eBay car stereo retailer buys Hialeah warehouse

Entity managed by Techronics executives paid $267 psf

eBay car electronics retailer Techronics is turning up its distribution volume in Hialeah.

An entity managed by Techtronics President Sharome Yerushalmi and company CEO Yoel Gidanian paid $10 million for a roughly 37,000-square-foot warehouse at 3130 West 15th Avenue, records show. Popular Bank provided the buyer with a $5.5 million mortgage.

The deal breaks down to $267 a square foot. Benjamin Silver and Sebastian Misiewicz with CBRE represented the seller, a Miramar entity managed by Jimmy Ng, Mindy Ng, Danny Shiu and Ying Shiu.

In 2020, the Ng and Shiu entity paid $4.5 million for the 1.75-acre site, records show. The warehouse was completed in 1988.

Based in Gardena, Calif., Techronics has been selling car stereos, speakers, amplifiers and other auto electronics on eBay since 2009, selling 302,000 items, according to its online store. Techronics plans on using its Hialeah acquisition to expand its high-end electronics business, a press release states.

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