January 19, 2022 9:00 AM
Newmark[1] announces it has completed a 113,400-square-foot industrial lease with LA North Studios at the recently-constructed IAC Commerce Center in Valencia, California. Newmark Vice Chairman John DeGrinis, SIOR, Executive Managing Director Patrick DuRoss, SIOR and Senior Managing Director Jeff Abraham, SIOR were the sole brokers on the transaction, representing both LA North Studios and the landlord, IAC Properties.
“The IAC Commerce Center has met the insatiable demand for new Class A industrial space in greater Los Angeles, providing one million square feet of much-needed new space” said DeGrinis. “The only disappointment is that our job for this project is complete now that the project is 100% leased.”
Abraham added, “After successfully leasing Phase 2 of the project to several high-quality industrial tenants, we are pleased to bring LA North Studios to the Phase 3 building. This project has an incredible tenant mix, but the one industry missing was entertainment, which is a staple of the LA North market. We are thrilled that our last building was leased to a film studio / production company.”
LA North Studios is a full-service film studio providing sound stages, studios and production services to major film companies including Walt Disney Pictures, Warner Bros., Showtime, Netflix, Paramount, HBO Max and Universal. The company will lease the entire Building 8, located at 29051 Avenue Valley View, which will be their fourth location in the Santa Clarita Valley.
IAC Commerce Center is a brand new, one-million-square-foot industrial development consisting of seven state-of-the-art buildings on 116 acres. The buildings range in size from 93,735 square feet to 216,320 square feet. Major tenants at the development include Amazon, Lowe’s, Happy Returns by PayPal, Accurate Freight Systems and Covercraft.
Completing Phase 3 of the IAC Commerce Center, 29051 Avenue Valley View (Building 8) is a 113,400-square-foot industrial property that completed construction in December 2021. Building features include 30-foot clear height, 33 dock-high loading doors, 2 ground-level loading doors, ESFR sprinkler system, 156 parking spaces and approximately 1,704 square feet of office space with expansion opportunity.
The IAC Commerce Center offers proximity to the 5, 210, 405, 101, 170, 118, 126 and 14 Freeways, providing easy access to numerous logistics and transportation hubs. The property is just over 60 miles from the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, 27 miles from Hollywood Burbank Airport, 43 miles from Los Angeles International Airport and 37 miles from Downtown Los Angeles. With 2.7 million highly educated and diverse workers within 30-minute drive time, the property is an ideal location for distribution, e-commerce, entertainment, warehousing, manufacturing, tech, aerospace or biotech tenants.
According to Newmark Research, the Los Angeles industrial market totals 1.05 billion square feet and has the second-lowest industrial vacancy rate in the U.S., at 1.1% as of year-end. Its vacancy rate has remained below 3.0% for 39 consecutive quarters. During the fourth quarter of 2021, quarterly net absorption totaled 2.9 million square feet, bringing the 2021 absorption total to 13.7 million square feet, the fourth-highest year on record.
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