Harbinger Motors, an electric vehicle chassis and axle maker, has leased a new facility in Garden Grove, with plans to shift its headquarters to Orange County from Gardena.
Colliers represented the landlord, Rexford Industrial, in the lease. Financial terms were not disclosed.
The new headquarters at 12821 Knott St. includes 165,171 square feet of manufacturing and office space.
Harbinger Motors will make electric light and medium-duty “scalable stripped chassis” at the facility, customizing design to customers’ specifications, according to Colliers.
In a statement issued last September, Harbinger co-founder and CEO John Harris said the company was filling a niche in the exploding EV marketplace.
“Medium-duty vehicles serve as the backbone of the commercial transportation industry and are responsible for delivering tens of millions of packages and critical services every day,” Harris said. “But while this industry has experienced tremendous growth, fleet customers today face acute shortages of gas- and diesel-powered vehicles, and any meaningful supply of production-ready EV offerings is still years out. We are solving this problem head-on.”
Harris, who has extensive experience in battery technology, previously worked at Costa Mesa-based Anduril Industries as a principal mechanical engineer.
Harbinger said it expects to scale up its business “significantly” over the next five years. Its first vehicles are expected to be completed and in customers’ hands later this year, followed by full production launch in 2024.
Colliers said the building will undergo extensive renovations, with 40,000 square feet of office and engineering space carved out of the existing building.
Rexford bought the Knott Street property in 2019 and quickly made additions, including a 45,171-square-foot high bay area and 20,000 square feet of office space.
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