Yell-O-Glow Corp. has signed a 61,526-square-foot lease at 21-25 Arlington St. in Chelsea. Yell-O-Glow, one of the largest independent banana and plantain processors in the United States, will use the space in connection with their Ethnic Products Division.

A fourth-generation family-run business, Yell-O-Glow is a full-line food wholesaler specializing in Latin American and international products, including bakery, beverage, dairy, frozen, grocery, meat, deli, produce and seafood. Yell-O-Glow distributes directly to customers throughout New England, including wholesale distributors, supermarkets, grocery stores, and bodegas.

Yell-O-Glow employs approximately 100 people at 3 facilities in Everett, Avon, and Providence, R.I. Yell-O-Glow will relocate its distribution center in Avon to the Arlington Street Chelsea facility owned and managed by Combined Properties.

"Forty or so employees will be working out of the new Combined Properties space," George Markos, co-owner of Yell-O-Glow, said in a statement. "About 18 of those will be brand new jobs, many of which will filled by Chelsea residents."

Combined Properties has owned this industrial building since 1986, when it purchased it from The Sweetheart Paper Products Co. Combined Properties invested over $5 million to give the industrial complex a complete overhaul. Today, eight clients including the newest, Yell-O-Glow, operate there successfully.

Greg Regazzini, vice president and director of leasing for Combined Properties, represented the landlord in this lease transaction. Tom Aitken, senior managing director for Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, represented Yell-O-Glow.