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| Victor Valley News Clips Land Investment News | Publisher: Ron Axelrod Mavco Corp. © 1996, 1997 |
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Feature Article
Industrial Growth is Coming
Cost is a big reason why so many companies are relocating and moving out of the state. Prices for Industrial land in San Diego, Orange County and Los Angeles, start at near $2.00 per sq. foot, or close to $80,000 per acre. These prices are for the least desirable properties. In the Riverside and San Bernardino areas, $4.00 per foot is not uncommon.
Along with the cost factor, business has to contend with the South Coast Air Quality Management Agency (SCAQMD). They have put so many controls and regulations on air quality, that businesses have a difficult time being competitive. In many of these Metropolitan areas, it takes as long as two years to get a permit to begin construction. On the other hand, some cities in the Hight Desert, have "fast tracted" projects through the red tape process, in as little as 30 days.
New business and businesses that want to expand are now taking a closer look at the High Desert. Here they will deal with only one Air Quality Management District, that is less stringent than most districts in the South Coast Metropolitan areas. The Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District is "user friendly" and sits down with business people when forming regulations.
DA ZHONG HUA WHOLESALE TOWN
Translates into 50 Million Dollar TRADE CENTER
Da Zhong Hua, an Alhambra based company with branches throughout the Far East, plans to build a major trade center to showcase and market products from throughout Asia. The complex will house a network of import businesses that will showcase clothing, sporting equipment and accessories, household items and a variety of electronic equipment.
The plan for the project called "Wholesale Town", is to build 24 structures on a 50 acre site purchased by the company last year. The site is located between Highway 395 and Adelanto Road, south of Airbase Road in Adelanto. It is very near to properties available now at Maverick Realty.
All of the buildings will be two story, tilt-ups, containing 42,200 square feet. The structure can be divided into 20 condominium units. Each unit would contain both upper and lower floor space. The lower floors will be used for warehouse space or retail stores. Office space and showrooms will be upstairs with elevator access. The entire complex of 24 buildings will take up 40 acres of land consisting of approximately 1.2 million feet of floor space. The remaining acres are for future office buildings or industrial sites.
While the number of jobs has been rumored to be as high a 5,000, city officials in Adelanto are exercising caution. The City estimates that over 2,000 new job opportunities will be created once the project is in full swing. Additional job opportunities are also expected in the trucking and service industries that will benefit from the project.
The existing industrial parks in Adelanto, by way of comparison, consists of 85 businesses and employs approximately 3,500 workers.
Da Zhong Hua has been soliciting manufactures from mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macao to purchase the units in the building for the wholesale marketing of goods from those countries. Each individual building is capable of sustaining from one to twenty separate business operations, depending on the size of the operation.
The chinese developers say that Adelanto is a "treasured land" and they believe that their own prosperity will benefit the local economy. Company officials say that they intend to generate millions of dollars in sales to American companies, and Adelanto officials concur that the buildings alone will bring in $450,000 in property taxes to the RDA. Da Shong Hua likes the proposed location because of its proximity to Highway 395 and Southern California International Airport.
To expedite the sale of the units in each building to the Far East companies, Da Zhong Hua is offering to provide special services such as legal counseling, tax consulting, assistance with customs clearance, document translation and shipping and delivery of manufactures. Additionally, the company will assist families of the Fat Eastern companies in the process of moving to the U.S.
THE LITTLE TOWN THAT COULD
In the past few years about 85 new businesses have come into being in Adelanto creating some 3,500 new jobs. It is very encouraging to see many of these companies buying adjoining property for major expansion in so short a time frame.
During the past several months, I have taken groups of clients on tours of the Victor Valley. As can be expected, they have all been impressed.
Surprise is the standard reaction when they see the Adelanto Industrial parks. Very few expected to see companies such As:
- Label House
- International Carbonic Inc.
- Hawaiian Pools
- Harvey House
- National Arnold Magnetics
- SMA Desk
- Cat Harbor Boats (The builders of the "CABO Sportfisher")
- Para-Chem Inc.
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