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The John Flatley Company leases 9,700 s/f to Design Brand Partners at the Merrimack Commerce Center

Merrimack, NH The John Flatley Company completed construction on its new, first-class flex building at the Merrimack Commerce Center, and has signed its first tenant, Design Brand Partners. 

Design Brand Partners, formerly Holmris US, partners with Scandinavian & European design brands to provide distinctive, award-winning products and solutions to the North American furniture industry. Design Brand Partners leased 9,700 s/f, which will feature first-class office space and showroom, as well as its warehouse and distribution operations. 

Located less than two miles from the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, 683 Daniel Webster Hwy., is the first of a three-building flex property known as the Merrimack Commerce Center. While the property currently offers available space for lease ranging from 4,350 s/f up to 38,300 s/f, including up to eight loading docks and exterior building signage for incoming tenants, two additional buildings totaling 24,000 s/f and 28,000 s/f will provide on-site expansion opportunities. John Flatley Company also owns the surrounding 200 acres, including the 240-unit Gilbert Crossing Apartments and plans to develop retail, residential, and high bay warehouse facilities.

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