
Allen C. Buchanan, SIOR | Principal
(714) 564-7104
abuchanan@lee-associates.com
DRE# 00870947
allencbuchanan.com
Profile
Allen C. Buchanan, SIOR joined Lee & Associates Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc. – Orange in 1984 after five years in the consumer goods business with Procter and Gamble Distributing Company and the E and J Gallo Winery. Allen Buchanan has spent his real estate career in the industrial arena in North Orange and West Riverside County. His specialties include user representation, owner representation, and investment sales. Allen C. Buchanan became a shareholder in Lee & Associates Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc. – Orange in 1988. Mr. Buchanan is continually recognized as a Top Five Producer of the Orange office over the last 32 years.Education
- Bachelors of Arts in Economics, University of Arkansas
Accreditations & Community Involvement
- Association of Industrial Realtors (AIR)
- Orange County Register Contributing Columnist
- SIOR Member (Society of Industrial & Office Realtors)
Transactions
- 185,000 SF Sale – La Palma Avenue Anaheim, CA
- 178,000 SF Lease – Lambert Avenue Brea, CA
- 121,000 SF Sale – San Gorgorio, Riversides, CA
- 54,000 SF Lease – Geary Street, Santa Fe Springs, CA
- 48,000 SF Sale – Fee Ana / Miraloma Placentia, CA
- 45,000 SF Lease – Kellogg Drive Anaheim, CA
- 37,000 SF Lease – Trader Center Drive Riverside, CA
- 31,000 SF Sale – Norwalk Santa Fe Spring, CA
- 28,000 SF Sale – Crouse, Corona, CA
- 27,000 SF Sale – Citation, Corona, CA
Partial Client List
- Kilroy Realty
- Trico Realty
- Hager Pacific Properties
- Richardson Properties
- Allied Exhaust
- Raymond Handling Solutions
- Illinois Tool Works
- DMG
- Limbach Company LP
Location Advice
- Is NOW a good time to sell? March 24, 2023Image Attribution: www.dreamstime.comWith the uncertainty that permeates the media these days, many may be wondering if now is a good time to sell their commercial real estate. After all, interest rates are roughly double what they were just a year ago, rabid investor appetites have moderated, world turmoil persists and there is in again some […]
- Are Sale-Leasebacks still viable? March 17, 2023Image Attribution: www.shutterstock.com Our practice centers around family owned and operated manufacturing and logistics businesses experiencing a transition. Recently, I wrote about common transitions small businesses experience. Included among these were - dissolution of a partnership, sale of a business, acquiring a competitor, or the unfortunate circumstances of the death of a principal, divorce or some […]
- CRE Brokers Defined March 10, 2023Image Attribution: www.clipart-library.com I delivered a presentation to a sales team of material handling specialists last week. Why you may wonder? I would share with you two reasons. First, I’ve transacted nineteen deals with the president since 2009 all over the western United States - we’ve grown together. This was one way of giving back to […]
- Advice if you’re considering selling your leased building March 3, 2023Image Attribution: www.dreamstime.com Occasionally, I’m asked how I get column inspiration. For me it’s a combination of reporting on macro trends in our industrial real estate market, advice I give my clients, issues that have arisen in transactions, and happenings with the business owners I counsel. Sometimes, a column idea falls from the sky - which […]
- Five downsides of owning your building February 24, 2023Image Attribution: www.clipartmax.comRecently, I’ve spent time with three business owners who made a decision to own the building from which their companies operate. The benefits are myriad including - stability of rent the enterprise pays, appreciation, depreciation, and pride of ownership. But our conversations focused on a downside of ownership - rent subsidy and the […]
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