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Westcore, Opus Building 720K-SF Industrial Project in Avondale

San Diego-based Westcore teamed with The Opus Group to develop a 720,000-square-foot, three-building industrial project on 51 acres of land in Avondale. The developers anticipate breaking ground in October, with delivery of the Class A project slated between June and August of 2021.

Westcore’s Don Ankeny says, “With our existing broker relationships and growing presence in the Phoenix market, Westcore was able to close on the land purchase at a time when many other competitors were effectively on the sidelines. The Opus Group, which had already designed and entitled the project, lost no time in the development process by bringing us on board.”

The project will include two single-loaded buildings of 162,000 and 170,000 square feet, as well as one 390,000-square-foot cross-dock building. The project fronts Interstate 10 and sits between two diamond interchanges at Fairway Drive and Avondale Blvd.

JLL’s Bo Mills, Marc Hertzberg, Riley Gilbert and Tony Lydon represented The Opus Group in the transaction.

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About Dennis Kaiser

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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