ANAHEIM, CA-Three months after buying a note and foreclosing ona 281,548-square-foot distribution building, Sares-Regis Group hasleased it to beverage distributor Straub Distributing Co. Ltd. 15years in a lease valued at $37.5 million. The lease represents anexpansion of operations for the longtime Orange County distributorof Budweiser beer and other, imported brands, according to LarryLukanish, vice president in the company’s Commercial InvestmentDivision.

The building is at 4663 La Palma Ave. Straub was represented byRichard and Paul Julian of Advanced Real Estate Services in LakeForest, CA. SaresRegis Group was represented by Brad Bierbaum andRyan Peterson of the Anaheim office of CB Richard Ellis.

Paul Julian said Straub Distributing has been operating at threeOrange County distribution and headquarters locations totaling211,586 square feet that will be consolidated at the Anaheimfacility. The buildings being vacated are for sale or lease, hesaid. They are: a 59,645-square-foot office building at 2701 DowAve., Tustin; a 78,000-square-foot distribution building at 410 W.Grove Ave., Orange, and a 73,941-square-foot distribution facilityat 3 Holland in the Irvine Spectrum.