Recapitalization and Renovation of Silicon Valley Office Building a Slam Dunk for the Admiral
6/18/13
San Antonio-based real estate group forms partnership with South Bay Development Company for Santa Clara building investment

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Grocery Outlet Leases 54k sf Emeryville Facility
6/17/13
Tenant relocating corp HQ from Berkeley

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25k sf Burlingame Office Building Sells for $5.5 Mil
6/13/13
Phoenix Pharmaceuticals acquires property from a private investor

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Dostart Development Obtains Funds for Purchase and Renovation of Vacant Sunnyvale Building
6/12/13
95k sf office property was formerly occupied by Veritas Software Corp

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Carmel Partners Buys 84-Unit Alameda Apartment Property
6/11/13
Marina View Towers sold by a private investor

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Jones Lang LaSalle to Handle Leasing at East Bay Ind Complex
6/10/13
Assignment is for 270k sf Fremont Distribution Center

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C.P. Shades Renews Its Sausalito HQ Space
6/07/13
Clothing manufacturer remains at Westcore Properties’ Mariner’s Landing

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Blackstone Picks Up 751-Room, Four-Hotel Portfolio
6/04/13
Purchase includes Homewood Suites in San Francisco

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Jesse Weber Joins CBRE in San Francisco as Senior Vice President
6/03/13
Mortgage banking pro becomes part of firm’s Capital Markets Debt & Equity Finance Division

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Hager Pacific Getting Its Portfolio in Shape with Addition of Two CA Fitness Properties
5/30/13
Company buys and redevelops 45k sf Fremont building; then signs 24 Hour Fitness to 20-year lease

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Mixed-Use Property in San Francisco’s Union Square District Listed for $13.9 Mil
5/30/13
Building contains 56 res units over ground-floor retail occupied by Starbucks and American Apparel

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Swig Company Wins Big at BOMA SF’s Earth Awards
5/30/13
Three buildings owned and/or managed by Swig recognized, along with firm’s chief engineer Cary Hedman

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Nathan Elliott Joins CBRE in San Francisco
5/29/13
Will specialize in debt financing for commercial properties

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InvenSense Leases 130k sf of HQ Space in San Jose
5/28/13
Firm will take five floors at Class A building owned by Equity Office

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AEW Capital Management Acquires Santa Clara Office Property Leased to Infoblox
5/23/13
127k sf campus sold by Bixby Land and JP Morgan

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Sabal Financial Group Closes Trio of NoCal Loans Totaling $38 Mil
5/21/13
The acquisition, development and construction loans were for res projects in Livermore, Sacramento and Granite Bay

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New Signings Account for 23k sf of Space at Napa Valley Commons
5/21/13
Spelletich Family Wine Company and JF Hillebrand USA Inc sign leases at mixed-use campus

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Cassidy Turley to Manage 359k sf San Francisco Office Tower
5/15/13
600 California Street is owned by Clarion Partners

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Kennedy Wilson to Handle Leasing of Commercial Sites on Mare Island
5/14/13
650 acres of former naval base to be developed into mixed-use commercial/residential community

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C&CCNKF Lands Leasing Assignment for Medical Office Property in Oakland
5/14/13
Broadway Webster Medical Plaza owned by Investcorp Real Estate

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It’s a Good Day at HGA Architects and Engineers
5/13/13
Kevin Day hired as Associate Vice President/Lead Project Designer in firm’s San Francisco office

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Colin Barnard Joins Walnut Creek Office of Johnson Capital
5/10/13
Comes over as Vice President from Barnard Capital Inc

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Drawbridge Realty Trust Picks Up Fourth Silicon Valley Property
5/07/13
San Francisco firm pays $13 mil for 50k sf facility occupied by National Instruments

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Barker Pacific Group and Artemis Real Estate Partners Purchase Rohnert Park Self-Storage Property
5/06/13
Facility to become third property in Storage Solutions portfolio

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Old Republic Title Leases 20k sf of Office Space in San Jose
5/06/13
Firm relocating from elsewhere in the city

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Kennedy Wilson Buys 89k sf NoCal Office Asset
5/03/13
Investment firm spends $22 mil on The Pointe at Redwood Shores

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EmeryStation Greenway Building Recognized by CALED
5/02/13
Wareham Development’s project awarded Grand Prize for Economic Partnerships

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Office Building in San Francisco’s Mid-Market Corridor Acquired as Value-Add Opportunity
5/01/13
Columbia Pacific Advisors and Long Market Property Partners spend $17 mil on 86k sf property at 995 Market St

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Adjacent Modern Apartment Communities in Napa Sell for $40 Mil
4/30/13
Ridge Capital Investors and Redwood Real Estate Partners acquire 178 units to be combined and rebranded into a single asset

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CIM Group Acquires 60k sf San Francisco Office Property
4/26/13
330 Townshend located in city’s SOMA District

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Nimble Storage Inks $31 Mil Silicon Valley Lease
4/25/13
Software firm signs eight-year deal with Bixby Land in San Jose

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CB2 Builders Completes Build-Out and TI Work at San Francisco’s Exploratorium
4/24/13
Project included the museum tripling in size

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Work Gets Underway on Affordable Seniors Housing Project in Martinez
4/22/13
Resources for Community Development building 48-unit Berrellesa Palms

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Ridge Capital Investors and Contrarian Capital Management Pick Up 98k sf Silicon Valley HQ Building
4/19/13
Property will be renovated and offered at competitive rates

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Kennedy Wilson-Led Venture Picks Up NoCal Multifamily Property for $34 Mil
4/18/13
Partnership buys 188-unit Montelena Apartments

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Colliers International Lands Marketing Job for New San Francisco Res Tower
4/17/13
41 Tehama located in city’s Transit Center District and will contain 341 units

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The Swig Company Recruits Medley Partners for Equity Stake in San Francisco Office Property
4/16/13
Swig acquired 89k sf building at 901 Battery St at end of 2012

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Lowe Enterprises Starts Work on New Office Building at San Mateo Biz Campus
4/16/13
107k sf building located within 22-acre Clearview Business Park

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Fowler Property Acquisitions Spends $21 Mil on Bay Area Res Property
4/11/13
208-unit Presidents Park Apartments located in Pittsburg

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New Mixed-Use, Mixed-Income Project Slated for San Francisco’s Potrero Hill
4/10/13
320-unit development to be built by Related California

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DivcoWest Completes 100k sf Silicon Valley Purchase
4/08/13
Company buys two office/R&D buildings in Sunnyvale

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Nordstrom Racks Up a 45k sf Retail Space in San Francisco
4/05/13
National retailer signs lease at 901 Market St with Hudson Pacific Properties

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Pacific Heights Multifamily Buildings Sell for $425k/Unit
4/04/13
Investor spends $7.7 mil on 18 units in desirable location

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Strong Investor Interest Leads to $12.8 Mil Sale of East Bay Mixed-Use Property
4/03/13
82k sf San Ramon development contains office and retail space

