Too Much to Sell in One Bite — So the Lease Became the Exit

Three retiring brothers and a property too big to swallow

For roughly 75 years, 25514 IL-83, Unit B sold RVs — the last 35 or so under three brothers who were finally ready to retire. They weren’t selling just a building: a 6,500 SF dealership facility, two acres of Route 83 frontage, and everything tied to a working operation had to go — and they were unwinding other holdings too, including a six-unit Mundelein building.

For buyers, that was the problem. Everything at once was too much — too much property, too much commitment, too much risk in one signature. The interest that showed up didn’t match what the site was worth.

Split the decision: rent it now, buy it later

Jason reshaped the exit instead of discounting it. He found a semi-truck dealer that wanted exactly this kind of high-visibility Route 83 site and structured a three-year lease at the owners’ full target rate — about 5,000 SF of the building on the two-acre site at $13,000 a month, with ownership retaining the balance of the space.

The structure does the selling from here: the dealer builds its business on the property, and a purchase is the likely next step. The brothers didn’t lower the price of retiring — they changed the shape of the transaction.

Income now, a buyer already in the building

The lease closed in June 2026. The owners collect target-rate income immediately, the property stays active instead of sitting dark on the market — and when the purchase conversation happens, it’s with a tenant already invested in the site. Retirement started on time.