Food and beverage company joins Urban Air Trampoline Park and Carpet Consultants in 100,000 square foot building at 11501 Pocomoke Court that is now 80% occupied

BALTIMORE, MD (October 5, 2016) – The True Citrus Co. has signed a lease with Chesapeake Real Estate Group, LLC for 30,000 square feet of space at 11501 Pocomoke Court, situated within the Baltimore Crossroads @95 business community near the White Marsh section of Baltimore County. The locally-owned food and beverage company intends to relocate its warehouse, distribution and administrative offices to the building, while maintaining distribution operations from its existing site in Rosedale. More than 40 full and part-time employees are expected to work at the new location. Jon Casella of CBRE represented the tenant and Matt Laraway of Chesapeake Real Estate Group represented the landlord in this transaction.

True Citrus, a Baltimore-based company, is the manufacturer of the True Citrus family of products including True Lemon® and True Lime® lemonades and limeades. All True Citrus products are made from a patented process that captures fresh-squeezed citrus taste and use only simple and clean ingredients (and never have artificial sweeteners, flavors, preservatives, sodium or gluten). True Citrus products, including low-cal lemonades and limeades, unsweetened citrus replacements and spice blends, are available at over 35,000 stores including Walmart, Kroger, Target, Safeway, Harris Teeter, Wegmans, and Food Lion, among others, as well Amazon and TrueLemonStore.com. True Lemon and True Lime can also be found in over 25,000 foodservice locations, and are also used by other food and beverage manufacturers as ingredients in a wide range of products.

11501 Pocomoke Court is a 100,900 square foot Class “A” industrial building that features 28 foot clear ceiling heights, 21 rear loading docks and two drive-in doors, a 125 foot truck courtand an adjacent surface parking area that can accommodate more than 125 vehicles. The project is situated within immediate proximity to MD Route 43 and is less than three miles from Interstate 95, approximately 12 miles from the Port of Baltimore and 22 miles from Baltimore-Washington International Airport.

True Citrus joins Urban Air Trampoline Park and Carpet Consultants in the building that is now 80% leased, with approximately 20,000 square feet of available for lease. Of the nearly 700,000 square feet of warehouse and distribution space developed by Chesapeake Real Estate Group at Baltimore Crossroads, approximately 40,000 remains for lease.

“This real estate satisfied every requirement in our search, including a location within close proximity to our existing operations to minimize disruptions to our loyal workforce,” stated Albert J. Soricelli, Jr., Chief Executive Officer of True Citrus.“Baltimore Crossroads has numerous retail amenities for our employees and more on the way. It offers a modern and clean environment that offers a business advantage for the long-term operations of our growing company.”

“True Citrus is an extremely respected and well-run company that is showing consistent growth, so this represents a significant win for our company and Baltimore County,” explained Matt Laraway, Executive Vice President and Partner of Chesapeake Real Estate Group.

“Like similar companies that have leased warehouse and distribution space within Baltimore Crossroads, they recognized the location and logistics benefits by choosing the business park.”

Baltimore Crossroads @95 is a 1,000-acre mixed-use business community configured to support more than six million square feet of Class “A” commercial office, R&D/flex, warehouse and industrial and retail space, as well as residential components that include a luxury apartment complex, condominiums, townhomes and single-family homes.Chesapeake Real Estate Group has built and currently manages more than 700,000 square feet of warehouse and distribution space in the business community. Representative tenants include BGE Home and Breakthrough Beverage Maryland. Upon full build-out, approximately 10,000 people are expected to work and live in Baltimore Crossroads @95.

Chesapeake Real Estate Group, LLC, headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland is a full-service commercial real estate operating company that includes brokerage, property management and development services.The firm currently has more than two million square feet of industrial projects planned in the Mid-Atlantic region. Notable projects include the Landover Logistics Center, Steeplechase @95 International Business Park, 8235 Patuxent Range Road and 1200 East Patapsco Avenue. For more information visit www.cregllc.com