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Fullerton-based Parkinson Enterprises Inc. is expanding its office furniture making business.
Salman, as Parkinson's furniture business goes by, plans to move next month from a 74,000-square-foot leased building to a nearby 137,108-square-foot industrial building at 2330 Raymer Ave.
The company paid $7.1 million to HC Fullerton LLC for the building and was represented by Voit Commercial Brokerage.
Salman employs about 85 workers, the bulk of whom are furniture makers. The company plans to add workers as the business grows, according to President Michael Parkinson. He declined to disclose sales for the privately owned company.
The move comes at a time when many manufacturers are shrinking their businesses in California and planning expansions outside the state. Parkinson said he's betting on a California turnaround.
"Those that stay will eventually be rewarded for staying," he said. "I feel strongly that California is a major market for what we're doing."
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