Monday, February 24, 2014

SR Commercial Acquires Two Assets Totaling 74,540 SF

  
 2120 and 2122 West Mission Road, Escondido, CA, North San Diego County,

Adam Robinson

 SAN DIEGO, CA (Feb. 24, 2014) – SR Commercial, a privately held, full-service commercial real estate investment company, has acquired two properties encompassing 79,294 square feet in Southern California, bringing its current portfolio to 813,839 square feet as of February 2014, according to Adam Robinson, a Principal of SR Commercial.

“Our newest acquisitions, located in San Diego and the Inland Empire, reflect an increased tightening within the industrial and office markets throughout Southern California,” says Robinson, who founded SR Commercial with CJ Stos.

“Quality product continues to be scarce.  However, today’s market offers a number of potential ‘diamond in the rough’ properties, which provide the opportunity to add deep value and substantially increase net operating income and overall value.”

CJ Stos
Robinson notes that both of the firm’s recently acquired assets are value-add properties, and SR Commercial intends to implement improvements and repositioning strategies on each property.

SR Commercial’s recent acquisitions in San Diego and the Inland Empire include:

Acquisition #1: 

SR Commercial Acquires Multi-Tenant Industrial Park in Escondido, CA

SR Commercial has acquired a 40,154 square-foot industrial property located at 2120 and 2122 W. Mission Road in the city of Escondido, in North San Diego County, for a total consideration of $3.1 million.

Conor Boyle
 The Nordahl Center, which SR Commercial plans to rename Gateway @ Mission, is a retail/industrial park situated on 2.11 acres and consisting of a 36,877 square-foot multi-tenant building and a 3,277 square-foot single-tenant building.

The property is currently 66 percent occupied by 11 industrial tenants.

“Based on high vacancy and deferred maintenance at this property, we were able to negotiate a competitive purchase price on the asset, providing ample opportunity to implement improvements and reposition the property moving forward,” says CJ Stos, a Principal with SR Commercial.

SR Commercial plans to utilize its in-house management team to upgrade the building’s facade and interior units, and to repair all deferred maintenance issues, according to Stos. 

John Witherall
Coinciding with its repositioning of the property as “Gateway @ Mission,” the firm will work closely with Conor Boyle and John Witherall of Colliers in order to market vacant suites to retail and industrial users.

“This is an excellent time to own quality industrial space available for lease,” says Stos, who notes that lease rates continue to rise as vacancy declines in the Greater San Diego industrial market.  “We anticipate that we will have the opportunity to incrementally capture rising rents as the property’s current leases roll over.”

Both SR Commercial and the seller, a private investor, were represented by Bryce Aberg and Brant Aberg of Cassidy Turley and Mike Erwin and Tucker Hohenstein of Colliers in the transaction. 

SR Commercial Acquires a Class A Office Property in Murrieta, CA

38670 Sky Canyon Drive, Murrieta, CA
 Acquisition #2: 

 SR Commercial has acquired a 39,140 square-foot, Class A, two-story professional office building located at 38670 Sky Canyon Drive in Murrieta, Calif. for a total consideration of $2.9 million.

The property, which was built in 2008 as a speculative development, is currently vacant and in warm shell condition, according to SR Commercial.

“As a quality asset in a strong Inland Empire submarket, this office property presents an enormous opportunity to build value,” says Stos, who explains that a bridge loan was granted on the property that will allow SR Commercial to complete construction of new tenant improvements.

Mike Erwin
“We plan to build out the vacant space and aggressively market the property in order to bring the building to 100 percent occupancy, and then sell the property as a leased investment within 13 to 36 months,” Stos explains.

Prior to the close of escrow, SR Commercial secured a 10-year tenant for the ground floor. 

Both SR Commercial and the seller, a private investor, were represented by Corey Martin and Stan Nowak, of Coldwell Banker Commercial in the transaction.


 For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

Amanda Alenick/ Jenn Quader
 Brower, Miller & Cole
(949) 955-7940


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