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Laurus Corp Obtains $14 Mil in Mezz Money on San Francisco Office Property
4/03/13
Loan funded by Buchanan Street Partners

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Former NoCal Gottschalks Store Acquired by Investor
4/02/13
90k sf building located at entrance to Sommersville Towne Center Mall in Antioch

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FedEx Ground Leases 418k sf of SFO-Adjacent Ind Space
4/02/13
450k sf logistics center recently upgraded by owners Orchard Partners and Anglelo Gordon & Co/Centrum Properties

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Recent Signings at San Francisco’s One Sansome Street Total 50k sf
3/29/13
43-story skyscraper now at 76% leased

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Hines and Boston Properties Complete Site Purchase for 60-Story Transbay Transit Tower Project in San Francisco
3/28/13
1,070-foot office high-rise will be the tallest building on the West Coast

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Marcus & Millichap Capital Corporation Arranges $6.5 Mil Berkeley Office Refi
3/27/13
Class B property located in city’s central business district

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Starwood Hotels Debuts First Aloft Hotel in Silicon Valley
3/25/13
New hotel is adjacent to Apple campus

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Jak Churton Joins Jones Lang LaSalle as Managing Director
3/22/13
Comes over to JLL’s San Francisco office from CBRE

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Interstate Equities Corp Completes $64 Mil East Bay Apartment Buy
3/22/13
Three-property, 358-unit Walnut Creek portfolio sold by JB Matteson

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Ivanhoé Cambridge, TPG and DivcoWest Acquire Silicon Valley Office Portfolio
3/21/13
73 buildings are part of a portfolio sold by Mission West Properties

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New Redwood City Res Development Hopes to Bowl Over Young Professionals in the Area
3/20/13
The Lane on the Boulevard will offer 141 units on site of former Mel’s bowling alley

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National Law Firm Arent Fox to Open San Francisco Office
3/19/13
DC-based firm takes full floor at 55 2nd Street

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Two San Francisco Apartment Sales Total $3.5 Mil
3/14/13
One property goes for $425k/unit while the other comes in at $118k/unit

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Bishop Ranch Achieves LEED Certification for 37 Office Buildings
3/14/13
Development is largest mixed-use biz community in Northern California

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Hines and Invesco Real Estate Close $57 Mil San Francisco Office Buy
3/12/13
Venture acquires 110-year-old Rialto Building

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Ryan Wagner Joins San Francisco Office of Colliers International
3/08/13
Multifamily pro comes over from Arroyo & Coates

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Prudential Real Estate Investors Pays $100 Mil for San Francisco Office Building
3/05/13
203k sf 100 Spear Street property sold by Clarion Partners

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Essex Trust Acquires 443-Unit Res Component of San Francisco’s Fox Plaza
2/27/13
Purchase from Archstone, said to be worth $135 mil, includes parking, retail and entitlements for another tower

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Hudson Properties Gets Square Deal in San Francisco
2/22/13
Payment service provider takes additional 81k sf in city’s Mid-Market area

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NVIDIA to Start Work on 500k sf Corp HQ Expansion in Santa Clara
2/21/13
NoCal project to be overseen by Sares Regis Group entity

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San Francisco Mixed-Use Building Sells for $2.6 Mil
2/20/13
106-year-old property contains 12 res apartments and two retail units

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San Francisco Partnership Granted Exclusive Right to Negotiate to Build 563-Unit Res Tower on Transbay Block 9
2/19/13
Firms involved in venture to build SoMa District housing include AGI Capital Group, TMG Partners, CalPERS, Essex Property Trust and BRIDGE Housing

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San Francisco Apartment Property Goes for $132k/Unit
2/18/13
15-unit asset built was built in 1922

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Shorenstein Properties Completes BOMA International’s 7-Point Challenge
2/15/13
Accomplishments include benchmark reductions in use of natural resources and non-renewable energy sources

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Jamie Saunders Joins Cresa San Francisco as Managing Principal
2/13/13
Comes over from Jones Lang LaSalle

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Cassidy Turley Awarded Management Assignment for 11 msf Portfolio, Mostly in NoCal
2/12/13
Westcore Properties/DRA Advisors acquired the properties last year from Joe Benvenuti Company

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David Linsmayer Joins Avison Young in San Francisco
2/11/13
22-year veteran hired as a principal at expanding brokerage services company

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Boston Properties Purchases San Francisco Office High-Rise Dev Site
2/08/13
Firm pays $71 mil for 535 Mission Street

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Barker Pacific Closes Six Renewal and Expansion Leases at Hamilton Landing
2/07/13
Latest deals at Novato biz campus boost occupancy to 87%

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Cerexa Inks Expansion/Renewal Lease in Oakland
2/06/13
Biopharm company takes total of 50k sf at CIM’s 2100 Franklin building

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Pelican Finds New Roost in Mountain View
2/05/13
Start-up inks expansion/relocation deal for 12k sf of office space

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LaSalle Investment Management Closes $103 Mil San Francisco Res Buy
2/01/13
Acquires 160-unit Avalon Yerba Buena property in city’s SOMA district

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Greg Beck Promoted to Partner at Champion Real Estate Company
1/31/13
Firm looking to invest $100 mil in development opportunities this year

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Silicon Valley Office Market Continues to Tighten but New Construction Should Offer Tenants More Options by 2014
1/29/13
Latest Studley Report shows Class A vacancy at 14.8%

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Martin Building Company Nabs San Francisco Development Site
1/29/13
Land entitled for 117-unit res project

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Hall Equities Group Spends $16 Mil on 455 Extended-Stay Units in Las Vegas
1/28/13
Deal boosts firm’s portfolio in city to 851 units

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Drawbridge Realty Trust Completes $18 Mil Santa Clara Office Buy
1/24/13
San Francisco-based firm also recently picked up three San Diego-area office assets

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Amazon.com Inks Deal with Prologis for 1 msf NoCal Distribution Center
1/22/13
New facility will bring 2.2 msf Tracy biz park to full occupancy

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64k sf San Jose Flex-Tech Building Acquired in Value-Add Buy
1/22/13
W3 Partners / AllianceBernstein U.S. Real Estate Partners L.P. venture picks up asset from Prologis

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127k sf San Francisco Office Building Listed for Sale
1/21/13
115 Sansome St built in 1912 as HQ for Standard Oil Company

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Acheson Commons Development Approved by Berkeley Zoning Adjustments Board
1/18/13
Equity Residential’s project will add 205 transit-oriented res units to historic downtown area of city

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Greg Moss Named Regional Managing Principal at Cassidy Turley in NoCal
1/17/13
Takes over for Michael Kamm, who was named president

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Swig Signs Five at SOMA Office Building
1/11/13
Latest tenants at San Francisco property lease 43k sf of space

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Hudson Pacific Celebrates 2013 with Two Big December 2012 Office Leases in San Francisco
1/10/13
Salesforce.com takes 236k sf at Rincon Center and GitHub leases entire 55k sf building at 275 Brannan Street

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Michael Kamm Takes Over as President at Cassidy Turley
1/10/13
Industry pro had previously been CEO at predecessor firm BT Commercial

