Newport Mesa Self Storage Sold

Foreclosed Self Storage Property Sells for over $4.5 Million

Today we announced the successful sale of the Newport Mesa Self Storage property located in the city of Costa Mesa, Orange County, California. Bancap Self Storage Group, Inc. was the exclusive listing broker for the property. In a first of its kind transaction for a local self-storage property, the sale was part of a major on-line auction on the Auction.com website. The sale was facilitated for the seller by special servicing company LNR Partners, LLC on behalf of the CMBS fund that had foreclosed on the property last year. The buyer was Amerco Real Estate Company which will re-brand the property as U-Haul Self Storage. 

Newport Mesa Self Storage offers a combination of an excellent location and a strong rental market. “There have been very few storage properties available for sale in Southern California and especially in Orange County,” said Dean Keller, “This was a rare opportunity to purchase a well located facility in a very desirable market with significant upside potential.”

Newport Mesa Self Storage contains 37,870 net feet of self storage space divided into 480 units. The property sold for over $4.5 million (approximately $120 per net square foot) on an “all cash” basis with a 30 day escrow. Occupancy at the facility was about 60% at the time of sale. The three-story infill project is located on a frontage road with visibility alongside the busy 55 (Costa Mesa) Freeway. The property has good curb appeal and very good signage.

“There have only been a handful of foreclosed storage properties listed for sale in Southern California in the past few years and we have been the exclusive listing broker for most of them,” Keller said. “There are plenty of buyers looking to “steal” lender owned properties, but we have been able to obtain very good prices for sellers – and always more than “direct offers” received from potential buyers or other brokers before our listing and marketing of the property. Self storage is such a unique property type and it takes a specialist with proven expertise and experience to maximize value for sellers in this unique property niche.”

Bancap Self Storage Group is the “#1 Self Storage Broker in California” with over $900 million in completed self storage sales, including many lender-owned “REO” properties, numerous portfolio sales, and a record setting single property sale at over $31 million. For more information contact Dean Keller at (949) 888-5355 or visit the company web site at www.bancapselfstorage.com

Bancap Self Storage Group Begins Marketing of Lender-Owned Self Storage Property in Orange County

Bancap Self Storage Group, Inc., the “#1 Self Storage Broker in California,” recently announced that it has begun marketing and sales activities for the lender owned self storage property known as Newport Mesa Self Storage in the city of Costa Mesa, California. The firm was selected as the exclusive listing broker for the Orange County facility.

Newport Mesa Self Storage is a three-story self storage property located on Newport Boulevard in the city of Costa Mesa in Orange County, California. It is currently operating under the Storage Direct trade name. The property is located on a busy frontage road with freeway visibility along the busy 55 (Costa Mesa) Freeway. This freeway is the main connection between Newport Beach and the rest of the Orange County metropolitan area.

The project contains approximately 37,870 net square feet of storage space in 480 rental units. The property is currently at 62% occupancy by unit count and 72% occupancy by rentable square footage. Economic occupancy currently stands at about 65% of the gross potential rental income. As the average occupancy in the area is approximately 90%, it appears this property has significant upside potential to increase value with higher occupancy and income.

“There have been very few storage properties available for sale in Southern California and especially in Orange County,” said Dean Keller, President of Bancap Self Storage Group. “This is a rare opportunity to purchase a well located facility in a very desirable market, with tremendous upside potential.”

Costa Mesa is well known for its retail (including the renowned South Coast Plaza), higher education (including Orange Coast College and Vanguard University) and its arts and entertainment (including the Segerstrom Center for the Arts.) The city is ideally located with close proximity to commercial, industrial and residential districts around the Orange County / John Wayne Airport area. It is also closely associated with its coastal neighbor, the world famous Newport Beach.

The property was recently obtained through foreclosure and the foreclosing lender/owner is represented by LNR Partners, LLC as the special servicing agent for the note-holders. LNR Partners has engaged Platinum Storage Group to provide professional property management services for the property. LNR has previously engaged Bancap Self Group as its exclusive broker – most recently in the sale of the Casino Self Storage property in Moorpark, California.

Bancap Self Storage Group is the top selling broker of self storage facilities in California with over $900 million in completed sales. The company has specialized exclusively in self storage properties for over 25 years. The firm has recently brokered several lender-owned “REO” properties, as well as several first-class high occupancy properties that were very profitable. The firm has also facilitated numerous self storage portfolio sales in the state.

For more information contact Dean Keller, President of Bancap Self Storage Group at (949) 888-5355 or visit the company web site at www.bancapselfstorage.com