Logistics Firms Sign For 250,000 SF

CARSON, CA-Four logistics companies have signed leases for more than 250,000 sf at Carson Town Center, according to Cushman & Wakefield.The tenants are Operations Management Services Inc (OMS), UTi Worldwide, Deutsche Post Global Mail and CTSI Logistics, according to Bret Quinlan of Cushman & Wakefield, listing agent for the 76-acre site at the southeast corner of Figueroa Street and Torrance Boulevard. The center is owned and developed by an alliance of San Francisco-based real estate investment trust AMB Property Corp. and Torrance-based real estate firm Mar Ventures Inc.

Activity by air freight and third-party logistics firms looking to establish a presence in the areas around the Los Angeles ports continues to be brisk in what is otherwise a lackluster South Bay industrial market, Quinlan says.

Hong Kong-based CTSI Logistics, which moved its Los Angeles warehouse-distribution center to the Carson Town Center in January, has signed a four-year lease expansion taking an additional 17,942 sf and increasing its presence at Carson Town Center to 48,482 sf. The building, located at 21023 S. Main St., features office space, easy-access freight doors, new dock positions, and a mezzanine for future expansion. The new facility features supply chain activities such as pick/pack and cross-docking operations as well as inbound and outbound air/ocean freight consolidation. Gregg Boehm of The Klabin Co. represented CTSI.