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Bruce Felt Named Executive Vice President and CFO at Auction.com
1/09/13
Will oversee firm’s financial operations

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The Swig Company Acquires 89k sf San Francisco Office Property
1/08/13
Jackson Square building originally built in 1927

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Raintree Partners Begins Work on 116-unit Res Project in Redwood City
1/04/13
Development is part of city’s efforts to create a true pedestrian-centric downtown

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Prudential Real Estate Investors Fund Purchases 183k sf San Francisco Office Building
1/03/13
Highridge Partners and Montgomery Advisors sell 255 California Street

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KBS Picks Up 259k sf Silicon Valley Office Asset
12/28/12
Latest acquisition is for 10-building Palo Alto Techology Center

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Creative Office Building in San Francisco Trades Hands
12/26/12
86k sf property located in the city’s Jackson Square area

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MacFarlane Partners Picks Up Vacant Lot in Downtown San Francisco
12/24/12
Site at 1125 Market St to be developed for multifamily/retail uses

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Kilroy Continues to Make Big News with More New Deals
12/20/12
LA REIT acquires Sunnyvale site and inks deal to develop 587k sf campus for LinkedIn; signs salesforce.com to new 445k sf SOMA high-rise

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TMG Partners and Alcion Ventures Complete Second South Bay Office Buy in Two Weeks
12/18/12
Partnership picks up 81k sf building in Santa Clara

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Westcore Properties Buys Oakland Office High-Rise
12/17/12
San Diego firm acquires 520k sf Clorox HQ tower at 1221 Broadway

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Cassidy Turley Brokers 35 NoCal Multifamily Sales Over Three Months
12/14/12
Transactions total 530 units

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William Warren Group Closes 954-Unit Bay Area Self-Storage Buy
12/13/12
Firm spends $8.8 mil of Beacon Self-Storage in Oakland

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TMG Partners and Alcion Ventures Purchase 153k sf San Jose Office Property
12/12/12
Class A building sold by Kaufman Jacobs

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Essex Property Trust Acquires 500-Unit San Jose Multifamily Asset
12/10/12
The Sobrato Organization collects $148 mil from sale of Willow Lake Apartment Homes

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Jones Lang LaSalle Takes Over Leasing at San Francisco Office Tower
12/07/12
Assignment is for 556k sf high-rise at 555 Mission

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Samsung Semiconductor Leases 51k sf North San Jose Facility
12/04/12
Refurbished building located within city’s North First Street Corridor

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Berkeley Office/Retail Property Sells for $20 Mil
11/30/12
Berkeley Center occupies an entire city block

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South Bay Development Collects $6 Mil in ROHMing Charges
11/29/12
Semiconductor firm purchases 38k sf Santa Clara facility

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LandMark Retail Group Opens Two New CVS/Pharmacy Stores in the Bay Area
11/26/12
San Francisco and Oakland stores located in underserved neighborhoods

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Jones Lang LaSalle Takes Over Leasing Duties at 100 Montgomery in San Francisco
11/21/12
430k sf high-rise is owned by Equity Office

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Cloud Computing Company Takes 111k sf on Solid Ground in Mission Bay
11/20/12
Meraki inks 10-year lease with Sobrato at 500 Terry Francois

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Medtronics Inks Expansion Deal in Santa Rosa for Total of 127k sf
11/20/12
Medical device firm grow space within city’s Airport Business District

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Jamestown Retains CAC Group for Leasing Assignment at 799 Market Street
11/19/12
143k sf mixed-use property features office over retail space

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San Francisco City and County Lease 104k sf in City’s Mid-Market Area
11/16/12
Space will be used by a number of government agencies

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Angelo Gordon and City Center Realty Partners Purchase Emeryville Public Market
11/15/12
270k sf mixed-use property acquired from TMG Partners and Rockwood Capital

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Mountain View Office Property Trades Hands
11/14/12
DivcoWest Sells 42k sf 400 Logue property

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45-Unit San Mateo Buy Is Ridge Capital’s Fourth Bay Area Investment in the Last 12 Months
11/12/12
Mariner’s West Apartments sells for about $11 mil

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Ellis Partners Picks Up Two Tri-Valley Office Properties
11/09/12
San Francisco-based Ellis Partners LLC recently acquired two office properties in NoCal’s Tri-Valley area, in separate transactions.

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TIAA-CREF Buys 39k sf Building in San Francisco’s Union Square
11/06/12
Luxury retail property will be new flagship store for Brooks Brothers

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Pacifica Manufactured Home Community Refinanced with New $11.5 Mil
11/02/12
HFF arranges loan through Opus Bank

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Kennedy Wilson Completes $31 Mil East Bay Multifamily Buy
11/01/12
Latest purchase is 178-unit Regency Tower Apartments in Oakland

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Veterans and Military Housing Leases East San Jose Multifamily Community
10/31/12
52-unit property owned by Barry Swenson Builder

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NoCal Deal Briefs
10/30/12
Recent transactions from San Francisco, Emeryville and Cupertino

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San Francisco’s Boutique Hotel Palomar Trades Hands for $58 Mil
10/26/12
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust purchases 196-room asset from a Griffin Capital T-I-C ownership entity

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Hines and Boston Properties Team Up in Venture to Build 1.4 msf Transbay Tower
10/25/12
Partnership pays Transbay Joint Powers Authority $190 mil for land

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CapRock Partners Completes 238k sf East Bay HQ/Ind Property Buy
10/23/12
OC firm acquires asset by foreclosing on property earlier in the year

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Hudson Pacific Gets Square Deal in San Francisco
10/23/12
Electronic payment service signs lease for 246k sf with option for additional 81k sf

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Bixby Land Closes another Silicon Valley Office Campus Buy
10/22/12
Company pays $29.5 mil for 234k sf Trimble Technology Park and plans to move forward with major repositioning project

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Access Closure Closes New Long-Term Lease for 55k sf Facility in Santa Clara
10/17/12
Medical device company relocating from Mountain View

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County of Santa Clara Leases 84k sf Building in North San Jose
10/16/12
Ridder Park Technology Center facility will be used to house County’s Department of Child Services

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Shorenstein Properties Purchases 136k sf Office Building in South San Francisco
10/12/12
801 Gateway Blvd acquired for firm’s 10th value-add fund

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Bixby Land Recognized for Rehab of Santa Clara Campus
10/11/12
Infoblox leases entire 127k sf property after work completed

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W3 Partners and Ridge Capital Partners Acquire 185k sf Silicon Valley Complex
10/10/12
Three-building R&D / office property is located in San Jose

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Redeveloped Standard Industrial Property in Sonoma Signs Four
10/08/12
Latest tenants at 90-acre warehouse/office complex includes Sonoma Soil Builders, North Coast Tile and Stone and NaturaTech

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DivcoWest Picks Up 600k sf of BofA-Occupied Office Buildings in Concord
10/05/12
Structures are part of four-building complex acquired by Swift Realty Partners one year earlier

