Flint Inc
750 Gilman Street
Berkeley, CA
Acquired September 2009 from the Flint Group. The former home of Cal Ink, the property consists of 133,070 square feet on 4.78 acres in West Berkeley, three blocks from Interstates 80/580. Encompassing one-and-a-half blocks, the project is the largest undeveloped manufacturing parcel in Berkeley and features frontage on major Berkeley thoroughfares Gilman and Fourth and direct railroad access. Four clusters of buildings feature office and manufacturing space ranging from 1,200 to 36,000 square feet, with wood, concrete, metal, and brick construction, clerestories, roll-up doors and loading docks. Project is expected to be occupancy-ready May 2010.
Ford Point
1414-1422 Harbour Way South
Richmond, CA
Acquired December 2004, from the City of Richmond Redevelopment Agency. Improvements consist of 517,000 square feet on 26.5 acres. The building formerly known as the Ford Assembly Plant was designed by the renowned Albert Kahn in 1930 for the Ford Motor Company and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since June 1988. The project is conveniently situated near the Interstate-80 corridor just off of Hwy 580 with easy access to Marin, Oakland and San Francisco. The building features a sawtooth roof design with large northern skylights. The unique profile and prominent exterior façade of brick and glass presents the landscape with a handsome building of period architecture. The project will be redeveloped into a mixed-use development consisting of light industrial, office, retail, live/work spaces, and will be the home of the Rosie the Riveter / World War II Home Front Historic Park
Crosstown Commons
2600 East Miner Avenue
Stockton, CA
ODI acquired this property in August 2004. Formerly one of Del Monte Corporation's fruit processing facilities, the property consists of approximately 285,000 square feet of improvements in 6 buildings, has on-site waste water treatment capabilities, and is situated on approximately 14 acres. The redevelopment plan will provide for multi-tenant occupancy of future food processing and light industrial tenants.
Modesto Food Processing Plant
217 Daly Avenue
Modesto, CA
ODI acquired this property in October 2003 and sold it in 2005 to a meat-processing user. Formerly a turkey processing facility, the main building consists of a three story concrete tilt-up facility consisting of approximately 150,000 square feet which includes refrigerated area, and is complemented by two supporting structures.
Heritage Center
3151 North Millbrook Avenue
Fresno, CA
ODI acquired the former Valley Children's Hospital in 1998. This facility consists of approximately 185,000 square feet in eleven buildings, on approximately 12.5 acres of mature landscaping in a campus setting. The main building (150,000 SF) was transformed into the County of Fresno Regional Center currently housing the County of Fresno Children and Family Services, the Fresno County District Attorney's training, evidence and records center, and the Fresno County Unemployment and Welfare Department.
Roseville Gateway
333 Sunrise Avenue
Roseville, CA
ODI acquired the former Sutter Roseville Hospital in 1998. The 150,000 square feet building has been completely renovated and successfully redeveloped into an office and educational facility. The major tenants are Sierra College and American Medical Response. This property has excellent freeway visibility from interstate 80 in rapidly expanding Southern Placer County.
San Leandro Airport Park
700-754 Whitney Street
San Leandro, CA
ODI acquired this property in August 1998. San Leandro Airport Park consists of approximately 128,000 square feet of flex space with unit sizes ranging from approximately 5,000 to 30,000 square feet. This project is located near the Oakland Airport and Interstate 880.
East Lake Studios
1148 East 18th Street
Oakland, CA
In 1996, ODI acquired the two-story former Mother's Cookies factory. This classic approximately 31,000 square foot brick and redwood buildingwas converted and now consists of 21 units of Live-Work space. Second Floor live spaces offer dramatic 20-30 foot ceilings with the original maple hardwood floors completely restored.
Britannia Business Center
3043-3075 Research Drive
Richmond, CA
ODI acquired this business center in 1996. Britannia Business Center, original consisted of three buildings totaling approximately 140,000 square feet and vacant land of approximately 4.2 acres. ODI sold a portion of the improvements to an owner/user and the vacant land to the United States Post Office. The remaining 98,000 square feet of the project is home to a variety of tenants, including Orton Development, Inc.
