Portsmouth, NH Jody Skaff of The Kane Company and Rob Blanchflower of National Commercial Brokers leased 20,211 s/f of retail space at the Lafayette Plaza on Rte. 1 to Harbor Freight Tools, a privately held discount tool and equipment retailer from Calabasas, Calif. The retailer has over 1,000 stores in 48 states.
Harbor Freight Tools is leasing the space formerly occupied by Philbrick’s Fresh Market.
Skaff is the listing broker for the 117,646 s/f center. Blanchflower represented the tenant along with Marcus Bourn, senior managing director of Newmark Knight Frank.
Harbor Freight Tools, which will open in the first quarter of 2020, will join Ethan Allen, West Marine, FedEx Office and Planet Fitness, among other retailers.