TruCore Industrial Buys Oak Leaf Street Warehouse Leased To Brock

TruCore Industrial purchased a 31,870-square-foot industrial building at 2210 Oak Leaf St in Joliet, the company announced Tuesday. The property is leased to Brock Industrial Services, a division of The Brock Group. It was built in 2002 and sits on 1.83 acres.

The metal and masonry structure combines warehouse space with two-story office space. It has 24-foot clear heights, four dock doors, one drive-in door and a 140-foot truck court. Wet sprinklers run throughout the building. New windows have been installed and the parking lot was recently repaired.

The property lies along I-80 near the I-55 interchange, about 40 miles southwest of downtown Chicago. The location gives Brock Industrial Services access to refineries, chemical plants, power generation facilities and heavy manufacturing sites across the region.

Zach Harris, managing partner at TruCore Industrial, said the building fits the area's industrial market. "Joliet is one of the most attractive industrial submarkets in the Chicago region, and well-located buildings of this size are hard to find," Harris said. He added that the site places Brock near I-80 and its regional customers.

TruCore's strategy targets Class B industrial properties in the top 150 U.S. metropolitan areas, including warehouse, distribution, manufacturing and industrial outdoor storage assets. The Joliet building matches that criteria, with a rectangular footprint, established industrial zoning and interstate access in the Chicago market.

Brock Industrial Services provides union scaffolding, painting, insulation, shoring, lead and asbestos abatement, and fireproofing for capital projects, maintenance and facility turnarounds. Its parent company, The Brock Group, was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Houston. The Brock Group employs more than 13,000 people and serves customers across the United States and Canada in petrochemical, refining, power generation and manufacturing.

Joliet has long carried the nickname "Crossroads of Mid-America." The city is home to the CenterPoint Intermodal Center, described as the largest inland port in North America, and the ExxonMobil Joliet Refinery.

Joshua Hearne with Cawley Partners represented TruCore on the transaction. Noel Liston and Nick Krejci with Core Industrial Realty represented the seller. Terms of the sale were not disclosed.