Warehouse Distribution Property Changes Hands

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The Mill Stores warehouse and distribution facility located at 128 Breed’s Hill Road, Hyannis, MA recently changed hands. According to public records, the 27,000SF structure on 4.13 acres conveyed in early July 2008 for $3.7 million to RAM Construction LLC of Bedford, MA. The buyer was reported to be a specialty building products distributor with locations throughout New England.

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