Pickleball club signs 25,000-square-foot lease for new LA courts – Commercial Observer

Pickleball players in Los Angeles will be able to enjoy a new facility later this year.

California Smash Pickleball and Social Club have signed a new lease for 25,300 square meters at 815 North Nash Street in El Segundo. JLL‘S Gary Horwitz, Caroline Bethel And Kamil Agha represented California Smash in the deal, while Gateway Commercial Real Estate‘ Jim Sullivan And Andrew Hardin represents Landlord Gretchen B. Farrell Trust.

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“With the growth of pickleball and consumers’ need for social interaction and entertainment, we wanted to create a clubhouse of sorts that encourages conversation, competition and camaraderie,” Brett DrogmundFounder of California Smash, said in a statement.

California Smash’s new complex, currently an industrial building, is scheduled to open later this year with 10 new cushioned indoor pickleball courts, as well as a full-service bar, restaurant and dance floor.

“California Smash is a great addition to El Segundo’s dynamic sports and entertainment landscape,” said El Segundo City Council Lance Giroux“This is an example of how the city is adapting to changes in the commercial real estate market and supporting creative concepts for vacant or underutilized spaces.”

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s been hard to ignore the pickleball craze in the United States.

According to the Pickleball Players Association. The Association of the Sports and Fitness Industrywhich conducts its own analysis of sports participation, estimated at the beginning of this year that pickleball has been the fastest growing sport in the country for the past three years in a row.

All these players mean thousands of dedicated places — a natural partner for commercial real estate development in recent years, as various pickleball projects have taken up space in former industrial or retail buildings.

This includes, for example, a new 35,500 square foot lease in Bethesda, Maryland.just outside of Washington, DC, in April, or in Purchase of a 5 acre property in Greenacres, Florida.At the end of last year just outside of Miami.

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