Volcom Will Move Into Vacated HQ

In a move with a certain symmetry, rising surf-wear star Volcom will occupy industry heavyweight Quiksilver Inc.’s soon-to-be-vacated Costa Mesa headquarters.

If 86,000 square feet seems like a lot of space for Volcom, which now has a 23,000-square-foot headquarters in Newport Beach, Quiksilver Chief Financial Officer Steve Brink can remember when the former space was also too big for Quiksilver.

Quiksilver moved in there about a dozen years ago but outgrew the site, spilling into nearby satellite buildings. Considering the pace of Quiksilver’s growth, it may be leaving behind some pretty successful vibes.

“I hope not too good,” Brink quipped recently. “I don’t want to make it too easy on them.”

Quiksilver has been moving by stages to its new 400,000-square-foot home in Huntington Beach. The company’s distribution center and other divisions already have relocated, and the corporate offices will move June 16.

“We’re very excited about getting moved in,” said Greg Ziegler, executive vice president of operations. “The building’s going to be awesome.”

And if it will be nice for Quiksilver to finally have the word “Beach” in its address, it will be better yet to have the Huntington Beach surf nearby, Brink said.

“It’s not so much the title, but being close enough to get there at lunchtime,” he said. “I think that’s the key.”