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DrinkPAK Continues Impressive Growth with New Facility Lease in Santa Clarita Valley
The latest lease at Santa Clarita Commerce Center continues DrinkPAK’s remarkable growth story in the SCV and highlights the region’s ability to support high-performing advanced manufacturing companies. As one of the largest employers in the region,
DrinkPAK’s Santa Clarita Valley (SCV) story continues to grow.
The Santa Clarita Valley Economic Development Corporation (SCVEDC), DrinkPAK, Newmark, and CBRE are pleased to announce DrinkPAK’s latest expansion in the SCV with the lease of a 257,507-square-foot industrial facility at 25470 Springbrook Avenue in the Santa Clarita Commerce Center.
The new site continues DrinkPAK’s remarkable growth story in the SCV and highlights the region’s ability to support high-performing advanced manufacturing companies. As one of the largest employers in the region, DrinkPAK’s Santa Clarita Valley story continues to build momentum.
As one of the largest industrial buildings in the valley, the location adds another major facility to DrinkPAK’s local operations and brings the company’s SCV footprint to nearly 1.4 million square feet across eight buildings.
“This lease gives us additional room to keep building the responsive, flexible manufacturing platform our customers rely on,” said Nate Patena, CEO of DrinkPAK. “It supports the next phase of our operations while strengthening a Santa Clarita footprint that has been central to our growth from the beginning. This community has been an important part of DrinkPAK’s story, and we’re proud to continue investing here.”
DrinkPAK is a next-generation contract manufacturer of alcoholic and non-alcoholic canned beverages, providing full-service support for procurement, batching, processing, filling, packaging, warehousing, and distribution. In addition to its Santa Clarita operations, the company has expanded nationally with operations in Fort Worth, Texas, and a third facility currently under construction in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
For a company that first launched operations in the Santa Clarita Valley in late 2020, that growth has been extraordinary. DrinkPAK began with its initial lease at The Center at Needham Ranch, where it quickly expanded from a single facility into a multi-building campus. By 2021, DrinkPAK was already occupying more than 572,000 square feet in Needham Ranch, and SCVEDC later highlighted the company’s decision, space needs, and projected regional impact in our DrinkPAK Case Study.
Since then, DrinkPAK’s growth has continued through several major milestones, including the final phase of Needham Ranch and the company’s 2025 lease of a 172,843-square-foot facility on Golden Valley Road. The latest lease at Santa Clarita Commerce Center marks the next chapter in that story.
The transaction was facilitated by Newmark, which represented DrinkPAK, and CBRE, which represented Covington Group, developer of Santa Clarita Commerce Center. The lease continues a longstanding relationship between DrinkPAK and the Newmark team. Patrick DuRoss, SIOR, Vice Chairman at Newmark, along with John DeGrinis, SIOR, Jeff Abraham, SIOR, and Javier Galvan, have represented DrinkPAK since 2019. They continue to support the company through multiple phases of its growth in the Santa Clarita Valley and beyond.
“DrinkPAK’s real estate needs have evolved quickly, and our focus has been on helping the company stay ahead of that growth with facilities that support both current operations and long-term flexibility,” said Patrick DuRoss, SIOR, Vice Chairman at Newmark. “This lease adds another strategic location to DrinkPAK’s Santa Clarita network and reflects the kind of planning required to support a company scaling at this pace.”
For SCVEDC, projects like this demonstrate the value of coordinated business support, available industrial capacity, and strong relationships among companies, brokers, developers, and regional partners. They also show how business expansion and retention efforts can translate into long-term private-sector investment in the community.
“DrinkPAK’s expansion is a significant business success for the Santa Clarita Valley,” said Ondré Seltzer, President & CEO of SCVEDC. “Their continued investment represents high-quality job creation, long-term private-sector confidence, and the kind of industry growth that strengthens the region’s economic base.”
As companies evaluate where to expand, the availability of facilities can be a deciding factor. Employers with specialized production, distribution, and workforce needs require buildings that can accommodate complex operations, along with locations that provide access to talent, transportation, and regional business support.
Santa Clarita Commerce Center helps meet that need as a newly completed, four-building industrial campus. Spanning 22.3 acres in a campus-like setting, the project adds high-quality industrial capacity in the heart of the city. With Building 1 now leased, the Commerce Center continues to offer additional opportunities for companies seeking high-quality space in one of the SCV’s established industrial corridors.
“DrinkPAK’s lease is a strong validation of Santa Clarita Commerce Center and the vision Covington Group had for the project,” said Craig Peters, Vice Chairman at CBRE. “The building offers the scale, functionality, and access that today’s industrial users require, and this transaction reinforces the demand for well-executed, modern industrial product in the Santa Clarita market.”
As companies evaluate where to expand, the availability of facilities can be a deciding factor. Employers with specialized production, distribution, and workforce needs require buildings that can accommodate complex operations, along with locations that provide access to talent, transportation, and regional business support.
Santa Clarita Commerce Center helps meet that need as a newly completed, four-building industrial campus developed by Covington Group. Spanning 22.3 acres in a campus-like setting, the project adds modern industrial capacity to a central Santa Clarita location adjacent to Valencia. With Building 1 now leased, the Commerce Center continues to offer additional opportunities for companies seeking high-quality space in one of the SCV’s established industrial corridors.
From its first SCV facility to nearly 1.4 million square feet of local operations today, DrinkPAK’s growth shows how targeted business support, strong development partnerships, and high-quality industrial space can help companies invest, expand, and thrive.
As DrinkPAK continues to serve major beverage brands across the country, its expanding presence in the Santa Clarita Valley remains a powerful local success story and a clear example of the region’s ability to support innovative companies with national reach.
About DrinkPAK:
DrinkPAK is the premier next-generation contract manufacturer of alcoholic and non-alcoholic canned beverages, providing full-service support for procurement, batching, processing, filling, packaging, warehousing, and distribution. Founded in 2020, DrinkPAK is focused on revolutionizing beverage manufacturing by offering extreme capacity and format flexibility through cutting-edge technology and a commitment to the best talent in the industry.
The three founders, Nate Patena (CEO), Jon Ballas (President), and Ben Rush (CTO), created DrinkPAK to be a truly brand-centric manufacturer, built upon their years of experience in building, developing, and selling two of the highest growth beverage brands of the last decade. DrinkPAK's commitment to capacity, flexibility, and technology was born out of the battle scars the founders experienced working with traditional beverage contract manufacturers.
The Santa Clarita Valley Economic Development Corporation (SCVEDC) is a unique private / public partnership representing the united effort of regional industry and government leaders. The SCVEDC utilizes an integrated approach to attracting, retaining and expanding a diversity of businesses in the Santa Clarita Valley, especially those in key industry clusters, by offering competitive business services and other resources.
