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Description
of the property:
Buildings # 5 & # 8
The subject property is located at 77 S. Monroe and 185 E. Fountain
Streets, Battle Creek, Michigan, and consists of a truck garage, warehouse, and
office building, situated on an improved site.
The site is irregular in shape, and contains 70,300 square feet of gross
area, more or less. Topography is
level at street grade, and the sire has 216.48 feet of frontage along the
Northerly side of Fountain Street, a paved road with two-way traffic.
Monroe Street has been vacated, and the subject portion is currently
being used by the adjoining operation for ingress and egress.
The improvements consist of Building #5 (77 S. Monroe Street), and
Building #8 (185 E. Fountain Street). Building #5 is a 30 to 35 year old
one-story masonry construction building with offices, storage are, truck service
garage, and small basement, containing a gross floor area of 8,018 square feet.
Building #8 is a 35 to 40 year old one-story masonry and frame construction
warehouse-storage building, containing a gross floor area of 5,140 square feet.
The improvements are described in detail as follows:
| Building
#5: |
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| Foundation: |
Poured concrete reinforced. |
| Basement: |
Small area (220 square feet)
under office with concrete floor and concrete block walls. |
| Floors: |
Wood in office areas with vinyl
and carpet coverings. Storage and truck service areas are poured
concrete. |
| Walls: |
Concrete block, with face brick
along front of office area, and the rest is painted. Windows in office
area are fixed insulated type in aluminum frames. One over-head door
(12x14 feet), with electric control provides access to the truck service
area. The other over-head is a new 12x12 door with electrical operator. |
| Interior
Walls and Partitions: |
Frame in the offices with wood
paneling and painted drywall. Masonry in the storage-truck service
areas. |
| Mezzanine
Storage Area: |
Located above the office area,
and unfinished. |
| Ceilings: |
Offices have painted drywall and
tile ceiling areas with 8 foot height. Storage area has open
construction with steel trusses, wood deck, and 12 foot clearance.
Service garage area has steel bar joists with metal deck and 16 foot
clearance. |
| Lighting: |
Numerous fluorescent fixtures
throughout. There is an average number of duplex outlets in the offices,
and few in the storage-service areas. |
| Plumbing: |
Three restrooms equipped with
two fixtures each. Piping is galvanized iron and copper, with cast waste
lines. |
| Electrical: |
100 amp, 120/240 volt capacity
circuit breaker type service panel.
Wiring is rigid conduit. |
| Heating
and Cooling: |
Office area is heated and cooled
by a gas fired, forced air furnace located in the small basement area,
and roof mounted electric condenser unit. The storage area is not
heated, and the service garage area is heated by suspended gas fired
units. |
| Roof: |
Area over the office and storage
areas is bow type with wood deck and built-up covering. Service garage
area has a flat roof with steel bar joists, metal deck, and built-up
cover. |
| Condition: |
Good. |
| Building
#8: |
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| Foundation: |
Poured concrete reinforced. |
| Floors: |
Poured concrete reinforced. |
| Walls: |
Concrete block with face brick
on front along E. Fountain Street. One 12x12 foot over-head door,
electrically operated. |
| Interior
Walls and Partitions: |
Frame construction with gypsum
board cover, and painted concrete block. |
| Ceilings: |
the northerly 45 feet (1,800
square feet) has steel trusses with insulation and composition covering.
Southerly portion (3,340 square feet) is open construction with steel
trusses and wood roof deck and purlins. |
| Lighting: |
10-250 watt metal halide
fixtures. |
| Plumbing: |
None. |
| Electrical: |
100 amp, 120/240 volt service
panel with rigid conduit wiring. |
| Heating
and Cooling: |
Area is heated by suspended gas
fired units. There is no
cooling. |
| Roof: |
Double pitch type with steel
trusses, wood purlins and deck, and covered with metal panels. |
| Condition: |
Good. |
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| Yard
Improvements: |
Yard has 32,640 square feet of
concrete paving in poor condition, and 18, 320 square feet of asphalt
paving in fair condition. A concrete block retainer wall, a bout 6 feet
high, extends 365 lineal feet along the easterly property line and is in
fair condition. |
  
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