Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Wilson Commercial Real Estate Completes Successful First Half of 2009

LOS ANGELES, CA, Aug. 5, 2009 – Wilson Commercial Real Estate, Southern California’s leading retail brokerage firm, had a successful first half of 2009, despite the adverse effects the economy had on the retail sector of the commercial real estate industry.

Currently the company leases over 90 retail properties totaling 8.3 million square feet, including 41 retail boxes representing 2.4 million square feet in Southern and Central California.

Thus far, in 2009, the company has executed 19 leases totaling approximately $11 million.

Some of the leasing highlights include the following:

· Ross Dress For Less: 30,000 square feet in Riverside, Calif.
· Mor Furniture: 38,000 square feet in Murrieta, Calif.
· Unleashed by Petco: 5,057 square feet in Simi Valley, Calif. · Lotus Furniture: 3,641 square feet in Studio City, Calif.
· The Habit: 2,280 square feet in Burbank, Calif.
· Menchies Frozen Yogurt: 2,022 square feet in Chatsworth, Calif.


Wilson Commercial Real Estate has also added leasing assignments for the following new clients:

· Regency Centers: Granada Village (Granada Hills, Calif.)
· Robertson Properties: Rancho Marketplace (Burbank, Calif.) and Winnetka Entertainment Center (Chatsworth, Calif.)

Other highlights include:


In 2009 WCRE expanded it services to include a high-profile tenant-representative assignment for Dollar Tree Services, Inc. WCRE formed a partnership with the tenant representative services team at Studley (Newport Beach) to implement Dollar Tree’s expansion plan into the Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside, and Kern county markets.


About Wilson Commercial Real Estate

Christopher A. Wilson (top right photo) is president of the company. Founded in 1990, Wilson Commercial Real Estate has leased and sold over 5 million square feet of retail space with an aggregate consideration of nearly $750 million.

The company currently represents more than 8 million square feet of retail space in approximately 90 properties throughout Southern California.

In 2008, Wilson Commercial Real Estate formed an Investment Sales Group that provides a complete range of investment sales services for their clients’ acquisition and disposition requirements.


For more information, please visit http://www.wcre.net/.


Contact: David Ebeling Ebeling Communications (949) 278-7851 david@ebelingcomm.com

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