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Importer of Organic Beans and Grains Purchases Livermore Building
10/05/12
Company spends $4.4 mil on 55k sf facility

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Ridge Capital Investors Closes $20 Mil NoCal Multifamily Buy
10/04/12
Firm purchases TownCentre Commons Apartments in Brentwood

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Shorenstein Awards Pre-Leasing of New City Center High-Rise to Cassidy Turley
10/04/12
Planned Oakland tower to contain 597k sf over 23 floors

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Fox Hunt Ends at 388k sf Stockton Facility
10/04/12
Sports accessories firm inks long-term lease with Prologis

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Jamestown Acquires 143k sf San Francisco Mixed-Use Property
10/03/12
799 Market Street located at border of Union Square and SOMA District

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Shea Lands Joint Venture Equity for New Bay Area Res Development
10/02/12
1201 S. Main Street to add 200 units in Milpitas

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C&C RiverRock Newmark Awarded Management Assignment for 198k sf San Jose Office Building
9/26/12
1600 Technology constructed in 2001 as part of Skyport Plaza complex

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MBK Picks Up 163-Unit Bay Area Senior Living Community
9/25/12
Located in Santa Rosa, Oakmont Gardens offers independent and assisted living options

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Kraft Foods and Samsung Electronics Ink Leases at Bishop Ranch
9/25/12
Global firms take 32k sf at big East Bay biz campus

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Samsung Subsidiary Inks Build-to-Suit Deal in Mountain View
9/20/12
Tech firm agrees to 15-year deal at Cypress Business Park

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Three Shorenstein Office Properties Awarded LEED Certification
9/18/12
Firm’s latest buildings to be recognized at the Gold level for Existing Building Operations and Maintenance are in Burbank, New York and Washington DC

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Berkeley Apartment Property Trades for Almost $270k/Unit
9/17/12
Property is adjacent to UC Berkeley campus

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Asian Investor Acquires Crowne Plaza San Francisco International Airport
9/14/12
The Carlyle Group sells 309-room asset

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Resmark and Shea to Develop New 300-Unit Res Project in Milpitas
9/13/12
Three-acre development expected to get underway in the fourth quarter of 2012

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Investors Trade Four-Property Apt Portfolio in Redwood City
9/12/12
Interstate Equities spends over $12 mil for 82 units

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Sares Regis Group Signs Build-to-Suit Deal for New 117k sf Richmond Facility
9/11/12
Industrial development situated on 10 acres within Pinole Point Business Park

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Broll Capital Acquires 35-Unit Multifamily Asset in Santa Rosa
9/07/12
Cassidy Turley reps buyer in purchase and arranges acquisition money

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Hines Global REIT Closes $180 Mil San Francisco Office Buy
9/06/12
GLL Real Estate Partners sells 550 Terry Francois in city’s Mission Bay district

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Highland Realty Capital Arranges Mystic-al Refi for Unique San Francisco Hotel Property
8/31/12
$9.4 loan used to take-out more expensive acquisition money for Union Square property

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TMG Sells More Properties in San Francisco’s SOMA District
8/30/12
Venture with Rockwood Capital closes deal with Boston Properties

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Investor Picks Up UPS Facility in San Leandro
8/29/12
11.7–acre property fully occupied on long-term basis

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TMG Partners/Farallon Capital Management Sell SOMA Office Building
8/28/12
Sellers made significant upgrades since acquiring the property in 2010

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NoCal Retail Briefs
8/24/12
Recent deals from Colma, Petaluma, San Francisco, Hayward and Napa

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Cassidy Turley Investment Trio Lands 666k sf of Bay Area Listings
8/23/12
Three office/R&D properties located in Santa Clara, San Mateo and North San Jose

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Westcore Properties Closes $46 Mil Bay Area Ind Buy
8/21/12
San Diego real estate co purchases 673k sf Kato Industrial Park in Fremont

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69k sf San Francisco Office Building Becomes a Downtown Property
8/17/12
Five-story building located in city’s Midmarket area

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Bishop Ranch Sees a Pickup in Leasing Activity
8/14/12
Bechtel Communications joined by 20 smaller firms in signing deals at Bay Area biz campus

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Blackrock Venture Pays $35 Mil for Bay Area Retail Center
8/09/12
Safeway-anchored Rossmoor Shopping Center located in Walnut Creek

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Foster City Office Building Expected to Sell for $180 Mil
8/09/12
ALSO: recent closed sales in San Francisco and San Leandro

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Commercial Capital Holdings Parks $12.5 Mil in San Francisco Garage
8/08/12
Union Square acquisition consists of 106-stall garage with some retail space

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San Francisco Peninsula Market Still Benefiting from an Improving Economy
8/07/12
Latest data from Colliers International suggests region still enjoying a tight office market

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Bay Area Rental Demand Begins to Spill into the East Bay
7/25/12
Third quarter 2012 outlook from Marcus & Millichap’s Apartment Research Market Report for the Oakland Metro Area

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AEW Acquires 126k sf Silicon Valley Office / R&D Property
7/24/12
Two-building San Jose asset sold by DivcoWest

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Fully Leased Silicon Valley Retail Center Offered for Sale
7/23/12
Colliers International team marketing 132k sf Charleston Plaza in Mountain View for Dollinger Properties

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The Mills Building is the New Gold Standard for Historic Properties in San Francisco
7/20/12
Office property awarded LEED Gold certification

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Bay Area Retail Leasing Update
7/19/12
Terranomics brokers negotiate recent leases in Petaluma, Palo Alto and Dublin

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TMG Partners and Alcion Ventures Close Third Joint Acquisition
7/18/12
Latest purchase is of 111k sf property in North San Jose

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$100 Mil San Francisco Office Buy Sounds Good to Dolby Laboratories
7/16/12
354k sf Mid-Market building sold by DivcoWest and TMG Partners

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Bixby Land Completes Renovation of 165k sf Silicon Valley Office Campus
7/11/12
$5 mil project represents the firm’s second such project in the region in as many months

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MG Properties Completes Two Multifamily Buys Worth $58 Mil
7/11/12
Latest acquisitions are in Temecula and Daly City

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Santa Rosa Multifamily Asset Sells for $15 Mil
7/10/12
Oak Creek Apartments fetches $150k/unit

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LiveOps to Take Place in 42k sf of Redwood Shores Office Space
7/09/12
Tech firm relocating its Santa Clara operations into new corp HQ location

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East Bay Ind Facility Fetches $83/sf
7/05/12
Coastal Tropical picks up Union City property

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Ridge Capital Picks Up 290 Acres in West Sacramento
6/26/12
Land is within Southport Business Park and is fully entitled and improved

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CBRE Group Arranges Financing on Kentfield, CA Memory Care Facility
6/26/12
55-bed WindChime of Marin refinanced through HUD

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Silicon Valley Lease is an Ex’pression of Confidence in the Market
6/25/12
Digital arts college takes 65k sf North San Jose building

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Oakland Mixed-Use Building Trades in $7.5 Mil Deal
6/21/12
92k sf office/retail property purchased by Hamilton Zanze & Co

