A China-based e-commerce operator has quietly locked in a 66-month lease for roughly 500,000 square feet at a warehouse owned by Majestic Realty in Ontario's airport industrial zone. The deal, one of the larger single-tenant leases to land in the Inland Empire this quarter, signals that big-box logistics space in Southern California is still very much in play, even if the details are being kept close to the vest. The transaction was first reported by L.A. Business First.
The deal in brief
According to L.A. Business First, the tenant is a China-based logistics or e-commerce firm that has been building out its Southern California footprint, although the outlet did not publicly identify the company. The report notes a 66-month term covering roughly 500,000 square feet of space.
Commercial listings and property records show the lease was recorded in early May and peg the building at about 504,104 square feet, part of Majestic’s Ontario campus. For those who like to dive into the fine print, the full property details are posted on CREXi.
Why it matters for the Inland Empire
In a market where big-box space has started to sit a bit longer, a nearly half-million-square-foot lease still moves the needle. Colliers’ Q1 2026 Inland Empire report pegs vacancy at about 8.1%, with large chunks of space trading hands even as overall availability inches up. According to Colliers, million-plus-square-foot buildings are seeing more churn, while smaller bays are getting leased more quickly, which means deals of this scale can shake up submarket dynamics.
Research from Prologis adds a crucial piece of context: proximity to the ports and Ontario International Airport keeps Southern California high on the list for national and international e-commerce players. For landlords like Majestic, securing a multi-year tenant at this size helps counter softer rents and a thinner pipeline of new projects.
What comes next
Majestic’s own project materials spotlight the park’s airport access, rail connections, and freeway proximity, a trio of perks that tends to draw distribution and logistics users. Per Majestic Realty, the tenant has not yet been named in company materials or public press releases.
Commercial data services list the lease as executed in early May, and local county records or building permits are likely to reveal more specifics on timing and any related hiring. We will be watching for formal tenant disclosures and permit filings that clarify the scale of the build-out and how the operation will run on the ground.
