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RANCHO DOMINGUEZ, CA-Investors have acquired 354,000 sf ofindustrial buildings here and 255,000 sf of properties in Santa FeSprings that offer a variety of options for their new owners,according to brokers from Colliers International and VoitCommercial Brokerage. In the largest of the deals, ColliersInternational reports that Realty Associates Advisors LLC bought afour-building portfolio totaling 301,392 sf from the locally basedWatson Land Co.

The portfolio included four single-tenant facilities at 18420,18700 and 18747 Lauren Park Rd., along with a property at 3025 E.Victoria Rd. According to SVP Michael Ross of the Ross-CórdovaInvestment Team at Colliers that brokered the sale, the four leasedbuildings are a sign of the "high demand and very low vacancies" inthe industrial submarket. Team member Fred Córdova notes that theindustrial portfolio presents a number of alternative investmentstrategies for the buyer, such as potential repositioning of theproperty or selling to an owner or user in the future.