Linden
101 Linden Street
Oakland, CA
ODI acquired this historic building in 1996. This 29,478 square feet project is located in the growing Jack London Square district of Oakland. This fully restored historic building is now used for office space.
Upland Office Center
1317 West Foothill Boulevard
Upland, CA
ODI acquired this property in 1996. This 40,507 square feet, two-story Class "B+" office building was built in 1982. This is a highly visible, well-known project designed to attract a mix of local and regional tenants.
Ice Cream Plant
2240 Filbert Street
Oakland, CA
ODI acquired this unique, two-story former Safeway, Inc. Ice Cream Plant in 1995. Improvements were redeveloped to provide a multi-tenant refrigerated facility, the only one of its kind in Northern California. The building contains approximately 117,000 square feet.
Cannery Park I
357 East Taylor Street
San Jose, CA
ODI acquired Cannery Park I from the RTC in late 1995. This 188,000 square feet facility is a former canning plant consisting of two separate buildings. The two-story buildings are now the corporate headquarters and main bottling plant for the Gordon Biersch Brewing Company.
Hunt's Business Park
199 Gilbert Street at "C"
Hayward, CA
ODI acquired this business park in 1995 and entered into a joint venture with the owners of United Can/Hunt-Wesson for the long-term development of this under-utilized and functionally obsolete 226,000 square feet warehouse. The building is now fully occupied as a distribution center.
Village Plaza
250 West First Street
Claremont, CA
ODI acquired this project in 1995. At that time, it consisted of two buildings, one of which ODI sold to the Visiting Nurses Association. The remaining 73,500 square feet is occupied by service and retail tenants and the City of Claremont.
Giant Trade Center
3000 Giant Road
San Pablo, CA
ODI acquired this 385,000 square foot former American Standard bathroom fixture facility in July 1994 and sold it July 2007. Improvements include a multi-tenant commercial complex with mixed uses including retail, office, distribution, and light manufacturing.
Cannery Park II
730-Q North Ninth Street
San Jose, CA
ODI acquired Cannery Park II as a separate REO transaction in 1994. This project contains approximately 182,000 square feet that was originally a food canning plant, which ODI converted into a mixed-use multi-tenant facility, and brought to stabilized occupancy.
Telegraph Avenue Building
2855 Telegraph Avenue
Berkeley, CA
ODI acquired this office building located near the University of California in November 1994 and sold it in 2005. The project is comprised of approximately 74,000 square feet and is located on historic Telegraph Avenue. This six-story building attracts a range of tenants from banks to hi-tech businesses, which is unique in Berkeley.
Temescal
2850 Seventh Street
Berkeley, CA
ODI acquired this property in 1994. There are eleven buildings on this property comprising approximately 200,000 square feet of office, industrial, and retail space. The property is located in a commercial area, approximately a quarter mile east of Interstate 80.
Interstate Plaza II
2878 Camino del Rio South
San Diego, CA
ODI acquired this property in 1993. The 80,000 square feet Class A office building is in the heart of San Diego's historic Mission Valley. Situated between two major interstate freeways (I-8 and I-805), the property commands excellent freeway visibility and consists of two five-story wings.
Simmons
17700 Fairway Drive
San Leandro, CA
ODI acquired this property in 1992 which approximately half of the 514,000 square feet facility was leased to Simmons Mattress Company. Within 60 days of acquisition, the property was fully occupied and has experienced 100% retention.
Powell Street
1475 Powell Street
Emeryville, CA
ODI acquired this attractive two-story brick building in July 1992, long before the economic transformation of Emeryville. Totaling 6,069 square feet of office space, this conveniently located building currently houses the office of the President of Orton Development, Inc. This project is located in close proximity to Interstates 580, 880 and 80.
Contra Costa Industrial Park
1501 Loveridge Road
Pittsburg, CA
ODI acquired this property in 1989 from US Steel. This series of largely vacant buildings with a total area of more than 440,000 square feet was originally a foundry built by the Navy near the end of WWII. It was transformed into the bustling Contra Costa Industrial Park, a multi-tenant industrial center.
Delta 21
Lot 21, West 10th Street
Antioch, CA
ODI acquired this property in 1989 from the Realty and Investment Division of US Steel. The 394,000 square feet building, known as the American Bridge Building, was surrounded by the ODI-owned Delta Industrial Park development. Improvements provided for a multi-tenant steel processing facility and service center.
