Family-owned firm picks up property near Day Air Ballpark for $2M

Dayton Hydraulic takes control of Crest Commercial-listed building
409 E. Monument Ave. Montgomery County image

409 E. Monument Ave. Montgomery County image

A downtown Dayton office building across from Day Air Ballpark recently changed hands for more than $2 million, Montgomery County records show.

Dayton Office Properties LLC sold the four-story building at 409 E. Monument Ave to Dayton Hydraulic Co. for $2,007,000, records show.

The building is home to construction company Miller-Valentine Group, the building’s anchor tenant, which moved there from a nearby Main Street location nearly two years ago.

Before joining Crest Commercial Realty as president, Anthony Taylor was president of Dayton Hydraulic, an investment real estate company.

Taylor said Thursday Dayton Hydraulic’s stock is owned by the Janney family, while he is co-owner and president of Crest Commercial Realty, the property management and leasing company for all Dayton Hydraulic properties including 409 E. Monument.

“The building will continue to be an office building, no changes are planned for the property other than finding a tenant or two for the fourth floor which is vacant,” he said.

Dayton Hydraulic has been a prolific owner of local properties over the years, listed as the owner or previous owner of numerous properties, including an office building at 1875 Founders Drive in Kettering, a warehouse at 943 Woodley Road, another office building at 313 Helena St. and many other sites.

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