BERLIN—Now that the Town of Berlin has extended water and sewer service further along North Main Street to where it extends across Route 50 the developer of Berlin Main Place, a small campus of medical office buildings, is expanding.
Developer Palmer Gillis, president of Salisbury-based firm Gillis Gilkerson, Inc., has applied to the Berlin Planning Office for a building permit for a proposed 10,000 square feet medical office building at the site near the corner of Routes 818 and 50. Brad Gillis, who is the real estate agent for the development, said during a Jan. 6 interview, the project would be the second building on the property.
The project is being built on speculation for a local medical office, but could be available for either sale or lease, Brad Gillis said.
If the permit application is approved and the project begins before April, Brad Gillis said, the project could be completed by the latter part of this year. He said it would be a “turn key” property that would be totally built out in order to be ready for a new occupant to move directly into it.
In November 2013, Planning Director Dave Engelhart explained that the developer was refreshing an original site plan that was approved in 2009 for four buildings at the site, which previously housed a gas station. Phase one of the project has already been built and the developer has obtained a permit packet to start on the second phase, with a new building.
Although the site is within town limits, it had been difficult to entice development without being able to offer all public utility services. In 2012, Mayor Gee Williams and the Berlin Town Council approved an appropriation for $28,000 to pay engineering company Davis, Bowen and Friedel to design an extension for water and sewer service along Main Street north of Old Ocean City Boulevard — and across Route 50.
The extension of services came about due to the council’s previous decision to build a state-of-the-art wastewater treatment plant that allowed the town to expand its Equivalent Development Unit (EDU) capacity.
According to Gillis the lease price of the property would be $20 per square feet and the sale price would be $275 per square feet.
For additional information about the project, call Brad Gillis at 410-430-6838, or e-mail him at Bradley.gillis@svn.com
Developer Palmer Gillis, president of Salisbury-based firm Gillis Gilkerson, Inc., has applied to the Berlin Planning Office for a building permit for a proposed 10,000 square feet medical office building at the site near the corner of Routes 818 and 50. Brad Gillis, who is the real estate agent for the development, said during a Jan. 6 interview, the project would be the second building on the property.
The project is being built on speculation for a local medical office, but could be available for either sale or lease, Brad Gillis said.
If the permit application is approved and the project begins before April, Brad Gillis said, the project could be completed by the latter part of this year. He said it would be a “turn key” property that would be totally built out in order to be ready for a new occupant to move directly into it.
In November 2013, Planning Director Dave Engelhart explained that the developer was refreshing an original site plan that was approved in 2009 for four buildings at the site, which previously housed a gas station. Phase one of the project has already been built and the developer has obtained a permit packet to start on the second phase, with a new building.
Although the site is within town limits, it had been difficult to entice development without being able to offer all public utility services. In 2012, Mayor Gee Williams and the Berlin Town Council approved an appropriation for $28,000 to pay engineering company Davis, Bowen and Friedel to design an extension for water and sewer service along Main Street north of Old Ocean City Boulevard — and across Route 50.
The extension of services came about due to the council’s previous decision to build a state-of-the-art wastewater treatment plant that allowed the town to expand its Equivalent Development Unit (EDU) capacity.
According to Gillis the lease price of the property would be $20 per square feet and the sale price would be $275 per square feet.
For additional information about the project, call Brad Gillis at 410-430-6838, or e-mail him at Bradley.gillis@svn.com