Brea / North Orange County

Grocery-Anchored Retail Space in Brea

A working brief on where grocery-anchored retail space actually fits in Brea — corridor patterns, centers worth touring, and what to diligence before signing.

Population

47,469

Median HHI

$131,129

Median age

39.7

Homeownership

62%

Primary retail corridors

Imperial Highway · Brea Boulevard · State College Boulevard · Birch Street · Lambert Road

Centers worth touring for grocery-anchored retail space in Brea

Specific shopping centers in Brea that already carry credible co-tenancy for this use. Listed in approximate order of fit.

Brea Marketplace

Imperial Highway

Anchors / key tenants: big-box and grocery anchored community center

Imperial Highway big-box and value-tier daily-needs community center serving North OC residents.

Brea Gateway

Imperial Highway / Brea Boulevard area

Anchors / key tenants: Brixmor-owned daily-needs and service mix

Brixmor community center with daily-needs and service-retail tenancy.

What to diligence before LOI

  • Does the anchor generate the right customer for this concept?
  • Where is the shop space relative to the anchor path?
  • Are exclusives or use restrictions an issue?
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