Bob Wright Industrial Properties, Inc. was incorporated in 1979 by my father -Robert M. Wright, Jr. In March 1997 I purchased my fathers business and today, after 26 years in the industrial real estate business, Bob Wright Industrial Properties, Inc. continues a family tradition of providing professional real estate services to the southern California public.
I have been working hard to expand the scope of services provided by Bob Wright Industrial Properties, Inc. since 1984,when I returned home from a four (4) year tour in the U.S.Army. My area of expertise reaches from South El Monte to Chino along the Pomona (60) Freeway in the San Gabriel Valley. I have also learned about several submarket locations such as Fullerton, Fountain Valley and Santa Ana.
January 22, 2006 was my 21st year working for Bob Wright Industrial Properties, Inc. My focus has been representing landlords in leasing, sales and management of industrial and commercial property. I currently represent owners for marketing and/or management of over a million four hundred thousand square feet (1,300,000) of industrial, commercial and office properties throughout the Southern California area.
As the years pass I continue to remind myself that industrial real estate as the ideal investment property. I believe industrial buildings are similar to a pick-up truck; no mater what the age - as long as they have been properly maintained - they always have value. While some industrial buildings may be more valuable than others, all industrial buildings have unique charicaristics suited for warehousing and manufacturing.
My deals have included a 127,000 square foot sublease from Vans Shoes to the Frank & Son Collectible Show in Walnut, a 25,960 square foot ten year lease to ATI in the City of Industry, a month-to-month 180 square foot office lease in Fullerton and just about everything in between.
Some other transactions include selling 4.42 acres of land on Valley Boulevard in Walnut, selling 25,080 square feet on Mason Way (twice), leasing a two building 100,000 square foot industrial project on Lemon Avenue in Walnut for David Karney, leasing 37,180 square feet in Fountain Valley to Linders Furniture, leasing and selling 16,080 square feet at 17769 Railroad Street, leasing two 14,400 square foot units on Tucker Lane, leasing 11,500 square feet at 2827 Pomona Boulevard, selling 4.8 acres of land on Nandina in Moreno Valley and selling 2.1 acres of land on Railroad Street in the City of Industry (which completed a ten year listing period).
I have many goals: 1) To provide a comfortable life for my wife Carrie and our daughter Grace; 2) To lease and/or sell a 300,000 square foot industrial building; 3) To sell more land; 4) To build a building; 5) To own industrial property.
On a more personal level, and to achieve one of my goals: In late July of 1997 my wife Carrie McCleery Wright - who was 9 months pregnant at the time - and I sold our Anaheim Hills townhome and purchased a vintage 1964 tract home in Placentia. Painted purple, this four bedroom, two and one-half baths covering some 2,076 square feet had fist sized holes in the roof, 3' tall weeds in the front yard, literally hundreds of roaches in the kitchen and ready for demolition. Our insurance carrier gave us thirty days to replace the roof...or loose our homeowner's insurance. It took approximately two (2) years to complete the remodeling and it was well worth it.
For fun, I have been collecting rare palm and cycad seeds and growing them in my greenhouse. I now have over 200 different spieces of palm and cycad growing in my yard.
In the summer of 2003, we hired Curcie Pools to construct a "lagoon" themed spa, pool and waterfall. The goal was to provide a cohesive mix of rare palm and cycad with a natural setting of water. In our modest suburban setting it was a real challenge to construct such a pool without compromising on space.
