Baytower Corporate Center is the LLC for the building at 15901 Hawthorne Boulevard, Lawndale, CA 90260. The primary management company is Sunny Hills Management Co., Inc.
As a prior tenant of 7 years, we moved out as of 03/31/2020 because the management company increased our monthly price by 50%, WITHOUT ANY PRIOR NOTIFICATION.
The management staff is terrible at communication and never notified us any lease renewal options. We were notified 2 months into 2020 that we owed a lot more money. They increased our monthly payment by 50% which was 33% over fair market value (FMV).
We sent a letter demanding our deposit but have yet to receive it. We moved out on 03/31/2020 and today is 05/22/2020. Still no deposit refund check.
As a side note for anyone looking at office space here:
Here are the negatives:
(1) The building is poorly maintained.
(2) They always pick the lowest cost vendor and it is certainly reflected.
(3) The flooring in the lobby took over 3 months to complete.
(4)The front entry doors repairs took over 6 months to repair.
(5) They constantly have low to no bathroom supplies. It is a BYO situation.
(6) The building is not secure. Doors are either propped open and paper/rocks jammed in the locks to prevent good locking.
(7) The lower parking garage continues to get flooded during any rain.
(8) There is very little guest parking. All the tenants end up parking upstairs unless it rains. We found many other tenants parking in the designated guest spots.
(9) The gates to the parking garage break often which can leave your vehicle stranded inside the garage for days.
(10) The elevators are slow and tend to break down often.
(11) During a power outage, which has happened at least a couple dozen times during my 7 years there, there is no lighting in the hallways. It is pitch black. We ended up having flashlights for those moments.
(12) There are homeless. Because this building is freeway adjacent, there are a ton of homeless who live by the freeway. You can encounter them at the parking garage entry and also in the bathroom washing themselves.
(13) You must lock your car doors since it is not very safe to keep anything in your vehicle.
(14) There is no elevator to the lower garage and you are forced to take the stairs. The stairs are poorly maintained and you have a chance to slip on them. If you need to bring anything to your vehicle, you must park on the upper garage.
(15) Night lighting is poor. If you are leaving at night, the lighting is very dim. This poses a safety issue.
Here are the positives:
(1) Building is in a good location
(2) The building gets Frontier FiOS internet
In summary, if I was to choose a location to lease, I would not lease from either Bay Tower Corporate Center or their parent company Sunny Hills Management Company. They have a lot of building in the area but their management style appears to be the same.
On top of all this, having to wait for my deposit check to be returned is just plain contractually illegal. read more