Just Sold

8975 Rochester Ave., Rancho Cucamonga, CA

This property featured a +/- 5,500 square foot metal building on a+/- 1.78 Acre total lot area. I represented the seller. The sale price was $1,410,000.00

This was a unique transaction in that it included an income producing easement lease from Lamar Sign Company. (The property fronts the 15 freeway and has a new 50 year lease in place with a new digital billboard.) The buyers paid extra to have the lease included.

The buyers will use the property as a recycling facility. They had to obtain a special use permit from the City, which took some work, but which they were finally able to obatin.

Special thanks to Alex Garcia of Marcus & Millichap who represented the Buyer.

Thanks For Visiting

If you are visiting this Blog for the first time chances are you received an e-mail from me. I have been using e-mail blasts as a means to reach out to the industrial property community for about a year now. Every week I work on adding more e-mail addresses to my database. I now have about 1200 e-mail addresses that I regularly send to. I try to limit my messages to only once, maybe twice a month max. I do not want to be known as a spammer and only try to send out valuable market information.

You may have noticed that I use Constant Contact as an e-mail management system. Using Constant Contact has a number of advantages that I like. For example, one of my favorite features is it shows me who has opened my e-mail message, and also shows me who has opened any attachments or links. If I see that someone has opened my e-mails numerous times, or if they have clicked on a specific property brochure I will usually call that person to follow up and see if I may be of assistance. Constant Contact also allows people to opt out or unsubscribe, which is great because the last thing I want to do is annoy anyone.

I certainly understand that many people are just curious about what is going on the market, and that is fine. I also understand that timing is critical in the real estate game and that it helps to send out messages once a month to stay top of mind.

I probably do not update this blog as much as I should. For me, it is more like a digital resume where people can go to learn a little more about me.

Thanks for stopping by.

Mitch

Four Small Leases Completed in August

This month I have been fortunate enough to complete four Lease transactions. Details are as follows:

14762 Central Ave. Chino
6,100 Square Feet
2 year sub lease
I represented the Sub-Lessor

13653 Central Ave. Chino
13,380 Square Feet
4 year lease
I represented the Lessee

7240 Sycamore Ave. Riverside
21,928 Square Feet
3 year lease
I represented the Lessor

2036 Francis St. Ontario
5,247 Square Feet
3 year lease renewal
I represented the Lessee

More Signs of Action

In the past two months I have been able to generate offers on properties that I have been marketing for well in excess of 12 months. While these offers have not been fantastic, they are still offers when before I had none. As I monitor the industrial market in the Inland Empire I am now beginning to see a lot of the low hanging fruit being plucked from the tree. The time is now my friends. The market is bottoming. Who know how long it will last? Not I. One thing I can say is real estate is just like any other commodity. It is priced based upon supply and demand. For the past two years demand has been very weak, so prices have been very low. Now, it seems that demand is starting to come back, at least for the very low priced properties. But as these low priced properties get snatched up, there is only one way for prices to go, and that is back up. I don't see this happening quickly, but it will happen in the 12-18 months.

Signs of Demand

Finally there seems to be some indication that buyers and tenants are back in the marketplace. This is evidenced by the great month of May that my peers at Grubb & Ellis Company, Ontario and I just had, closing over 50 deals in 30 days. Needless to say we have not seen that kind of activity in many, many months. This certainly does not mean that the market is rebounding, in fact a lot of these deals took place at numbers that set a new low comp, but these comps help establish a realistic value that has been so hard to determine (or for many, just admit.)

Smart business owners will recognize that the next 6-18 months may represent one of the best opportunities in commercial real estate in years, especially as if activity continues at all like this.

Three New Listings

In the past two weeks I have been fortunate enough to secure three new exclusive listing agreements. Detailed information is availble by clicking the link at the top of this page.
Here is a little information on each:

7240 Sycamore Canyon Blvd., Riverside.
34,573 square feet
1,500 square feet of offices
4 ground level loading doors
2 dock high doors possible
24' clear height
400 amp power
This building is visible from the 215 freeway and is ideal for manufacturing, warehousing or retail. In fact many of the neighboring properties are furniture stores. This is a brand new, never been occupied building.
This property is offerd for lease at a teaser rate of $.25 per square foot gross.

1087 E. 9th St., San Bernardino
25,400 square feet in two buildings
Building 1:
13,400 square foot block and metal building
1,500 square feet of offices
12' clear height
5 ground level loading doors
200 amp power
Building 2:
12,000 square foot metal building
14' clear height
5 ground level loading doors
200 amp power
Total lot size is +/- 66,211 square feet
This is pretty low end manufacturing space. The current owner makes camper shells there.
The asking sale price is only $38.50 per square foot or $977,900.00

14762 Central Ave., Chino
6,140 square feet
500 square feet of offices
16' clear height
2 12'x14' ground level loading doors
200 amp 277/240 volt power
Fenced yard.
This is a nice small free-standing building with great frontage on Central Ave.
This building is available for lease at $.55 per square foot Gross
This is a sub-lease through August 31, 2012

These new listing should keep me busy for a little while!

A Taller Building Could Save You Money

Yesterday Richard Schwartz and I met with a large 3PL to discuss helping them consolidate. This company is currently in two buildings totalling about 650,000 square feet. These are older buildings that are only 24' clear. Their hope is to consolidate their operation into one  450,000 - 500,000 square foot, 30' clear building. As we all know, you pay for industrial property by the square foot, not the cubic foot. A 30' clear building could allow you rack 1 pallet position higher, thereby taking advantage of the cubic space that a building offers. Many times a 30' clear building will go for the same rate as a 24' clear building. For some it makes perfect sense. In this instance this company may be able to reduce their overall square footage by as much as 150,000 square feet, but still be able to maintain about the same amount of pallet positions. Let's say that 150,000 square feet is worth $.30 per square foot. That is a monthly savings of $45,000 or a savings of $2,700,000 over five years!

If you would like to do a cost analysis of your low clear building versus a taller building just let me know!

Mitch 909-974-4054