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Posted: January 16, 2026
Ward and Choate of Colliers sell 62,000 s/f in two industrial buildings
Plaistow, NH Colliers negotiated the sale of 55 Westville Rd. to MRM Plaistow, LLC. The property consists of two industrial buildings totaling 62,000 s/f on 4.72 acres. The buildings are fully leased to Pexco, a high-performance plastics solutions and custom extrusions company.
Christopher Leahy and Maria Rowena Manalo of MRM Equity said, “This property checked all the critical boxes for our 1031 exchange and the deal lined up exactly when we needed it.”
David Choate and Andy Ward of Colliers in Portsmouth represented the seller, Acton Family Limited Partnership. Whitney Taylor of Keller Williams Coastal Land and Commercial Group in Portsmouth represented the buyer, MRM Plaistow, LLC.
This transaction illustrates the investor demand for quality, stable industrial assets across southern New Hampshire with manufacturing buildings historically being the tightest of the industrial categories.
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