Article: Aaron's All Star find new home in spec building.(All Star Beverage)(Aaron's Rental Purchase Div)

PIKE COUNTY -- Spec buildings, by their vary nature, can cause sleepless nights for community and economic development leaders. "Build it, and they will come" is a true leap of faith, and when taxpayer money is involved, the decision to erect a spec building can be a spooky proposition.

This is not true in Pike County, however. Its Metro-Pike Industrial Building has had no trouble finding takers since it was built in 1999. And the facility currently houses two new companies--Aaron's Rents, which has purchased the complex and is using it for its new Aaron's Distribution Center, and All Star Beverage, which is subleasing space from Aaron's for a new bottling ...

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