Antioch Marina Business Park
4th and "L" Street
Antioch, CA
ODI acquired this 26-acre site in 1988. The property included four separate structures, each with unique problems and potential. One building was sold; a second building was already occupied by a tenant and needed only minor renovations and a new lease. Major renovations were performed on a third building and the fourth was sold to the city of Antioch, who razed the building and constructed the new police facility. This project currently consists of approximately 488,375 square feet in two buildings.
Vulcan Studios
4401 San Leandro Street
Oakland, CA
A thriving artist's colony in the heart of industrial Oakland, The Vulcan Studios was developed as live-work studios in 1986. Sixty units cluster around a series of open-air courtyards which function as exhibit space, garden patch and community meeting ground. This 103,000 square feet project boasts the "Vulcan Cafe." The building was sold in September 2006.
Midway Corporate Plaza
600 E. Bonita Avenue
Pomona, CA
ODI acquired in 2002 from Lockheed Martin and sold it in September 2004. The property consists of 160,000 square feet on 20 acres and is in the process of being repositioned for residential development.
Hawkeye Junction
909 Spiva Avenue
Yuba City, CA
ODI acquired this property in 2000 and sold it in February 2003. This industrial warehouse office facility is approximately 185,476 square feet. The development started in the late 1950's and early 1960's, and was originally designed to accommodate a single-tenant user. The property has been redesigned to accommodate the needs of a multi-tenant industrial complex.
The Grand Legacy
333 North "F" Street
Oxnard, CA
ODI acquired this property in 1999 and sold it in February 2002. Formerly the St. John's Regional Medical Center, the facility consists of a four-story hospital building, a one-story rehabilitation facility, a magnetic resonance building and a central plant. The total area of on-site buildings is approximately 473,000 square feet.
Feather River Center
6000 Lindhurst Avenue
Marysville, CA
ODI acquired this property in April 1999 and sold it in December 2000. This 439,000 square feet property, formerly a retail mall, was converted into a mixed-use center that included retail, office and light industrial.
Dunn
2148 Dunn Road
Hayward, CA
The 42,500 square feet industrial Dunn Road project was previously utilized as a multi-tenant facility and was converted to a single tenant-manufacturing warehouse. This project was sold in 1999.
Carnegie Centre
2540-2550 Redhill Avenue
Santa Ana, CA
ODI acquired this property in October 1995 and sold it in November 1999. This building consists of 41,500 square feet. Under ODI's ownership, the property was 100% leased, 80% by Caltrans. Situated in the John Wayne Airport area, Carnegie Center offers one of the most desirable office locations in Southern California.
2199 Williams Street
2199 Williams Street
San Leandro, CA
ODI acquired this property in 1996 and sold it in 1999. This project consists of a total 25,000 gross square feet.
The Wonder Factory
171 14th Street
San Diego, CA
ODI acquired this bakery in 1996 and sold it in 1999. This former Wonder Bread Bakery, a masonry and wood frame construction, was built in 1910 and consists of approximately 56,000 square feet.
Corporate Way
26563 Corporate Avenue
Hayward, CA
ODI purchased this environmentally problematic building in July 1999 and sold it shortly thereafter, in September 1999.
Cannery Park III
8th & Jackson Street
San Jose, CA
This property, originally operated as a canning plant was acquired in 1993 as an REO transaction. This property was sold in April of 1999.
Clay Street
1625 Clay Street
Oakland, CA
The former PG&E building was acquired by ODI in 1996 and turned into City Center Lofts, a live/work facility. It was sold in 1999.
Whipple Road
1001 Whipple Road
Hayward, CA
Purchased in 1996, this Class-A industrial complex totals approximately 444,480 square feet. It was sold in mid 1998.
150 West First Street
150 West First Street
Claremont, CA
This 3-story office/retail building was purchased as part of the Village Plaza. It totals approximately 24,695 square feet and was sold to the Visiting Nurses Association in October 1995.
Rose Canyon
4241 Jutland Avenue
San Diego, CA
ODI acquired this striking Class A office building in 1994. The project consists of approximately 45,000 square feet. ODI sold its interest in 1995.
