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NAIOP
<br />COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE
<br />DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
<br />SoCAL CHAPTER
<br />April 1, 2025
<br />The Honorable Valerie Amezcua
<br />Mayor, City of Santa Ana - vamezcua@santa-ana.org
<br />20 Civic Center Plaza
<br />Santa Ana, CA 92701
<br />Re: 04-01-2025 Santa Ana City Council Meeting Agenda Item #22, Opposition to
<br />Recommended Actions 2 and 3 Unless Amended
<br />Dear Mayor Amezcua,
<br />With over 1,300 Members, NAIOP SoCal is the leading nonprofit organization representing
<br />the commercial real estate industry in Orange and Los Angeles counties. NAIOP SoCal
<br />Members are professionals in industrial, office, retail, hospitality and mixed -use real estate,
<br />and include developers, owners, investors, brokers, architects, engineers, general contractors,
<br />finance professionals and other service providers involved in the commercial real estate
<br />industry. Unless amended, NAIOP SoCal strongly opposes the City of Santa Ana Planning
<br />and Building Agency's (PBA) recommended action to adopt an ordinance to approve Zoning
<br />Ordinance Amendment No. 2024-02 amending certain sections of Article XIX (The Transit
<br />Zoning Code, Specific Development No. 84, SD-84), as well as PBA's recommended action
<br />to adopt an ordinance to approve Amendment Application No. 2024-03 amending the zoning
<br />by removing the M1 (Light Industrial) and M2 (Heavy Industrial) suffixes from certain
<br />properties within the SD-84 zoning district boundary as designated on the City of Santa Ana
<br />Zoning Map (see agenda item #22, April 1, 2025 Santa Ana City Council Meeting Agenda).
<br />NAIOP SoCal's headquarters is located in the City's historic Lacy neighborhood, within SD-
<br />84's Urban Neighborhood (UN-2) zone. Our office is currently surrounded by a well-
<br />proportioned balance of residential, industrial and commercial properties. Several NAIOP
<br />SoCal Members are long-term, institutional stakeholders across the City of Santa Ana, while
<br />dozens of law-abiding, taxpaying property owners/operators of industrial -oriented uses in the
<br />Logan and Lacy neighborhoods — many of which have been operating over multiple decades
<br />— are our neighbors and provide valuable goods and services for key segments of our local
<br />and regional economy as manufacturers, distributors, warehousing and logistics centers,
<br />product fulfillment and transportation facilities, metal fabricators and welders, and retailers.
<br />The owner/operators of industrial -oriented uses in the Logan and Lacy neighborhoods are
<br />closely engaged in providing substantial community benefits at no cost to taxpayers. Such
<br />benefits include upgrading streets, sidewalks, and other community infrastructure, funding
<br />local schools and parks, and boosting the City's property and sales tax revenues. Further, the
<br />property owners and operators of industrial uses in the Logan and Lacy neighborhoods employ
<br />hundreds of Santa Ana residents and those of neighboring communities. Hence, the commute
<br />to work and home for many Santa Ana and neighboring residents is relatively short, thus
<br />limiting the amount of vehicle miles traveled and tailpipe emissions.
<br />While NAIOP SoCal and its Members are proponents of "Good Neighbor" policies, which
<br />aim to balance the interests of the City, its residents and property owners and operators, we
<br />encourage the City Council to be mindful of its industrial stakeholders and refrain from
<br />removing existing Industrial Overlays M1 (Light Industrial) and M2 (Heavy Industrial) from
<br />the Transit Zoning Code SD No. 84 zoning district.
<br />NAIOP 2025 OFFICERS AND
<br />BOARD OF DIRECTORS
<br />PRESIDENT
<br />Mark Mattis, Avison Young
<br />PRESIDENT-ELECT
<br />Stephane Wandel, The Orden Company
<br />VICE PRESIDENT
<br />Brooke Gustafson, Birtcher Development
<br />TREASURER
<br />Brian Baker, JP Morgan Chase
<br />SECRETARY
<br />Greg Brown, JLL
<br />PROGRAMS & EDUCATION LIAISON
<br />Fran Inman, Majestic Realty Co.
<br />PAST PRESIDENT
<br />Eric Paulsen, Kidder Mathews
<br />Bob Andrews, CenterPcint Properties
<br />Tl Bard, Surf Management, Inc.
<br />Andy Bratt, Gantry
<br />Erin Crum, Alere Property Group
<br />Nick DlPaolo, Newmark
<br />Amanda Donsan, Allen Matkins
<br />Chris Drzyzga, Voit Real Estate Services
<br />Parker Hutchison, Prologis
<br />Bassam Jurdi, Washington Capital
<br />Arnold Lebrilla, Bank of America
<br />Emily Mandrup, ECM Management
<br />Thomas McAndrews, Tiarna Real Estate Services
<br />Parke Miller, Lincoln Property Company
<br />Scott Morehouse, Sheppard Mullin
<br />David Nazaryk, Trammell Crow Company
<br />Bob O'Neill, CapRock Partners
<br />Lindsey Ensign Olson, Bixby Land Company
<br />Michael Page, Irvine Company
<br />Jodie Poirier, Colliers International
<br />Rob Quarton, Walker & Dunlop
<br />Alison Ramsey, JP Morgan Chase
<br />Lisa Reddy, Prologis
<br />David Salisbury, U.S. Bank
<br />Patrick Schlehuber, Rexford Industrial
<br />Kurt Strasmann, CBRE
<br />Richard Sung, Newmark
<br />Jay Todisco, Ware Malcomh
<br />David Wensley, Cox, Castle & Nicholson
<br />Courtney Wing, Newcastle Partners
<br />YPG Liaison: Nico Napclitano, Cushman & Wakefield
<br />National Board Liaisons: Tl Bard, Surf Management, Inc.
<br />Justin McCusker, C.J. Segerstrom & Sons
<br />NAIOP SoCal EXECUTIVE STAFF
<br />Timothy Jemal, Chief Executive Officer
<br />Jose Cornejo, Senior Director of Government
<br />Relations
<br />Mihran Toumajan, Government Relations
<br />Manager
<br />Becky Ezell, Director of Administration
<br />Shelby Donine, Marketing & Communications
<br />Manager
<br />Dianna Xochitiotzi, Coordinator, Programs
<br />and Events
<br />Chapter Office: 918 E. Santa Ana Blvd., Santa Ana, CA 92701 Tel: (714) 550-0309
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