Build-to-Suit Distribution Properties and the Carlsbad Market

Robinson: “The submarket lacks flexible workspaces that allow companies to consolidate their corporate headquarters and operations under one roof.”

SAN DIEGO—Resurgence and growth among startups in the biotech, manufacturing and tech fields in North County have led to a sharp rise in demand for build-to-suit projects, RAF Pacifica Group Inc.’s founder Adam Robinson tells GlobeSt.com. The Encinitas, CA-based firm will be developing a brand-new 83,000-square-foot build-to-suit distribution facility in Carlsbad, CA, for San Diego Hat Co. at Lot 7, Whiptail Loop E.

The class-A industrial facility will be situated on a roughly 7.57-acre parcel that the manufacturer recently acquired from Hughes Whiptail LLC for $5.9 million. RAF Pacifica assigned the land-ownership rights over to San Diego Hat Co. during its own initial escrow process and has designed the new building.