Nineteen Ten
1910 Elm Street
Cincinnati, Ohio In October 2008, Orton Development, Inc. (ODI) purchased the historic Christian-Moerlein bottling plant at 1910-1916 Elm Street (Nineteen Ten), in Cincinnati’s Brewery District. With its convenient location adjacent to Findlay Market, flexible floor plan, period façade, and history closely knit into the Cincinnati landscape, Nineteen Ten, under ODI’s management, is going to become a modern-day hub for small business as well as part of the critical mass for the long term sustainability of Findlay Market and its surrounding area. In line with its industrial history, the East Building of the development will house light manufacturing tenants with their own newly installed storefront entrances and grade-level, drive-in dock with direct access to parking and yard area, as well as access to the common area dock-high bays. The Central and West Buildings will be home to a vibrant community of businesses, trades-people, artists, craftsmen, and merchants who can make, store, wholesale, and ship assets and inventory, and have the marvelous synergy of simply swinging open their doors for weekend retail sales to the tens of thousands of customers of Findlay Market. The original three-storey part of the building on the southwest corner of Elm and Eton offers premises for a brew pub, production brewery and keg plant, banquet and party space, as well as private offices and live/work for the brewmaster, owner, or key employee. The brewery has its own 60-foot drive-in dock, alcoved restaurant entrance, dedicated and secured parking lot, and private staircase to the upstairs banquet facility and offices.
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465-485 Milwaulkee Boulevard
Detroit, MI
ODI acquired this historic Albert Kahn designed building in April 2004 and sold it in March 2007. Built in 1929 and 1936, the vacant 775,000 square foot 11-story office building and 225,000 square foot parking structure, was a former component of General Motors Worldwide Headquarters. The redevelopment will include residential lofts with supporting retail and a creative office component. Located in the heart of The New Center Area of downtown Detroit, the project is considered to be a key component to the revitalization of this area.
Hampton Park
2819 Wade Hampton Boulevard
Taylors, SC
ODI acquired this property in October 2006. Formerly a dairy processing and general distribution facility for Winn-Dixie, the property consists of approximately 796,000 square feet of improvements in 2 buildings, including 130,000 sf of cold-storage space, and is situated on approximately 57 acres. The redevelopment plan will provide for multi-tenant occupancy of cold-storage, food processing, light industrial tenants, office, and possible retail uses.
801 Beaumont/331 Garner
801 Beaumont and 331 Garner Avenues
Spartanburg, SC
ODI acquired this property in August 2004 and sold the 801 Beaumont building in 2006 to an owner-user. The project consists of two buildings comprising approximately 358,000 square feet on approximately 25 acres. Formerly an automotive component manufacturing and distribution plant, it is one of the few buildings in the area that offers 25' ceiling height. The reminder of the property will be redeveloped for multi-tenant industrial use.
Renaissance Park
1500 Main Street
Baton Rouge, LA
ODI acquired this landmark property in December 2003 and sold the former retail building to an office user in 2005. Improvements include a four-story industrial/call center structure and a retail/office structure comprising approximately 350,000 square feet on 11 acres. Originally constructed in 1934, with four major additions in 1940-1978, this project is located at the gateway to Downtown Baton Rouge and in close proximity to Interstates 10 and 12. The project once held the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest building in the world built as a department store. The entire project is home to FEMA’s hurricane disaster relief operations for the Gulf Coast.
RSM Business Center
803, 805, & 807 Pressley Road
Charlotte, NC
ODI acquired this property in 1994. It consists of three office/warehouse buildings comprising approximately 285,000 square feet, and is situated adjacent to 240,000 square feet of warehouse/distribution area in which RSM Company, Mr. Orton's family-owned trading company operates.
800 J P Taylor Road
Henderson, North Carolina
ODI acquired this property in March 2005 from Universal Leaf North America US, Inc. Improvements consist of approximately 616,000 square feet of industrial space on approximately 51 acres, originally constructed in 1962. The project is located on Route 1 with immediate proximity to Interstate 95. Formerly occupied by J P Taylor Company as a tobacco processing and storage facility, the property will be repositioned into a mulit-tenant light manufacturing and warehousing complex.
