SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., July 7, 2022 – JLL Capital Markets announced today that it has arranged the $7.3 million acquisition of a single-tenant retail building fully occupied by ALDI in the Los Angeles-area community of Downey, California.
JLL represented the buyer, a private trust, who acquired the property from Westland Real Estate Group.
ALDI is considered to be the world’s first discount grocer and has occupied the property since it was constructed in 2017. JLL Research’s Grocery Tracker 2022 report details how ALDI tops the list of new store openings in 2021, as it was the most active grocer in 2019 and 2020. The Downey ALDI benefits from having its own dedicated parking lot on the property.
Positioned on 1.65 acres at 11215 Lakewood Blvd., the Downey ALDI is in the heart of the city at the signalized intersection of Lakewood and Firestone boulevards, a highly visible location with 45,000 vehicles passing daily. The property is near the Downey LINK, the city’s buss transit system that connects several area cities, making the transit-oriented location easily accessible. Additionally, this dense, urban, infill location houses 802,000 residents with an average annual household income of $60,000 within a five-mile radius.
The JLL Retail Capital Markets Investment Sales and Advisory team representing the buyer was led by Eric Kathrein and Warren McClean.
“We continue to see the strength of net-leased grocery assets,” Kathrein said. “The ALDI brand and this asset are very well positioned for continued growth and market share. We were happy to be able to acquire such a great asset for our client.”
JLL Capital Markets is a full-service global provider of capital solutions for real estate investors and occupiers. The firm’s in-depth local market and global investor knowledge delivers the best-in-class solutions for clients — whether investment and sales advisory, debt advisory, equity advisory or a recapitalization. The firm has more than 3,000 Capital Markets specialists worldwide with offices in nearly 50 countries.
