As reported on Arkansas Online: An investment group from Wisconsin has purchased the largest building in the long vacant Whirlpool plant complex in Fort Smith, with plans to renovate the space to eventually operate as a hub for other companies. The 1.5 million-square-foot building on Jenny Lind Road, which includes 300,000 square feet of mezzanine space, has been on the market since the Whirlpool plant closed in 2012. Phoenix Investors of Milwaukee closed on the building last week. The terms of the deal were not ... Read More

As reported in Milwaukee BizTimes: Acquisition increases company’s portfolio to 17 million square feet of industrial space Milwaukee-based Phoenix Investors LLC, continues to grow its industrial portfolio with the purchase of three former Whirlpool manufacturing facilities, all outside of Wisconsin. The properties, ranging in size from 229,781 square feet to 1.6 million square feet, are located in Cleveland, Tenn., Evansville, Ind., and Fort Smith, Ark. Over the last three years, Phoenix Investors has purchased six former Whirlpool plants as part of its overall business plan ... Read More

As reported in the Milwaukee Business Journal: ​Milwaukee-based Phoenix Investors on Friday bought three large manufacturing plants in Arkansas, Indiana and Tennessee from Whirlpool Corp. Read the full story here