Mid Atlantic Port Services Buys Former Pastore's Warehouse for $5.7 Million

Mid Atlantic Port Services acquired the former Pastore's Inc. headquarters at 6101 E. Lombard Street in East Baltimore for $5.7 million, trading a leased space at Fort Holabird Industrial Park for a 30,252-square-foot building it now owns outright.

The deal, recorded April 6, puts one of East Baltimore's more recognizable food-distribution addresses into the hands of a regional logistics firm that handles military and commercial shipments along with vehicle transport. Mid Atlantic Port Services plans to consolidate its operations at the Lombard Street facility, which features 18-foot ceilings, 15 dock doors, and an at-grade drive-in door suited to high-volume freight and vehicle movement.

MacKenzie Commercial Real Estate Services brokered the transaction. Daniel Hudak, Andrew Meeder, and Matthew Curran, all principals at MacKenzie, represented the seller. Scott Manhoff of Oxford Realty Advisor represented the buyer.

The sale follows Pastore's acquisition by Saval Foods last year, which shifted the food-distribution company's manufacturing and logistics footprint and left the East Baltimore building available. Those physical attributes, particularly the dock-door count and ceiling clearance, made the property well-suited for a single occupant running distribution, warehousing, and vehicle handling under one roof, according to the brokers involved in the deal.

For Mid Atlantic Port Services, ownership of a property this close to port infrastructure reduces the operational friction of a leased arrangement and positions the firm within Baltimore's freight corridor. The company's move off Fort Holabird represents a long-term bet on a specific building rather than a flexible tenancy, a distinction that carries weight in a market where logistics operators have been competing for shovel-ready industrial space near the Port of Baltimore.

The scale of job creation tied to the relocation was not disclosed, but active occupancy of the Lombard Street site keeps a substantial industrial property on the city's tax rolls and off the vacancy lists that have troubled other East Baltimore industrial blocks.