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Jordan Moss Joins CBRE’s Multi-Housing Group
6/21/12
Comes over from Jones Lang LaSalle

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Santa Clara Multifamily Community Receives $74 Mil in Supplemental Financing
6/21/12
Property is Interland Corp’s 634-unit Bella Vista Apartments

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Nestle, KB Homes and Tiburon Inc the Newest Additions at Bishop Ranch
6/20/12
San Ramon mixed-use campus sees strong leasing activity

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Essex Property Trust to Develop 463-Unit Res Project in San Francisco’s SOMA District
6/19/12
Company acquires two parcels from Avant Housing

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Owner/User Pays $7 Mil for East Bay Warehouse Property
6/18/12
Wholesale grocer buys 108k sf Hayward facility

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ULTA Beauty and Total Woman Gym & Day Spa the Latest Signings at Alameda South Shore Center
6/18/12
East Bay retail center reaches 90% leased with these latest deals

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Meacham/Oppenheimer Inc Joins CORFAC International as Silicon Valley Affiliate
6/15/12
Firm to be rebranded as Meacham/Oppenheimer CORFAC International

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Affiliate of Crescent Heights Group Acquires San Francisco High-Rise Dev Site
6/14/12
Rare infill site located adjacent to future Transbay Transit Center

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Tourism and Tech Jobs Drive Retail Sales in San Francisco
6/14/12
Latest market report from Marcus & Millichap predicts continued strengthening in this sector

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Kennedy Wilson Spends $86 Mil on NoCal Apartment Community
6/11/12
Partnership acquires 544-unit Waterford in Hayward

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Premier Business Centers to Open New Location in San Francisco’s Financial District
6/08/12
Leading national operator leased 17k sf space on 35th floor at Citigroup Center

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$25 Mil Silicon Valley Lease Part of Infoblox’ Building Blocks for the Future
6/07/12
Tech firm occupying entire 127k sf Santa Clara office complex that just underwent $10 mil redesign

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Hudson Pacific Wraps Up $90 Mil San Francisco Office Buy
6/07/12
LA firm acquires 212k sf building at 901 Market St

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Legacy Partners Signs 24/7 Customer to Silicon Valley Expansion/Renewal Deal
6/06/12
Software solutions firm bumps up to 32k sf at Campbell office complex

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Retail Opportunity Investments Corp Reels in a Marlin
6/04/12
75k sf Foster City center sells for $17.4 mil

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Plans Progressing for 43-Acre Office Campus Near San Jose International Airport
6/04/12
Lowe Enterprises and Five Mile Capital Partners affiliate envision 1.8 msf of office space at North First Campus project

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Russell Ingrum and Sean Sullivan Join, and Re-Join, CBRE in San Francisco
5/31/12
Veteran duo will help global real estate services firm boost its capital markets team in NoCal

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Kidder Mathews Adds Seven to Its Bay Area Broker Roster
5/30/12
Agents come over from Grubb & Ellis

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Graymark Capital and Ascent Real Estate Advisors Pick Up Sunnyvale Office Property
5/30/12
39k sf building sold by Trumark Commercial

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Sares Regis Group Looking to Entitle 1 msf Mountain View Biz Campus
5/24/12
24-acre development would replace existing 400k sf project

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282-Unit Res Infill Project Breaks Ground in San Francisco
5/24/12
Avant Housing development is located in city’s SoMa District

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Fire Eye Inks Expansion/Renewal Deal in Milpitas
5/23/12
Tech firm more than triples its space at the Tasman Technology Park

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CBRE Arranges $35 Mil on Los Altos Marriott Residence Inn
5/23/12
156-room hotel located in the heart of Silicon Valley

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InMobi Signs Deal for 39k sf of San Francisco Office Space
5/22/12
Mobile ad network relocating from San Mateo

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East Bay Multifamily Property Trades for $219k/Unit
5/21/12
Berkeley Delaware Court Apartments sells for $11 mil

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Transwestern Beefs Up East Bay Area Team with 17 New Additions
5/17/12
Edward Del Beccaro heads up new Walnut Creek office for real estate services firm

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San Jose Res Development Lands $93 Mil in Financing
5/16/12
Bay West Development obtains equity from Berkshire Property Advisors and construction money from Comerica/California Bank & Trust syndication

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Kotrick Manufacturing Purchases 142k sf Hayward Facility
5/16/12
Company had been a tenant in the building

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Silicon Valley Office Market Continues to Tighten
5/15/12
Continued demand by tech sector leads to 10th consecutive quarter of falling vacancy rates

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Todd Vitzthum to Lead NoCal C&W Multifamily Investment Sales Team
5/14/12
Other members include Jeremy Cline, Simon Herrmann, Rawley Nielsen, Jason Parr and Mike Nguyen

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Walgreens Properties Commanding Big Dollars from Investors
5/14/12
Vegas store fetches record-setting $1,700/sf while Sunnyvale asset trades for over $700/sf

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Historic Fairmont San Francisco Hotel Purchased by Oaktree Capital Management and Woodridge Capital Partners
5/09/12
Kingdom Holding to maintain stake in iconic property

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Cassidy Turley Boosts Its NoCal Staff with Hiring of Nine Industry Pros
5/09/12
Additions to firm’s Oakland, San Francisco and San Jose offices include John Dolby and Jeff Moeller

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Oakland Warehouse Owner Makes Deans’ List after Completing $19 Mil East Bay Lease
5/08/12
Bay Area refrigerated warehouse company signs long-term deal for 125k sf facility

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Major Changes Brewing for The Hamm’s Building in San Francisco
5/07/12
TMG Partners and Alcion Ventures acquire 183k sf office property with plans to spend $15 mil on upgrades

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Shea Homes the Second Home Builder to Acquire Res Dev Site at Bay Meadows
5/03/12
San Mateo TOD development being master-planned by Stockbridge and Wilson Meany Sullivan

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Sunnyvale Walgreens Sells for $675/sf
5/02/12
Freestanding building fetches $10 mil as part of 1031 exchange

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Recent Leasing Activity Shows Strengthening Office Market in East Bay City of Concord
5/01/12
First quarter numbers from NoCal town sees highest absorption and greatest vacancy decline since 2006

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Walker & Dunlop Provides $17 Mil on S. Bay Area Res Community
4/25/12
Asset is 138-unit Monte Vista at Morgan Hill

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Investor Acquires Berkeley Retail Property for $500/sf
4/24/12
6k sf building is fully leased to Wells Fargo

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Matteson Spends $67 Mil on Marin County Mixed-Use Asset
4/20/12
NoCal firm buys 420k sf Millworks in Novato

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Transformation of San Francisco’s Fifty Fremont Nearing Completion
4/20/12
42-story high-rise one of only three LEED Platinum towers in the city

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Kennedy Wilson Collects $154 Mil from Two Apartment Sales
4/17/12
Assets are in San Jose, CA and Beaverton, OR

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NoCal Investor Refis Two Multifamily Properties to the Tune of $50 Mil
4/16/12
Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp arranges money on San Jose and Hayward properties

