots not included
June 03, 2015 3:14 pm • From Staff Reports The company marketing the St. Louis Post-Dispatch building said Wednesday the previously announced asking price of $4.25 million did not include the newspaper's parking lots. Hilliker Corp. said the lots, which total 2.9...
Stories from the Street
The property on North Jefferson was under contract to be sold to a ‘Telcom Hotel.’ After all, it was well located to the fiber lines. But the environmental report came back and said that the sight was ‘contaminated with….dead Presbyterians!” What? You read it right!...
Utopia Studios Expands in St. Louis
BY Brandvein Aaranson Public Relati | Posted: Friday, May 08, 2015 03:15 PM Hilliker Corporation, a St. Louis owned and managed commercial real estate company, recently assisted a local studio’s expansion to better serve its growing audience. Utopia Studios, a company...
Local Non-Profit With Global Reach Moves Warehouse
BY Brandvein Aaranson Public Relati | Posted: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 10:04 AM Hilliker Corporation, a St. Louis owned and managed commercial real estate company, recently found the perfect building for an organization that holds shoe drives to raise funds for the...
All-girls charter school founded by Stillman finds home
Carolyn Heger, intern, St. Louis Business Journal Hawthorn Leadership School for Girls has purchased an approximately 57,000-square-foot building at 1901 N. Kingshighway Blvd., the site of a former Imagine charter school, for $1.75 million. The sale closed Dec. 30,...
Overland Manufacturing Facility Sells for $11 Million
A 211,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Overland has sold for $11 million. Gramercy Property Trust acquired the property, which is home to Alpha Packaging's Alpha Plastics Co., from Big Sky Properties. Alpha has leased the building, which serves as its...
Crushed Red Adds Third Location
Crushed Red Urban Bake & Chop shop, which has restaurants at 8007 Maryland Ave. in Clayton and at 140 S. Kirkwood Rd. in Kirkwood, will open its third location in Creve Coeur in April, 2015. The new 3,300-square-foot property is located at 11635 Olive Blvd. on the...
Masonic Temple to go on the Market
The massive Masonic Temple on Lindell Boulevard is about to be put up for sale. The temple, a historic landmark that first opened in 1926, is set to hit the market on Monday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. The Masons meet at the building only about 10 times a...
Hilliker Corporation Helps Charter School With Five-Year Lease
St. Louis Language Immersion Schools, Inc. (SLLIS), a federal non-profit organization that operates a network of independent charter public schools, recently moved two of its schools into 3740 Marine Ave. in South City. The nearly 64,000-square-foot building, which...
U-Haul buys Globe Drug building
The downtown St. Louis building perhaps best known as the longtime home of Globe Drug is about to become a U-Haul center. Hilliker Corp., the commercial real estate firm that brokered the deal, said today that U-Haul Corp. has bought the two-building facility at 418...
Hilliker Office Relocates
Hilliker Corp., a St. Louis-owned commercial real estate firm, has moved its office from one side of Brentwood to another. The company said today it has relocated to the Magna Place building, 1401 South Brentwood Boulevard, after spending 20 years at 2001 South Hanley...
Hilliker Corporation Hires Two Brokers
St. Louis, MO, January 04, 2014 --(PR.com)-- Hilliker Corporation, a St. Louis owned and managed commercial real estate company, recently hired Spencer Mai and Brendan O’Brien as brokers. Their responsibilities include representing commercial real estate buyers...
Plastics Manufacturing Company Renews Lease
St. Louis' Hilliker Corporation represents landlord with fifth transaction. Seiler Plastics, the tenant, specializes in precision custom plastic extrusions. St. Louis, Mo., United States., January 29, 2014 - (PressReleasePoint) - In the 1967 movie “The Graduate”,...
Impression Bridal opens store No. 3
The owners of local wedding boutique Impression Bridal have opened their third area store. Ihab Elassal and his wife Nagwa Abdelghfour, along with son Yasser Elassal, purchased a 39,000-square-foot building at 4164 Chippewa St., which formerly housed Europa Market....
Hilliker Corporation Gets In The Spirit
Hilliker Corporation, a St. Louis owned and managed commercial real estate company, recently represented a company that caters to those with special needs. The Outreach Center of Christ The Savior, doing business as Happy Spirit Adult Day Care, recently purchased...
Hilliker Corporation Casts Its Spell
Hilliker Corporation, a St. Louis owned and managed commercial real estate company, used some supernatural powers to close its latest deal. Archfront Media partners John Mancuso and Jason Rottler recently leased property at 5625 Manchester Rd. near downtown St. Louis...
Hilliker Helps Local Company Take the Plunge
Business is growing at Plumbers Supply Company, a nearly 90 year old plumbing supply company that has twelve locations throughout Missouri and Illinois. The company has been at its current headquarters for 56 years. Company president John Dubuque had recently decided...
P&F Properties grows downtown real estate portfolio
Dr. Daniel Cook and wife, Anne Leners, owners of P&F Properties LLC, have bought the three-story building at 412 North Tucker Blvd. for $215,000. The couple purchased the building from Advantage Capital Community Development Fund XV LLC, according to Hilliker...
Wilkes Group Buildings on the Market
Available near midtown St. Louis are two commercial buildings totaling nearly 65,000 square feet of space used by Wilkes Group, a direct marketing company. Wilkes greatly reduced operations this month and, as a result, Hilliker Corp. has the job of finding new...
Hilliker Corporation Brings tabletop gaming leader to st. louis area
Hilliker Corporation, a St. Louis-owned and managed commercial real estate company, recently scored a big win by representing an industry leader in the tabletop gaming business. Hilliker agent Powell Kalish represented Baur II, the landlord of the 1344 Baur Blvd....
Hilliker Corporation To Help Sell South St. Louis Landmark
Online PR News – 06-May-2013 –Hilliker Corporation, a St. Louis owned and managed commercial real estate company, was selected to sell a local landmark: Johnny’s Market. The family owned and operated grocery store closed its doors on Oct. 13, 2012, which was its...
Hilliker Corporation Helps Women’s Exchange Find a New Home in the St. Louis Area
Hilliker Corporation recently helped The Women’s Exchange, a non-profit organization founded in 1833, find a new home in the St. Louis area. The Women’s Exchange, which had been located in a 4,000-square-foot space at 9214 Clayton Road since 1974, signed a 10-year...
MetroWire Deal of the Week
This week’s deal of the week is presented by Hilliker Corporation. The St. Louis owned and managed commercial real estate company represented both the buyer and the seller in transaction of one of Franklin County’s largest buildings. Hilliker’s Scott Martin...
Crushed Red Restaurants in Missouri Receive $1.4M in Renovations
ST. LOUIS — Three different Crushed Red Urban Bake & Chop restaurants have received approximately $1.4 million in renovations. The properties include a 3,300-square-foot facility located at 8007 Maryland Ave. in Clayton; a 3,100-square-foot building located at 140...
Hilliker Serves Up Healthy Helpings
Hilliker Corporation, announced last Friday, that they have helped seal the deal to bring one of Chicago’s favorite eateries to the St. Louis area. Potbelly Sandwich Shop will move into the former home of The Fatted Calf, located at 12 S. Beminston Ave., in Clayton by...