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Lisa Brown is an editor for the south and west regions of GlobeSt.com. She has 25-plus years of real estate experience, with a regional PR role at Grubb & Ellis and a national communications position at MMI. Brown also spent 10 years as executive director at NAIOP San Francisco Bay Area chapter, where she led the organization to achieving its first national award honors and recognition on Capitol Hill. She has written extensively on commercial real estate topics and edited numerous pieces on the subject.
SAN FRANCISCO–The Spirit of Life Award is City of Hope's most prestigious philanthropic honor, presented annually to an industry leader who has demonstrated outstanding business and altruistic achievement.
Thanks to excellent market fundamentals and positive influences such as tech firm expansion, the Bay Area enjoyed a record-setting 2014. The close of the first quarter in 2015 marked office's 19th consecutive quarter of positive net absorption – a testament to the city's well-being and a solid indicator to the success of its fellow food groups. What is being done to sustain this success? Join dealmakers, economic developers, and other leaders in CRE as they unpack the factors supporting San Francisco's success.
SAN FRANCISCO–The Northern California chapter of SIOR brokers were involved in several significant transactions during the past quarter, including a 916,034-square-foot industrial sale valued at $51.5 million. Other significant transactions included a 153,000-square-foot office/R&D sale valued at $40.8 million and a 105,801-square-foot R&D sale valued at $30 million, both in Sunnyvale, CA.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA– The 8.5-acre campus with 385,000-square-foot facility includes two, six-story Class A office buildings and two garages plus an acre of open space.
SAN FRANCISCO–Pricing for the latest phase of townhomes and condominiums offered by Lennar Urban begins in the low $500,000's for one-bedroom condos and in the high $700,000's for two-bedroom townhomes.
OAKLAND, CA–The largest industrial building built in Oakland in more than 20 years, 8350 Pardee Drive, a 374,725-square-foot, fully leased warehouse logistics property, was purchased by Bentall Kennedy on behalf of an institutional investor client.
SAN FRANCISCO–Alexandria Real Estate Equities inked a lease to Stripe at 510 Townsend St. with 300,000 square feet encompassing the entire SOMA building, effectively the largest lease deal so far in 2015.
SAN FRANCISCO–The DM Development residential projects at 815 Tennessee St. and 2290 3rd St. were financed by Grosvenor, and both will break ground at the end of this year with mid-2017 completions.
The theme that continues to dominate in the current commercial real estate climate is walkability, which is part of the mix in most ongoing projects
SAN JOSE, CA–The $37.5 million acquisition encompasses a two-building campus at 5300-5350 Hellyer Avenue that is 100% NNN leased through May 2022 to Cobham Electronic Systems.

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