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		<title>Report: Napa-Solano commercial real estate stabilizes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[FAIRFIELD -- Industrial real estate vacancy in Napa and Solano counties fell 1.4 percentage points in 2011, but immediate availability of office space in the two counties increased a percentage point over the year to even higher levels, according to reports released today.]]></description>
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		<title>Lagunitas explores own wastewater plant</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PETALUMA -- Lagunitas Brewing Co. wants to build its own process-wastewater treatment plant to handle the expected growth of its brewery in the next several years, and Petaluma and business leaders are exploring whether additional industrial wastewater treatment capacity is needed to accommodate current food and beverage companies as well as attract more.]]></description>
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		<title>Langer investing in Santa Rosa for Sonoma label</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/47989/langer-to-move-sparkling-juice-plant-to-santa-rosa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Langer Juice Co.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing Update 2-6-2012]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA ROSA -- The Langer family of Southern California, who acquired a sparkling juice bottling plant in Healdsburg three years ago, is making a multimillion-dollar bet on Sonoma County with a more than four-fold larger bottling plant with three times as much production capacity to support its new Langers of Sonoma brand.]]></description>
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		<title>Leases and sales: Week of Feb. 6, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Commercial real estate leases and sales in the north San Francisco Bay area]]></description>
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		<title>River Road Vineyards names Seiden as GM</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[RUSSIAN RIVER VALLEY -- River Road Vineyards &#038; Winery, recently acquired by The Republic of Tea owner Ron Rubin, hired Marcus Seiden of Santa Rosa as general manager.]]></description>
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		<title>PlumpJack acquires Stags Leap property</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/48218/plumpjack-acquires-stags-leap-property/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[NAPA VALLEY -- PlumpJack Group today said it acquired the 40-acre Steltzner Vineyards property in the Stags Leap District of Napa Valley to produce estate-grown wines from that region.]]></description>
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		<title>Food production incubator considered for Petaluma</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/47753/food-production-incubator-considered-for-petaluma/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PETALUMA -- Creators of artisan food products who are challenged to find a place to take their businesses to a new level may be able to find such help in a food manufacturing incubator being considered in southern Sonoma County.]]></description>
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		<title>Printers GPM, Northwestern merge to create third largest</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/46776/two-large-commercial-printers-merge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:50:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ROHNERT PARK -- GPM of Rohnert Park and Impress Northwestern of Santa Rosa have merged, creating the third-largest commercial printer in the North Bay.]]></description>
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		<title>Forecast: Wine, grape prices to rise in 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/47703/forecast-wine-grape-prices-to-rise-in-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/47703/forecast-wine-grape-prices-to-rise-in-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:47:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO -- The prices of wine on U.S. store shelves could start rising this year because of an "emerging shortage" of winegrapes and wine plus a sales and marketing "blitz" last year, according to experts speaking at a major wine industry trade event this morning.]]></description>
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		<title>Barbara&#8217;s to leave Petaluma</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/47480/barbaras-to-leave-petaluma/</link>
		<comments>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/47480/barbaras-to-leave-petaluma/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PETALUMA -- Weetabix North America, owner of the Barbara's brand of Puffins breakfast cereals and other snacks, today announced plans to relocate its local operations to Massachusetts in the next six months, affecting 24 jobs.]]></description>
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		<title>Bulk-wine inventory hits 12-year low</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/47443/bulk-wine-inventory-hits-12-year-low/</link>
		<comments>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/47443/bulk-wine-inventory-hits-12-year-low/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:29:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA ROSA -- The tightest inventory of top varieties of wine available for purchase in bulk in a dozen years and a dwindling supply of those winegrapes could extend the rise in pricing for those fine-wine components into this year, but wineries are hard-pressed to pass those cost increases to consumers who are continuing to look for discounts, according to experts at a major local wine industry seminar this morning.]]></description>
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		<title>Schaffner to leave Sonoma County Alliance</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/47381/schaffner-to-leave-sonoma-county-alliance-in-march/</link>
		<comments>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/47381/schaffner-to-leave-sonoma-county-alliance-in-march/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA ROSA -- Lisa Wittke Schaffner plans to step down after seven years as top executive of the Sonoma County Alliance, a 380-member political action group.]]></description>
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		<title>Wine executive MBA coming to Napa Valley</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/47372/wine-executive-mba-coming-to-napa-valley/</link>
		<comments>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/47372/wine-executive-mba-coming-to-napa-valley/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. HELENA -- Sonoma State University's master of business administration degree program targeted at wine industry executives is coming to Napa Valley this spring under a partnership with a large local trade association announced today.]]></description>
