Partner Opens Santa Ana Office

SANTA ANA, CA-Partner Engineering and Science Inc. has purchased a 9,353-square-foot building for $1.5 million at 1761 East Garry Ave. here from what GlobeSt.com has learned is a private investor. The building replaces offices in Irvine that no longer accommodate the expanding firm's space needs.

Michael Kendall, SVP at CBRE, represented Partner in the acquisition. Peter Wells, senior associate at CBRE, will handle the listing for the second-floor lease.

The new office space significantly increases the number and capacity of employees in Santa Ana, enabling partner to further expand the depth of services it proves in the Orange County area. The office will be led by Gavin Jones, a principal and national client manager at Partner. Jones is a veteran of the commercial real estate due-diligence industry with more than 20 years of experience in the environmental-consulting field.

Five additional principals will be based out of this office, including Chris Daniels, director of surveying and mapping. In addition, the office will be composed of professionals operating across most of partner's service lines, including real estate due diligence, surveying and mapping, construction management and site mitigation.

Before moving into the building in August, Partner completed tenant improvements on both floors including all-new interior finishes, exterior renovations, mechanical and electrical upgrades and an expansion to the low-voltage and telecommunications systems. The firm will occupy 7,149 square feet on both the ground and second floors and lease the remaining space to an outside tenant. Headquartered in Torrance, Partner also has regional offices in San Francisco, San Diego and Riverside.

As GlobeSt.com reported in June, Partner opened an office in Columbus, OH. The Ohio expansion joins recent inroads the firm has recently made into New Jersey and New England. Telecommunications industry veteran Daniel Entler will start the new Ohio office with the title of national client manager.