Southern California-founded success firm River Plate Company just lately agreed to lease Rexford Industrial’s property at 2950 Madera Street in Simi Valley, Calif. A Lee & Associates – LA North/Ventura workforce of Scott Caswell and Erica Balin represented the tenant within the lease negotiations. The deal reportedly closed for practically $16 million and encompasses roughly 136,000 sq. toes of suburban Los Angeles industrial area.
“Scott and I’ve labored intently with River Plate through the years, and when their sublease was coming to an finish, we have been engaged to guage appropriate facility choices for his or her operation,” Balin stated. “As a part of the method, we have been in a position to maintain discussions with the grasp lessor of the property and are available to mutually helpful phrases versus a transfer. The tenant had been subleasing the placement now for a number of years. After they started to contemplate transferring choices, they opted to have interaction us to barter a direct lease to safe the area.”
Situated lower than a mile from a significant transportation artery within the space — California State Route 118 — the property is located on a virtually 10-acre lot and comes with greater than 200 grade-level parking areas. Options embrace six-inch-thick flooring; 31-foot clear top; ESFR sprinkler system; insulated ceilings; skylights; a mezzanine degree; a 105-foot-deep truck court docket; and 13-foot, dock-high doorways that may develop to 25 toes if wanted.
“The Simi Valley and surrounding areas stay a superb location for firms within the warehousing and success heart market,” Caswell stated. “These places provide easy accessibility, loads of parking, and well-designed warehousing area that — given the growth of the e-commerce market — is important for e-commerce firms. Consequently, there’s a robust want for a lot of these amenities.”
Based on latest industrial actual property stories by CommercialEdge, the commercial emptiness fee throughout the Los Angeles market was under 5% in February 2024. Knowledge additionally confirmed that Los Angeles was one among solely 4 coastal U.S. markets the place the year-over-year progress of in-place industrial rents was bigger than 10% — Inland Empire, Calif. (12.7%); Miami (12.0%); Orange County, Calif. (11.4%); and Los Angeles (11.4%).
With a median of $14.14 per sq. foot, industrial area in Los Angeles claimed the second-priciest in-place rents amongst Western U.S. markets in February, following the $15.29-per-square-foot common in Orange County. In the meantime, industrial belongings within the Los Angeles market topped the listing by way of year-to-date gross sales with $435 million-worth of properties altering arms right here through the first two months of 2024.
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Final modified: April 3, 2024