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		<title>Raydiance weighs Petaluma expansion</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/45158/commercial-real-estate-fairfield-apartments-sell-for-52-million/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Raydiance, developer of next-generation laser technology, is considering a major expansion in Petaluma this year. Other items in this commercial real estate column: Santa Barbara-based multifamily property investment firm Nevins Adams Lewbel Schell, or NALS, purchased the 292-unit Rolling Oaks luxury apartment complex at 3700 Lyon Road in Fairfield for $52 million, or about $178,000 a dwelling. ... Prima Fluer Botanicals of San Rafael signed a five-year lease for the 14,400-square-foot warehouse and offices at 23 Pimentel Ct. in Novato. ... An affiliate of San Francisco-based industrial real estate investor Lowenberg Corp. purchased a 101,700-square-foot warehouse in American Canyon, Lowenberg's ninth North Bay holding. ... As part of planned projects around the Bay Area, San Ramon-based gym chain 24 Hour Fitness has been upgrading its North Bay facilities.]]></description>
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		<title>SRJC wines to be the taste of The Wineyard</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA ROSA -- Santa Rosa Junior College's Shone Farm Winery, part of the community college's winemaking and viticulture training program, has teamed up with a new collective tasting room in the city to provide a higher-profile venue for the school's award-winning wines and eventually other planned packaged agricultural products from the 365-acre west Sonoma County property.]]></description>
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		<title>Feds create Coombsville, Fort Ross-Seaview appellations</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:25:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two new tightly focused American Viticultural Areas budded in the North Coast last week. Effective Jan. 13, the U.S. Trade &#038; Tax Bureau established AVAs for Coombsville in southern Napa Valley and for Fort Ross-Seaview in western Sonoma County. ... In other U.S. Trade &#038; Tax Bureau news, the agency published a notice and requestion for comments in the Federal Register on Dec. 27 on proposed changes to the Certificate of Label Approval (COLA) form. ... WineForce Consulting Partners is a relatively new North Coast wine marketing advisory. ... St. Helena-based Wine Opinions (www.wineopinions.com) will be offering omnibus surveys of its wine trade and consumer panels, starting in February.]]></description>
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		<title>Leases and sales: Week of Jan. 16, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Commercial real estate leases and sales in the north San Francisco Bay area]]></description>
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		<title>LeDrew to head Treasury Wine Estates&#8217; Napa-based unit</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/47022/ledrew-to-head-treasury-wine-estates-napa-based-unit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 03:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NAPA -- Australia-based Treasury Wine Estates, whose North Coast wine portfolio includes Beringer Vineyards, Chateau St. Jean and Stag's Leap Winery, today said it named Sandra LeDrew to lead its operations in North and South America.]]></description>
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		<title>Leases and sales: Week of Jan. 9, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Commercial real estate leases and sales in the north San Francisco Bay area]]></description>
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		<title>BioMarin to move &#8216;several hundred&#8217; to San Rafael</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/46451/biomarin-to-move-several-hundred-to-san-rafael-in-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN RAFAEL -- Novato-based BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (Nasdaq: BMRN) today said it plans to relocate several hundred employees from its Bel Marin Keys headquarters plant to downtown San Rafael by the end of this year.]]></description>
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		<title>Cotati company acquires International Wine Accessories</title>
		<link>http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/46615/cotati-company-acquires-international-wine-accessories/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA ROSA [updated 6:06 p.m.] -- Cotati-based Sonoma Wine Accessories today announced it acquired the assets of International Wine Accessories, a catalog and online seller of glasses, chillers, bottle racks and other items, and part of the Santa Rosa-based Vintage Wine Estates portfolio.]]></description>
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		<title>TricorBraun acquires Trilogy Glass</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA ROSA -- As the TricorBraun WinePak division relocates early this month to a much larger, automated warehouse in Solano County, its St. Louis-based parent company today said it acquired wine container competitor Trilogy Glass and Packaging, Inc. of Santa Rosa.]]></description>
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		<title>2012 could bring more grape contracts, vineyard sales</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unless the global and U.S. economies weaken, wine industry experts predict 2012 could be the year of the vineyard, considering a number of fine wine producers have worked through ample inventories, wine sales continue to grow and few new vines are going into the ground.]]></description>
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		<title>Leases and sales: Week of Jan. 2, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Send commercial real estate transactions in North Bay counties to news@busjrnl.com and jquackenbush@busjrnl.com or to fax 707-521-5292 Brokerage abbreviations: CTBT = Cassidy Turley BT Commercial; C&#38;CCNKF = Cornish &#38; Carey Commercial Newmark Knight Frank; K&#38;C = Keegan &#38; Coppin/ONCOR International; NBLS = Northbay Leasing &#38; Sales; NBPA = North Bay Property Advisors LEASES size at address, city; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Novato tea company owner buys River Road Vineyards</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Quackenbush, Business Journal Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[RUSSIAN RIVER VALLEY [updated Jan. 3, 2012] -- Ron Rubin, owner of Novato-based The Republic of Tea, has added ultrapremium wine to his premium beverage holdings with the acquisition of River Road Vineyards &#038; Winery near the west Sonoma County community of Forestville.]]></description>
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