Orange County Industrial Tenant Representation
Orange County is our home market. More than 500 of our assignments have been here, across 30 cities from Brea to San Clemente. When your lease is up, you want someone who knows the landlords, the buildings and what recent deals actually traded at.
Led by Justin Smith, SIOR, with Grant LaBounty and Chris Vassilian at Lee & Associates in Irvine.
Start 18 to 24 months out, build a real alternative, and use it to renegotiate rent, improvements and deferred maintenance.
Search the whole county for the buildings that fit your operation: clear height, docks, yard, power and labor access, then negotiate the lease through move-in.
Overflow and interim space when you need it now, and subleasing space you no longer need.
When the market cannot deliver what you need, we run the build-to-suit process or model the purchase alternative.
Cities where we have completed assignments, from our own transaction list.
Named clients, in their own words.
A west coast floor-covering distributor that needed room to grow next to its 300,000 SF headquarters.
“Justin is very detailed and his follow up is exceptional. Through his efforts we are preparing to move into the new facility in 30 days. ... I highly recommend Justin for any real estate needs you may have.”John Lubinski, Executive VP, Tri-West, LTDRead the full story →
A pre-clinical and clinical trial services company that outgrew a small multi-tenant business park.
“Justin Smith has done an excellent job identifying properties, advising us as his client, representing us in lease negotiation process and providing service after the close of the deal.”Christopher A. Kerfoot, President & CEO, Mosaic LaboratoriesRead the full story →
A Memphis-based distributor with unresolved maintenance problems at its California distribution center.
“He was successful in negotiating various improvements to our space at no cost to us. ... We would certainly use Mr. Smith again for similar negotiations.”Bruce Collins, President, Collins DistributingRead the full story →
For most industrial tenants, 18 to 24 months before expiration. That window leaves time to test the market, give the landlord a real alternative, and move if moving is the better answer. Larger or specialized buildings (power, cold storage, heavy manufacturing) can need longer.
On most industrial leases the brokerage fee is paid by the landlord under its listing agreement, so tenants usually do not pay us directly. On purchases and sales the fee is set out in a written agreement before work begins. We confirm how we are paid, in writing, at the start of every engagement.
In each engagement we represent one side. If a client becomes interested in a building we also represent, we disclose it in writing before anything moves forward, as California law requires, and the client decides how to proceed. Working both sides is also why our advice is specific: we know what landlords accept because we negotiate for them too.
Orange County is home: more than 500 of our assignments have been in 30 Orange County cities. We also work across Los Angeles County, especially the Mid-Counties (Santa Fe Springs, La Mirada, Norwalk, Cerritos), and nationally through the Lee & Associates network, most often following existing clients to new markets.
The first conversation is free and confidential. We will tell you plainly whether we are the right fit.
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