Brown Completes O’Hare Industrial Market Sale

July 22, 2025 — Brown Commercial represented All Materials Matter LLC in purchasing a 28, 374-square-foot building in Chicago’s O’Hare industrial market. The building is located at 1820 N. 30th Ave. in Melrose Park, IL, part of the coveted O’Hare submarket due to its access to O’Hare International Airport and local, regional and national transportation infrastructure. Brown Commercial Broker Pat Crowley represented the commercial waste recycling business in the deal.

All Materials Matter provides materials recycling services for many Chicago area industrial and logistics companies. Since 2023, the company has expanded from a 5,000-square-foot lease to its recent lease of 20,000-square-foot space in Franklin Park, IL. Both leases were negotiated by Crowley.

Given the company’s rapid growth and need for additional space, Crowley conducted an extensive search of the O’Hare submarket and surrounding areas. “There is a limited supply of small to mid-sized industrial space in the O’Hare industrial market and surrounding areas, creating challenges for growing companies,” Crowley said. “After a thorough search, we found a building that fits their need to stay close to their existing client base while also allowing more efficient space for their operations.”

The Melrose Park building also has unique features, including seven loading docks and limited office space, that fit the buyer’s requirements.

Nick Fazio, a broker with Avison Young, represented the seller.

According to CoStar research, industrial sales in the O’Hare industrial submarket reached $793 million over the previous 12 months, ending in May 2025. The majority of those transactions involved data centers, but small to mid-sized buildings remain a target for many businesses.

Given the market’s supply-demand dynamics, there is little room to add new, modern industrial space in the O’Hare submarket. Yet with such a tight supply, demand is particularly intense, given the importance of the submarket’s centralized distribution hub and access to regional and national transportation routes.

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