Ware Malcomb Promotes Mark Bartolone to Director, Advanced Manufacturing

Mark Bartolone

PLEASANTON, CA, Sept. 9, 2020 – Ware Malcomb, an award-winning international design firm, today announced Mark Bartolone has been promoted to Director, Advanced Manufacturing in the Pleasanton office.

In this role, Bartolone leads the growth and management of the firm’s Advanced Manufacturing Studio.

“Mark has been instrumental in the leadership, growth and development of Ware Malcomb’s Advanced Manufacturing group and has managed some of the firm’s most complex project types and largest national corporate accounts,” said Jim Terry, Principal of Ware Malcomb’s Pleasanton office.

Jim Terry

 “Mark’s technical savvy and dedication to our clients throughout his career at Ware Malcomb has set the highest standards of service. We congratulate him on this well-deserved promotion and look forward to his continued success.”

Bartolone joined Ware Malcomb in 1997, serving in many roles during his long career in the firm’s Pleasanton office and previously in the Irvine office.

Most recently, he served as Studio Manager, Manufacturing & Technology, leading a talented team of architects and designers located throughout Ware Malcomb’s offices across North America.

His areas of expertise include advanced manufacturing, e-commerce fulfillment and distribution, industrial, and technology-driven projects.

CONTACTS:

Rachel Devany

VP Public Relations

 KCOMM for Ware Malcomb

Rachel@kcomm.com 

Maria Rodgers, Public Relations Manager, 949.660.9128, mrodgers@waremalcomb.com

Maureen Bissonnette, Associate Principal, Marketing, 949.660.9128, mbissonnette@waremalcomb.com

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BLT Enterprises Facilitates Nearly 90,000-SF Expansion for Long-Time Tenant Volkswagen Group of America in Oxnard, CA

Lisa Tamayo

OXNARD, CA, Sept. 9, 2020  – BLT Enterprises, a multi-faceted real estate investment company based in Santa Monica, California, has announced the completion of Oxnard Engineering Campus (OEC) in collaboration with the firm’s tenant, Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (VWGoA).

The campus, comprised of more than 150,000 square feet and situated on nine acres of land in Oxnard, California, encompasses the VWGoA Test Center California (TCC) and both the Audi Engineering and Volkswagen Quality teams, and is the new home for the VWGoA Design Center California (DCC), which relocated from Santa Monica.

Bernard Huberman

The successful expansion and upgrades were made possible in part due to the ongoing relationship between VWGoA and the landlord, according to Bernard Huberman, Founder and President of BLT Enterprises.

“Our work with Volkswagen Group of America exemplifies BLT’s ‘lifetime landlord’ strategy and mission to adjust to the needs of the companies that lease from us over the long term,” explains Huberman.

 “In our role, we strive to help tenants of all sizes expand, move, scale back, and remain nimble as necessary for their business operations – we understand that their successes are our successes.”

Huberman notes that the firm initially embarked on the built-to-suit, LEED-certified TCC project, which was completed in 2012.

Lisa Tamayo, Vice President of Development at BLT, adds that the idea for this project began in 2016, when the landlord demonstrated the possibility of unified campus environment with the neighboring building to VWGoA by first upgrading the property with a fresh coat of paint that matched the TCC.

The BLT team later presented the opportunity to repurpose the recently vacated, nearly 90,000 square-foot industrial and office property they owned adjacent to the TCC.

“Through communicating this vision to our tenant and completing strategic improvements to the facility, we were able to assist in delivering a customized, cutting-edge space to fit Volkswagen Group of America’s precise needs and reflect its unique culture,” says Tamayo.

“This project was a testament to BLT’s commitment to not only form solid landlord-tenant relationships, but to also act as a true, solutions-oriented partner.”

The state-of-the-art OEC features a new lobby designed by Gensler, renovated offices, new training and meeting areas, restrooms, stairs, large workshops equipped with lifts, alignment racks, tire service capabilities, and EV charging stations.

Exterior renovations completed at the property include the installation of new roll-up doors, fresh paint, landscaping and parking lot updates, a new roof, and new rooftop HVAC units. Amenities including car wash systems and additional EV charging stations will be coming soon.

  

CONTACTS:

Katie Haga / Elisabeth Manville

Brower Group

(949) 438-6262

khaga@brower-group.com

NAI Realvest's Mary Frances West Brokers Two Industrial Lease Renewals in Orlando, FL

  

Mary Frances West

ORLANDO, FL – Mary Frances West, CCIM, Vice President at NAI Realvest, recently completed renewals of 2 industrial tenants totaling 18,560 SF.

At Monroe Commerce Park, West represented the Landlord, CWP Monroe Investors, LLC & Ocala North Partnership, LLC. 

David Perez 

The recently re-branded industrial park, located at Church Street & Monroe Road, is 116,500 SF and is 87% leased.  

Aramark Refreshment Services, LLC renewed their 10,000 SF unit at 4186 Incubator Court. 

 Aramark has been a tenant in Monroe Commerce Park since 2008.  The company supplies customized refreshment and snack packages for company break rooms for over 150,000 locations in North America. 

 Aramark was represented by David Perez with Cushman & Wakefield.

Gulf Material Sales supplies roadway safety products to federal, state, local government agencies, private roadway commissions, consultants and contractors and has been in business since 1963.

  Contacts: 

Mary Frances West, CCIM, Vice President, NAI Realvest

407-875-9989, mfwest@realvest.com

Patrick Mahoney, President/CEO, NAI Realvest,

407-875-9989 pmahoney@realvest.com

 www.nairealvest.com.