HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA-Wind turbine manufacturer Modular WindEnergy Inc. has leased a 167,778-square-foot industrial buildinghere in the largest such deal completed this year in West OrangeCounty, according to Colliers International. The five-year, $4.9million lease at 5800 Skylab Rd. is among a number of significantindustrial transactions to close lately throughout the county,including the $5.1 million sale of a 52,000-square-foot industrialbuilding at 4240 E. La Palma in Anaheim in a transaction brokeredby Lee & Associates.

In the 5800 Skylab lease, Colliers EVP Clyde Stauff reports thatthe property is located within Huntington Beach Industrial Park andsituated near Boeing’s operations. The industrial building includes16,000 square feet of high-finish, executive office space.

Modular Wind Energy, which is relocating its Long Beachoperations to the site, will occupy the building for themanufacturing and distributing of propellers that are mounted onwind-driven turbines, a technology that allows for more efficientgeneration of wind power, Stauff reports. He notes that theprevious tenant, Dynamic Cooking Systems, made a number ofimprovements to the property including extensive power and airdistribution, a large, private fenced yard, and lunch and restroomfacilities for factory employees. This allows MWE to immediatelymove in and begin operations with no modifications, he adds.