Above: A longtime Route 9 business known for its punny marketing has changed hands. (2023 image enhanced from Google Maps)
After 38 years in Southborough, Eagle Leasing sold its company and the 258 Turnpike Road property this summer. The Community Advocate posted a story this morning about the sale announced on July 8th.
The CA writes:
The Eagle Leasing Company — a company in Southborough and Northborough that provides portable storage containers, ground level offices (GLOs), semi-trailers, and mobile office solutions throughout the Northeast — announced July 8 that it had been sold to Rent-A-Container.
The story shared that the business will continue to operate “under the Eagle name” and promotes “nothing is changing about who we are.”
The story also states:
On July 1, the 4.52-acre parcel at 258 Turnpike Road in Southborough was sold for $2,290,000, according to records at the Worcester Registry of Deeds. The building is currently the site of The Eagle Leasing Company; David Eagle, Mark Eagle, and Eagle Realty Nominee Trust sold the property to TKB Land Holdings Southborough, a Delaware-based company.
Despite the property sale, Eagle’s website continues to market the Southborough location as its “our regional sales and service center”. So it appears, it will continue to operate as a storage business there.
Still, one impact of the sale remains to be seen.
The formerly, family-run business had long roots in town. The business opened its Southborough office in 1987. And one of its recent owners (David Eagle) was a resident for years before moving in 2016.1 (You can read about the family business and its Southborough connection in a 2013 MetroWest Daily News story here.) Those ties may have played a part in the company’s frequent sponsorship of community events over the years.
A sign that the support may continue was the company’s recent sponsorship of this summer’s Block Parties being put on by Southborough Recreation. (Let’s hope that wasn’t just the last hurrah from the prior owners. While the new owners are headquartered in Michigan, they may see a marketing/PR benefit for sponsoring local community events.)
- Longtime readers will recall that David Eagle’s 2016 relocation was controversial due to the timing of his vote as a ZBA member to approve the permit for a 40B development at Park Central.
