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- Purchase Includes Single-Tenant Facility and Separate Excess Land Parcel -

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc. (the “Company” or “Rexford Industrial”) (NYSE:REXR), a real estate investment trust focused on owning and operating industrial properties located in Southern California infill markets, today announced that it has acquired an 83,852 square foot industrial building along with additional land which together total 7.9 acres located at 2610 & 2701 Birch Street, Santa Ana, California, for $11 million, or $131 per square foot.

“Our successful acquisition of the Birch Street property represents another example of our ability to identify and close value-add opportunities within our core markets to grow our portfolio,” said Howard Schwimmer and Michael Frankel, Co-Chief Executive Officers of the Company. “We purchased the building from an owner / occupant, with a short-term sale-lease back, but the value creation potential from renovation, repositioning, and possible expansion of leasable square footage is the real opportunity. We continue to review a strong pipeline of potential transactions within our target infill markets as we grow our portfolio and capture strong returns to enhance stockholder value.”

The Birch Street property is located in the Orange County Airport submarket with close access to the I-405, I-5, SR-55 and SR-22. The submarket is comprised of 68.5 million square feet of industrial space. According to CBRE, the vacancy rate in the Orange County Airport submarket continues to fall and stood at 2.7% at the end of Q1 2014, with the overall Orange County market at 2.6% at the end of first quarter 2014. Funding for the acquisition was provided by availability under the Company’s credit facility.

Rexford Industrial has executed a six-month leaseback with the seller. At the end of the lease term, the Company intends to renovate, modernize and reposition the property as a single-tenant or two-tenant industrial project.

About Rexford Industrial

Rexford Industrial is a real estate investment trust focused on owning and operating industrial properties in Southern California infill markets. The Company owns interests in 75 properties with approximately 8.2 million rentable square feet and manages an additional 20 properties with approximately 1.2 million rentable square feet.

For additional information, visit www.rexfordindustrial.com.

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Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.
Investor Relations:
Stephen Swett, 424 256 2153 ext 401
investorrelations@rexfordindustrial.com

Source: Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.