Newport Beach, CA (October 29, 2024) – Buchanan Street Partners (Buchanan), a Newport Beach, CA-based real estate investment management firm, acquired a 2.05-acre Inland Empire property located at 1382 East Foothill Blvd, Upland, CA with plans to redevelop the site into a state-of-the-art self-storage facility. Buchanan acquired the property for $6.25 million in an off-market transaction with a private owner/developer. The transaction marks the fifth California self-storage investment by Buchanan in recent years.
The site is currently occupied by a vacant medical office building. Buchanan will redevelop the property into a new four-story 123,000 square foot Class A self-storage facility comprised of 1,180 units. Situated on historic Route 66, the development is in a heavily traveled retail corridor to serve the residents and businesses within Upland and the greater Inland Empire area. Construction will begin immediately and is set to be completed by January 2026. California self-storage construction specialist DAI General Contracting is the general contractor. Wintrust Bank is providing construction financing for the project.
“The Upland transaction follows our thematic approach to investing in well located self-storage properties in highly sought after Western U.S. markets with favorable supply and demand metrics. There is an extremely limited amount of new climate controlled self-storage supply currently available within this trade area. This new class A facility will fill a void within the marketplace. The redevelopment of this property will be a major improvement over the dilapidated building now onsite and will help to enhance this area of the city,” said Feerooz Yacoobi, vice president, Buchanan Street Partners. “We’re excited to continue our investment efforts in our home state of California and for Buchanan to now include ground up development as an investment focus along with our acquisition and lending activities within the self-storage sector. In addition to the Upland project, our team is working on several other California self-storage sites that are currently in the predevelopment design and entitlement phases.”
Buchanan acquired an existing self-storage facility in Auburn, CA in the fourth quarter of 2023. The firm intends to build a $500 million+ portfolio of institutional quality self-storage assets throughout the Western U.S. Buchanan is also an active direct lender for self-storage bridge and construction financing.
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Buchanan Street Partners is a real estate investment firm based in Newport Beach, California that focuses on investments in commercial and multifamily properties as well as providing loans as a direct lender through an affiliate. Having invested in over $8 billion worth of real estate assets in its 24-year history, Buchanan Street has an established track record in the commercial real estate industry. The company is comprised of a highly skilled team that has invested through multiple real estate cycles enabling them to identify opportunities and maximize value while prioritizing capital preservation. www.buchananstreet.com