In-N-Out Leases San Dimas Office Space as It Prepares to Exit Irvine

In-N-Out Burger Inc. has leased a 98,500-square-foot office building at 924 Overland Court in San Dimas Corporate Park, marking a significant presence in Los Angeles County as the chain prepares to leave Orange County. 

In-N-Out Chief Operating Officer Denny Warnick told the Business Journal the San Dimas office is short-term. 

“The office in San Dimas is a temporary work location for our Baldwin Park associates while we redevelop our headquarters there,” said Warnick in an email statement. 

Lease Details 

It remains unclear whether the company will sell or lease its 182,000-square-foot Irvine headquarters, which it has owned since 1983. 

In-N-Out signed a six-year triple net lease with Fremont-based Nautilus Global Investment for the 98,500-square-foot Class B office at $2.30 PSF in San Dimas Corporate Park, according to CoStar. 

In-N-Out signed the deal in November and plans to move in starting March 1. The company will invest multimillion dollars to renovate the office. 

CoStar reported that CBRE’s team of Natalie Bazarevitsch, Steven Saunders, Jackie Benavidez and Sean O’Malley represented Nautilus. Meanwhile, Colliers Senior Vice Presidents Shadd Walker and Steve Schloemer represented the tenant. 

Built in 1988, the property is off the Orange (57) Freeway, about 4 miles north of Raging Waters and 15 miles east of the original In-N-Out stand founded by Harry and Esther Snyder in 1948. Their granddaughter, Lynsi Snyder-Ellingson, is now president and owner. 

The office, adjacent to Collins Aerospace, is about a one-hour drive or 40 miles north of its current Irvine headquarters on Campus Drive. 

A few months after the In-N-Out deal, Nautilus Global Investment listed the office building for sale. No price was disclosed. The company bought it from Menlo Equities for $28 million in 2021, according to CoStar. 

Leaving Orange County 

Founded in 1948 as a 10-by-10-foot drive-thru stand in Baldwin Park, In-N-Out has grown to more than 425 locations across nine states: California, Nevada, Utah, Texas, Arizona, Oregon, Idaho, Washington and Tennessee. 

The company has already opened its first four locations in Tennessee, its first foray east of the Mississippi, with more coming. 

The San Dimas lease coincides with Orange County losing one of its most recognizable corporate tenants. In-N-Out announced it will no longer maintain two Southern California headquarters. 

Last year, the privately held chain announced plans to close its Orange County offices at 4199 Campus Drive in Irvine by 2029 and consolidate Western operations in Baldwin Park. 

The company will open a 100,000-square-foot corporate office in Franklin, Tennessee, later this year as part of its Southeast expansion. 

Snyder previously said the move to Baldwin Park would bring the company’s “West Coast family” back together in the city where the brand began. The company also owns a distribution warehouse there. 

The company had offered relocation assistance for corporate employees who move to Tennessee.