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Cohen Financial Arranges $8 Mil Refi on San Jose Shopping Center
4/13/12
58k sf Canyon Creek Plaza situated in the city’s Silver Creek area

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TRI Pointe Homes to Build First Res Community at Bay Meadows TOD in San Mateo
4/12/12
Construction to start this summer on 63-home Amelia development

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Evernote Corp Leases 88k sf Redwood City Office Building
4/11/12
Company is relocating from smaller space in Mountain View

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Final Units Sell Out at Park Lane Res Development in Fremont
4/10/12
283-home community built by Regis Homes Bay Area

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Colliers International Adds 14 to Its NoCal Offices
4/10/12
Majority of new hires in firm’s San Jose, Redwood City and Sacramento locations come from Grubb & Ellis

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Johnson Capital Arranges Equity Investment on Bay Area Apartment Complex
4/06/12
New investor in asset is an institutional opportunity fund out of Kansas City, MO

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DivcoWest Picks Up 170k sf Bay Area Office Building
4/04/12
Company acquires South San Francisco property through loan payoff

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Bay Area Mixed-Use Condo Project Receives $27 Mil Refi Loan
4/03/12
PCCP provides new senior money on Millbrae Paradise

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Brisbane Warehouse Facility Changes Hands in $16 Mil Transaction
3/28/12
Buyer may use some or all of facility and/or market it to other tenants

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Trumark Acquires Stalled Res Development in San Jose
3/27/12
Company to take-over development of 34 units at Capitol Station

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Essex Adds 100-Unit Sunnyvale Apartment Community to Its Portfolio
3/26/12
Firm spends $23 mil on Reed Square

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Flextronics Leases 130k sf of San Jose Office Space
3/21/12
Singapore based firm relocates US HQ to America Center

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Highland Realty Capital Arranges $10.75 Mil on Oakland Office Building
3/20/12
Refi takes out maturing existing loan

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Lafferty Communities Closes Big East Bay Land Buy
3/15/12
Developer to build range of residential products on 440-acre site

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NoCal Continuing Care Development Moving Ahead with $250 Mil in Construction Money
3/13/12
Completion expected in second half of 2013 for Continuing Life Communities’ Stoneridge Creek Pleasanton

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DivcoWest Closes Another Bay Area Office Buy
3/12/12
Latest purchase is 261k sf Caribbean Corporate Center in Sunnyvale

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Hunter Storm/PCCP Venture Acquires 30-Acre San Jose Infill Site
3/07/12
Partnership to develop 320k sf retail project on the land

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Year-End NoCal Activity Review
3/06/12
End of 2011 deals from Oakland, Milpitas, San Jose, Fremont and San Mateo

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Another Year of Uneven Recovery Seen for East Bay Retail Market
3/05/12
Latest update from Marcus & Millichap

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Kilroy Closes $162 Mil Bay Area Acquisition
3/02/12
LA office REIT purchases 374k sf Menlo Corporate Center in Silicon Valley

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Macys.com Leases 243k sf of SOMA Office Space
3/02/12
Big retailer signs big office deal at 680 Folsom St in San Francisco

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Solyndra’s 450k sf Bay Area Corp HQ Facility Hits the Market
3/01/12
Jones Lang LaSalle team handling marketing for state-of-the-art Fremont manufacturing property

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County of Marin Purchases 315k sf Facility for New Emergency Operations Center
2/28/12
Total property and build-out costs expected to total $82 mil

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Los Gatos Multifamily Asset Purchased for $11.3 Mil
2/24/12
Investor pays $236k/unit for Lamar Apartments

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NoCal’s Foundry Wharf Biz Park Leasing Assigned to C&CCNKF
2/24/12
Downtown Petaluma project offers a mix of retail, industrial and office space

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Barker Pacific Kicks Off 2012 with 60k sf of Activity at One Sansome Street
2/22/12
Korn/Ferry leads slate of new and renewal deals signed at San Francisco office tower so far this year

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BioMarin Pharmaceuticals Leases 120k sf of NoCal Office Space
2/20/12
Long-term deal is at two buildings within Seagate Properties’ San Rafael Corporate Center

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Commercial Real Estate Forecast Says Silicon Valley Recovery Will Continue
2/17/12
Colliers International Hosts Silicon Valley Trends 2012

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DivcoWest Closes 261k sf Texas Office Buy
2/10/12
San Francisco firm picks up Prominent Pointe I & II in Austin

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Renter Migration from Higher-Priced Bay Area Markets Bolsters Apt Demand in the East Bay
2/08/12
Latest outlook for the region from Marcus & Millichap

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San Francisco Hyatt Regency Lands $130 Mil Refi
2/07/12
Mesa West Capital provides new first on waterfront hotel property

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Riverbed Fills Up 167k sf Creative Space in San Francisco’s SoMa District
2/07/12
Tech firm inks lease at 680 Folsom with TMG/Rockwood Capital

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137-Unit Bay Area Apartment Property Hits the Market
2/06/12
Town Centre Commons in Brentwood marketed by Marcus & Millichap

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iCrossing and 6 Waves are Latest Tech Companies to Sign at 550 Kearny in San Francisco
2/01/12
196k sf Financial District office building owned by Highridge Partners/Montgomery Capital Partners venture

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CityView Closes on First Res Buy from Bay Area Fund
1/31/12
Company acquires new Potrero Launch project in Mission Bay

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Basin Streets Signs Four at Its Petaluma Marina Business Center
1/26/12
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Latest tenants include Cellular World and H.M. Vreeland and Son Insurance Agency

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San Francisco’s One Beach Street Becomes an American Asset
1/25/12
The Swig Company and Angelo, Gordon collect $36.5 mil from office building sale

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Essex Property Trust Provides $175 Mil in Recapitalization of Park Merced Apartments
1/24/12
Palo Alto firm becomes preferred equity partner with Fortress Investment Group on 3,100-unit Bay Area multifamily asset

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Equity Office Closes Out a Successful Year in Northern California
1/23/12
Big office property owner signed leases for 4.2 msf in addition to receiving numerous awards

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Milpitas Neighborhood Center Sells for $15.5 Mil
1/19/12
Parktown Plaza contains 100k sf of fully leased space

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Mesa West Capital Acquires $30 Mil Mortgage on Silicon Valley Office Property
1/19/12
Loan secured by Legacy Partners’ 427k sf America Center in North San Jose

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Silicon Valley Sees Notable Uptick in Build-to-Suit Projects
1/19/12
Growing demand for modern space in the region has led to more companies having facilities built for them

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DivcoWest Closes Latest Fund with Total Capital Raise of Over $870 Mil
1/16/12
Company has over $2 bil to invest in technology-oriented growth markets

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PCCP Provides $14 Mil in Acq Money for Basin Street’s Latest Buy
1/12/12
Funds financed $17 mil purchase of Stone Point Plaza in Roseville

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A Little Latitude Goes a Long Way in Financing San Francisco Office Buy
1/09/12
Former Legg Mason Real Estate Investors entity closes $17.8 mil bridge loan on 112k sf property

