Orange County businesses drive uptick in industrial building buys

Owner-user purchases of industrial properties in Orange County have climbed this year as a growing number of businesses moved to secure long-term space needs. With the year-to-date deal count approaching 40 as of September, more user acquisitions have already closed in 2025 compared to annual totals in 2023 and 2024, and user acquisition sales volume has claimed a new annual high watermark, at $388 million to date, even eclipsing totals from 2020-22.