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Avison Young has been engaged to market Katella 25, the former U.S. headquarters campus of Yamaha Motor Corporation, for sale on a best-offer basis. The property, located at 6555 Katella Ave. in Cypress, is being positioned as a significant infill opportunity in a market described as one of the most historically supply-constrained industrial areas in the county.
The campus totals 278,964 square feet distributed across three buildings. It has served as Yamaha’s U.S. headquarters since 1979, reflecting a long-term corporate presence on the site. With the company executing a planned relocation of its U.S. headquarters operations to Kennesaw, GA, the Cypress campus is transitioning from an owner-occupied headquarters facility to an investment and potential redevelopment opportunity.
The seller, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd., has retained an Avison Young team to represent it in the marketing process. The team consists of Patrick Barnes, Paul Clark, Nick Slonek and Jae Estep. Avison Young notes that control of a large, well-located site in a supply-constrained industrial market should appeal to both investors seeking income and developers evaluating longer-term repositioning strategies, subject to entitlements.
As part of the corporate relocation plan, Yamaha intends to lease back the entire campus through December 31, 2028. This structure is designed to provide the eventual buyer with a stable, investment-grade net-lease income stream during a defined transitional period. The leased income is expected to give an investor time to underwrite and pursue potential future redevelopment entitlements while maintaining occupancy and cash flow.
Avison Young indicates that the offering is being marketed to investors and developers who value both the near-term credit tenancy and the long-term optionality of a large infill site. The best-offer sales process, combined with the leaseback, frames the campus as a bridge between its legacy use as Yamaha’s headquarters and whatever future industrial or alternative use may ultimately be entitled for the site.
The current marketing effort underscores how long-tenured corporate campuses can shift from single-user headquarters assets to transitional net-lease investments with redevelopment potential, particularly in dense, supply-constrained industrial markets. The Yamaha campus sale process will determine how market participants price the combination of credit-backed income and embedded land value in Cypress.
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