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Basin Street Concludes $17 Mil Sacramento-Area Office Buy
1/06/12
Purchase of Stone Point Plaza expands NoCal firm’s holdings in the region

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Sares Regis Group Breaks Ground on New NoCal Luxury Res Project
1/05/12
Township to add 132 units in Redwood City

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NoCal Apartment Comps
1/04/12
Recent sales from Redwood City, West San Jose, Sunnyvale and Mountain View

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Trio of Leases Account for Over 100k sf at Silicon Valley R&D/Office Project
1/03/12
NeuroPace, Alcatel-Lucent USA and Nokia Siemens Networks sign new deals at Mountain View Research Park

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CapRock Closes on Second NoCal Buy
12/30/11
OC firm already underway with renovation work on 21.5k sf Palo Alto office/R&D property

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Safeway Relocates into New 64k sf Space within Petaluma Retail Complex
12/27/11
Grocery chain takes former Mervyn’s space at Washington Square Shopping Center

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Pac-12 Enterprises Selects San Francisco Office Space for New HQ
12/23/11
Conference’s media company signs 11-year lease in city’s SOMA District

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Michael Smith Promoted to Head of CBRE’s Western Division
12/22/11
Steven Swerdlow appointed COO of the Americas

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Trimark Fattens Up Res Portfolio with Husky Buy
12/21/11
Acquires Two Res Properties Near University of Washington Campus

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Sobrato Development Acquires and Will Re-Market Menlo Park Industrial Facility
12/21/11
193k sf building will be available for multi-tenant or single-tenant use

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57-Unit East Bay Assisted Living Facility Sells for $198k/Unit
12/20/11
National owner / operator buys Tiffany Court in Walnut Creek

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Tom Siebel Takes 68k sf at Pacific Shores Research Center to Bring Together Various Business/Philanthropic Groups
12/19/11
Slew of recent signings has brought 1.7 msf campus to over 90% leased

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Highway Partners Obtains $23.5 Mil in Construction Money for Sebastapol Adaptive-Reuse Project
12/16/11
Lucent Capital arranges loan for The Barlow

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Divco West Closes 250k sf Santa Clara Office/R&D Buy
12/12/11
Firm purchases five-building portfolio for around $39 mil

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NoCal Retail Deals
12/09/11
Lucky Strike rolls into SOMA; recent leases from JP Morgan Chase Bank, AutoZone, BJ’s and Red Robin

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Equity Office Wins Three TOBY Awards from Silicon Valley Chapter of BOMA
12/07/11
Building winners were Valley Office Centre, 1740 Technology Drive and Skyport Plaza

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CallSocket Acquires Historic Oakland Tribune Building
12/06/11
Buyer to establish call center at 85k sf property in downtown Oakland

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South Bay Landlords Raising Rents at Rapid Clip
12/05/11
Marcus & Millichap report points to growing employment and renter demand leading to decade-low vacancy rate in this Bay Area region

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Grubb & Ellis Marketing Two Historic Oakland Office Properties
12/01/11
Firm’s Office Group handling the sales of 2001 Broadway and 274 14th St

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University of the Pacific Spends $47 Mil on SOMA Office Building
11/23/11
TMG Partners sells San Francisco property formerly leased to Wells Fargo Bank

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Citicorp Renews 122k sf San Francisco HQ Space
11/22/11
Financial services firm signs new 11-1/2-year deal at One Sansome Street

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New Affordable Housing Project Breaks Ground in Mountain View
11/21/11
Franklin Street Family Apartments being developed by ROEM Corporation with the City

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Bay Area Activity Update
11/21/11
KRON-TV looking for new San Francisco facility; 50k sf Whole Foods in Los Altos hits the market

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New Construction Firm Expects to Level the Playing Field
11/18/11
Level 10 Construction’s exec team includes five veteran industry pros along with developer Jay Paul

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County of Marin Purchases 315k sf San Rafael Office Building
11/17/11
$29.5 mil transaction is for larger building at CIGNA’s Marin Commons property

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$28 Mil in Financing Gives Cornerstone Something to Tweet About
11/16/11
CBRE’s Capital Markets Debt & Equity Finance Division arranges loan on recent SOMA office buy

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DCT Wraps Up $35 Mil Bay Area Industrial Purchase
11/15/11
Company picks up 255k sf Burlingame warehouse property

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New 120k sf Office Lease Adds Some Zazzle to the Bay Area’s Peninsula Region
11/14/11
Global online products seller signs long-term deal at Pacific Shores Center

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Kaiser Center Awarded LEED Gold Certification
11/10/11
28-story tower owned and managed by The Swig Company

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NoCal Activity Review
11/11/11
Milpitas and San Bruno Sales; Oakland retail listing; and Walnut Creek pro moves

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3rd Quarter Overview of San Francisco Office Market from CBRE
11/10/11
Tech shifts demand landscape; spread between A and B asking rates

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Mountain Bay Plaza Becomes an Energy Star
11/06/11
Silicon Valley office building recognized for energy efficiency

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Westcore Picks Up 346k sf NoCal Office Complex
11/04/11
San Diego-based firm acquires two-building Concord Corporate Campus

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OmniCell Preleases Spec NoCal Facility
10/31/11
100k sf Mountain view building being developed by Four Corners Properties

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Here’s Your Chance to Buy The “Holy City”
10/28/11
Los Gatos land listing and a Gem of a lease in San Francisco are two of the briefs in our latest Bay Area activity review

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New 46-Acre Continuing Care Community in Pleasanton Gets Underway
10/27/11
Stoneridge Creek to provide up to 635 retirement residences

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San Francisco and Peninsula Office Markets See Continued Positive Trends
10/26/11
3Q 2011 research from Grubb & Ellis shows vacancies down, while absorption and asking rates are up

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Here’s a Synopsis of a Big 340k sf Silicon Valley Lease Signing
10/25/11
Software firm takes new Class A Mountain View campus to be developed by venture of Dostart Development Company and Rockwood Capital

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The Swig Company Wraps Up Pasadena Office Buy
10/25/11
San Francisco firm picks up 86k sf tower in city’s Playhouse District

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New Res Project in San Francisco’s Mission District Gets Underway
10/20/11
202-unit development being built by a partnership of AGI Capital, TMG Partners and CALPERS

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Clarion Partners Spends $100 Mil on Trio of CA Apartment Communities
10/18/11
Rancho Cucamonga, Rancho Santa Margarita and Rohnert park properties sold by Kisco Senior Living

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San Francisco High-Rise Receives Highest Score Ever in Existing Building Category When Earning LEED Platinum
10/13/11
101 California owned by Hines and NLI Properties West

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Trumark Acquires 65k sf Sunnyvale Facility with Plans to Renovate, Lease and Then Re-Sell It
10/11/11
Two-story building undergoing over $1 mil in renovations

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NoCal Shopping Centers Ring Up Over $55 Mil in Sales
10/07/11
Investors purchase Marin Gateway in Marin and Kohl’s Parkway Plaza in Napa

