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First Office to Industrial Conversion Underway in Kearny Mesa

Demolition of an existing office building has been completed in San Diego’s Kearny Mesa submarket, allowing a state-of-the-art 24,000-square-foot industrial building to be built. Pacific Southwest Mortgage, Inc., which developed the 1.54-acre site in the 1970’s, razed the three-story office building at 8840 Complex Dr.

Pacific Southwest Mortgage’s John Mulvihill notes the office market is competitive, “but we felt long term it was more beneficial for us to create a new industrial building than to upgrade the existing office building. There is a strong demand for Class A industrial product, and there is a lack of newer, high-quality product for industrial users, especially in Kearny Mesa.”

CBRE’s Bill Dolan, who along with Ryan Sparks, represents the landlord says, “This is a significant project because it is the first time we have seen an office building be completely demolished and replaced with an industrial building.”

Construction is slated to commence this month, with completion anticipated by May 2019.

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Dennis Kaiser is Vice President of Public Relations and Communications for Connect Creative. Dennis is a communications leader with more than 40 years of experience including as a journalist and in corporate and agency marketing communications roles. He is responsible for Connect Creative’s agency client services and is involved in a range of initiatives ranging from public relations and content strategy, communications and message development, copywriting, media relations, social media and content marketing services. Prior to joining Connect Media in 2015, his most recent corporate communications roles involved leading a regional public relations effort across Southern California for CBRE, playing a key marketing role on JLL’s national retail team, and directing the global public relations effort at ValleyCrest (BrightView), the nation’s largest commercial landscape services company. He has worked on marketing communications assignments for such CRE companies as Blackstone/Equity Office, Carlyle, Caruso, Disney Resorts, GE Capital, Irvine Company, Hines, Howard Hughes Corp., Jeffries, Lennar, MGM, Marcus & Millichap, Prologis, Raleigh Studios, Simon, Starwood, Trammell Crow Company, Transamerica, UBS and Wynn Resorts. Dennis has also worked on communications and launch strategies for a number of consumer electronic, media and tech brands including SlingMedia, Channel Master, Deluxe Media Entertainment, BeIn Sports, EchoStar and Sprint. Dennis’s agency background included firms such as Off Madison Ave., Idea Hall and Macy + Associates. He has earned an outstanding reputation with organization leaders as a trusted advisor, strategic program implementer, consensus builder and exceptional collaborator. Dennis has developed and managed national communications programs for Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, both public and private. He’s successfully worked with journalists across the globe representing clients involved in major-breaking news stories, product launches, media tours, and company news announcements. Dennis has been involved in a host of charitable and community organizations including the American Cancer Society, Easter Seals, Boy Scouts, Chrysalis Foundation, Freedom For Life, HOLA, L.A.’s BEST, Reach Out and Read, Super Bowl Host Committee, and the Thunderbirds Charities.

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