Yamaha Divests U.S. Headquarters in Sale-Leaseback

Avison Young arranged the sale of the former U.S. headquarters campus of Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A., located at 6555 Katella Ave. in Cypress. LA Business First identified the buyer as The Walt Disney Co., which paid $115 million and will use the property for back-office operations. Yamaha will lease back the property, its U.S. headquarters since 1979, through Dec. 31, 2028 as part of a planned relocation to Kennesaw, GA.

The Avison Young team of Patrick Barnes, Paul Clark, Nick Slonek, and Jae Estep represented Yamaha. Avison Young’s Jeff Estep, managing principal occupier services, served as the program manager.

The +/-25-acre infill industrial-zoned property includes three buildings — one industrial, one flex and one office — totaling approximately 278,964 square feet. “This is a transformational moment for both Yamaha and the City of Cypress,” said Barnes. “The acquisition underscores the caliber of this asset and the strength of the local market.”

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Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 16-plus years’ experience covering the commercial real estate industry and 30-plus years in business-to-business journalism. In this capacity, he oversees daily operations while also reporting on both local/regional markets and national trends, covering individual transactions across all property types, as well as delving into broader subject matter. He produces 7-10 daily news stories per day and works with the Connect team and clients to develop longer-form content, ranging from Q&As to thought-leadership pieces. Prior to joining Connect, Paul was Managing Editor for both Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com at American Lawyer Media, where he oversaw operations at both publications while also producing daily news and feature-length articles. His tenure in B2B publishing stretches back into the print era, and he has served as Editor in Chief on four national trade publications. Since 1999, Paul has volunteered as the newsletter editor of passenger rail advocacy groups (one national, one local).

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