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NoCal Activity Review
10/06/11
SAP inks expansion/renewal deals for 135k sf of Palo Alto space; $6.6 mil refi for Hollister manufactured housing property; Oakland leases

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New Mixed-Use Affordable Housing Project to Be Built on Vacant Oakland Lot
10/03/11
Venture of The Michaels Development Company and LINC Housing Corporation to build 119-unit Red Star Apartments

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Equity Residential Purchases Hillside Res Project in Daly City
9/29/11
Company acquires 95-unit, former “Landmark Plaza” complex from OliverMcMillan

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Philips Electronics Renews 67k sf Office Space in Foster City
9/28/11
Global firm remains at Tishman Speyer’s Bayside Towers

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Marcus & Millichap’s San Jose Metro Area Multifamily Report for 3Q2011
9/27/11
Metro’s Apartment Sector Positioned As A Top Performer

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$23 Mil Buy Marks Westcore’s Fifth NoCal Purchase in Past Four Months
9/27/11
Firm acquires 475k sf Greenville Business Center in Livermore

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Marcus & Millichap’s Multifamily Report for San Francisco Metro Area 3Q 2011
9/26/11
Pricing Power Returning to Owners as Vacancy Falls

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It’s A Perfect World for Diamonds
9/26/11
Entertainment biz firm leases entire 100k sf Redwood City building

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Johnson Capital Arranges $12 Mil on East Bay Medical Office Building
9/23/11
45k sf Walnut Creek property is fully leased

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New 300-Unit Foster City Res Project Gets Underway
9/22/11
Sares Regis building The Plaza in Foster City

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Shorenstein Lists Pair of Class A Redwood City Office Buildings
9/22/11
Two buildings total 447k sf and are fully NNN-leased

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Equity Office Signs Two for Over 200k sf
9/15/11
Leases with Symantec and KPMG took place in Mountain View and Santa Clara

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Palo Alto Experiencing Dramatic Demand for Space
9/13/11
Market overview from CresaPartners

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Trio of Leases Boost Occupancy to 91% at Dublin Corporate Center
9/12/11
Largest of three deals is new HQ lease with Epicor for 75k sf

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San Jose Office Sublease is a Nimble Move for Storage Company
9/08/11
Firm relocates into 34k sf space across the street from existing location

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Talbott and Mencaccy Buy RW Zukin
9/02/11
Industry veterans take over 46-year-old Bay Area real estate firm

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NoCal Activity Review
8/31/11
110k sf Santa Clara office lease; 45k sf Richmond office buy; 100k sf Milpitas retail listing; 136k sf Oakland office lease

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Westcore Spends $23 Mil on Central CA Distribution Facility
8/30/11
San Diego company picks up 500k sf Stockton property

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CBRE Team Named to Market NoCal Grocery-Anchored Retail Center
8/29/11
107k sf Rossmoor Shopping Center located in Walnut Creek

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BPM Leases 20k sf of Walnut Creek Office Space
8/26/11
Accounting firm doubling space in area after new deal at 2001 North Main Street

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SF Peninsula Multifamily Asset Sells for Over $11 Mil
8/25/11
Investor spends $185k/unit on Pacific View Apartments in Pacifica

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Iconic San Francisco Office Building Sells for Over $600/sf
8/24/11
NY-based investor buys One Montgomery Street from Westcore Properties

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Chandler Properties Purchases 15-Unit Oakland Apartment Building
8/24/11
88-year-old property sells for $133k/unit

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Santa Clara Office Buildings to Undergo Dramatic Re-Do
8/23/11
Bixby Land Company to connect adjacent buildings in $10 mil project

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East Bay Property Owner Gets Rich
8/18/11
Pittsburg grocery store building sells for $11 mil

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Google Leases 700k sf Sunnyvale Campus
8/16/11
Space is adjacent to firm’s newly acquired Motorola Mobility biz

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2Q2011 Grubb & Ellis Office Report for San Francisco and the SF Peninsula
8/15/11
Market shows continued strength

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LBA Realty Closes 200k sf NoCal R&D Buy
8/11/11
Firm picks up North San Jose building sold by Rockwell Collins

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Bay Area Activity Update
8/10/11
Recent deals from Fremont, Concord, Sunnyvale and Santa Clara

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Mesa West Capital Provides $122.4 Mil in Two Financings
8/09/11
One transaction secured by a six-property portfolio and the other by a vacant Silicon Valley biz campus

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Investor Picks Up 148-Room San Jose Hotel Asset
8/08/11
Property has been a La Quinta Inn since 2008

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Second Quarter 2011 Industrial Market Report by CBRE for SF Peninsula
8/05/11
Market continues to show improvement as vacancies decline and rents stabilize

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Second Quarter 2011 Office Market Report by CBRE for SF Peninsula
8/03/11
Low unemployment points to stronger office fundamentals

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Major Renovation Set to Begin at San Francisco Office Tower
8/04/11
TIAA-CREF to invest millions on Fifty Fremont

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East Bay Office/Industrial Building Trades Hands
8/03/11
Quick Mount PV acquires 134k sf Walnut Creek property

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Johnson Capital Arranges $50 Mil on San Francisco Multifamily Complex
8/02/11
10-year transaction is secured by 414-unit South Beach Marina Apartments

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San Francisco Co-Op Apartment Project Re-Opens after Three-Year Renovation
7/27/11
1960s property redeveloped by a partnership that included Related California

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Newcastle Partners Buys Great America Place
7/27/11
224k sf NoCal office complex sold by DJM Capital Partners

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Menlo Equities Spends $33.6 Mil on North San Jose Office Property
7/26/11
Montague Corporate Center acquired from South Bay Development

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Palo Alto Medical Foundation Acquires New 20k sf Office Building It Already Occupies
7/21/11
Transaction included assumption of existing financing

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Buyers Re-Engage Market As Risks Of Tenant Churn Subside
7/19/11
Marcus & Millichap’s Retail Market Report for San Francisco for 2Q2011

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Bixby Land Closes $20 Mil Silicon Valley Office Purchase
7/18/11
OC firm picks up 164k sf campus in San Jose

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KTR Capital Partners Acquires 130-Door Cross-Dock Facility in Silicon Valley
7/15/11
12.5-acre property is located near Mineta San Jose International Airport

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Revitalization of Major Bay Area Retail Center Underway
7/13/11
Jamestown renames 594k sf Alameda Towne Centre as Alameda South Shore Center

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TMG Partners and Fortress Net Lease Fund Close San Jose Office Buy
7/12/11
Venture picks up 286k sf complex at Rue Ferrari

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Boutique Oakland Office Building Listed for Lease
7/11/11
Metrovation awards listing to Grubb & Ellis

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CB Richard Ellis 2nd Quarter San Francisco Office Report
7/07/11
Mid-year overview from the big real estate services firm

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Mid-Year Report on Greater Palo Alto Office Market
7/06/11
CBRE provides 2nd quarter overview of this important Bay Area region

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