600 Green Lane, Union, NJ

D’Artagnan is a fast growing company on the cutting edge of the nation’s gourmet food scene. They are recognized for their uncompromising commitment to quality and as trendsetters in the high end meat industry. Founded by renowned gourmet chef, Ariane Daguin, the company has dramatically grown since its founding in 1985. Operating out of 35,000 SF in Newark, the company desperately needed a larger building with high ceilings, significant loading, a lot of office and in an area that provided few options. Finding the property wasn’t going to be easy. Their business supports a large fleet of trucks servicing Manhattan and Brooklyn’s finest restaurants daily. They also needed this location to service the Boston to Washington corridor.

After searching for years D’Artagnan turned to The Stro Companies (“Stro”) to find, acquire and partner on what some said was an “impossible acquisition” in a tight market. With a myriad of industry and brokerage contacts, Stro scoured the market making the “impossible acquisition” a reality. Stro’s professional real estate team ran the acquisition process navigating complicated environmental issues, while maximizing its capital market relationships to provide the best debt opportunity to the partnership. During this process, D’Artagnan remained focused on their business growth, not real estate. We delivered an 87,000 SF building in the perfect location for D’Artagnan, so they could deliver the best gourmet quality foods to a lot of hungry people.