Category: Watson’s Blog

At Watson, we have been seeing such incredible work from our valued customers throughout our portfolio; to honor them for their bravery, their hard work, and positivity during a time of extreme difficulty, we have created our Community Spotlight Blog Series to share what our customers are doing to maintain a healthy approach while emphasizing that we are all united in purpose helping others. Watson Land Company’s logistics customers have taken a number of steps to ensure that the consumer pipeline for goods is filled, employees are protected, and customer satisfaction is ensured as much as possible during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Although we all are navigating the challenges of today’s COVID-19 economy, the demand for manufacturing and distribution centers keeps growing. Building 849 at Watson Industrial Park Chino has already been leased to El & El Wood Products. This leaves Building 848 as the only space available at this time. With 560,000 square feet of industrial space and an estimated completion date of June of 2020, Building 848 contains many advantages that match the efficiency, sustainability, and high-quality standards established throughout the masterplanned industrial park.

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Earlier this year, employees of Watson Land Company came together with Operation Teddy Bear to visit Dominguez Elementary School.  Operation Teddy Bear is a literacy program that donates backpacks filled with school supplies and a teddy bear to thousands of first-graders within underprivileged schools throughout Los Angeles County.  More than 80% of the enrolled students in...

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At Watson Land Company, we believe that leading with quality, honesty, hard work, integrity, and respect is not only a way of building a great organization, it’s a better way to ensure our communities are strong. As such, we've sponsored PBS39’s Good Neighbor Award and those who are making an incredible impact on the Lehigh Valley community.

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On November 22, 2019, employees of Watson Land Company volunteered for a day of service at Catskill Avenue Elementary School. Our goal was to give back to the community by initiating a project at a local elementary school that uplifts students and the community. Watson partnered with local nonprofit Sharefest in coordinating our Employee Day of Service as Sharefest is dedicated to such projects and collaborating with Sharefest on the project at Catskill Avenue Elementary seemed a natural fit.

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At Chino’s State of the City luncheon this year, the Chino Planning Commission presented the Reva Salter Award for practical and creative achievement to Watson for their art installation on Merrill Avenue, commemorating Chino’s dairy heritage.   The city of Chino has witnessed a major transformation over the last twenty years from a predominantly agricultural...

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  Just before the holidays a number of Watson employees had the pleasure of delivering school bags filled with books, educational and wellness supplies, and a Teddy Bear, to more than 80 first graders at Dominguez Street school in Carson where the Company has a significant presence, thanks to Watson Land Company’s partnership with the South...

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Watson Land Company’s community service and youth programs generate countless thank you letters throughout the year, but we thought one recent particularly thoughtful and sincere handwritten note from Evie Reidman merits sharing with an expectation that you will enjoy it as much as Watson’s employees did. We extend our hearty congratulations to Evie, a Chino...

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The halls of Catskill Elementary School in Carson, California buzzed with excitement as the students, teachers, and administrators entered their school’s multipurpose room which had been filled by “Books in Homes” with the more than 700 books sponsored by Watson Land Company.   During the 21/22 school year, the Catskill Avenue and Dominguez Elementary schools...

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  With a century of success as our legacy, Watson Land Company’s dedication to its customers is based on delivering functional, high-quality buildings within masterplanned centers, coupled with unmatched customer service. 15 years ago, we first contracted with an outside agency called Kingsley Associates to measure our performance — to hold us accountable. For 30...

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Please join Watson in recognizing the seven exceptional students who received this year’s Watson Land Company Scholarship: Jae Alayna Bucknor—Don Lugo High School Planning to attend: Cornell University Major: Neurobiology (Pre-Med) Lauryn Hudson—California Academy of Math and Science Planning to attend: Tulane University Major: Public Health (Pre-Med) Matthew Padaoil—Rancho Dominguez Preparatory High School Planning to...

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Three Year Succession Transition Culminates with Retirement of Departing CEO Bruce Choate Los Angeles, California – Watson Land Company (Watson), one of the nation’s premier developers and owners of masterplanned industrial real estate, today publicly announced the appointment of Jeffrey Jennison as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer. Jennison has served as Watson’s president since 2014. The...

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Watson proudly championed eco-awareness as a participant in the SBC Green Building Challenge. Hundreds of businesses competed. In a year-long contest. The competition was stiff. But this wasn’t a contest to benefit the bottom line. It wasn’t a sporting event, either. It was a competition to help change the world. The South Bay Cities Green...

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Watson Land Company supports 4-H in shaping America’s youth. Chino is the Inland Empire’s strategic distribution hub, but the city has a storied past as one of the Southwest’s most significant agricultural sites. To both honor our community’s heritage and to encourage young people to get involved with agriculture, Watson Land Company is a proud...

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