Chicago firm buys Rocky Mountain Instrument HQ, plans 2nd building for site

LAFAYETTE — A real estate investment firm in Chicago has purchased the Lafayette headquarters of Rocky Mountain Instrument Co., for $13 million, with plans to add another large office or flex-type building to the southern portion of the property.

Rocky Mountain Instrument Co., will lease back the two-story, 90,000-square-foot building at 106 Laser Drive, an 8.7-acre site near the southeast corner of Public Road and South Boulder Road.

Zaragon Inc., bought the property from RMI. Zaragon president Rick Perlman on Monday said the new building likely would be slightly smaller than RMI’s headquarters, and that it would be leased out to a…