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Leases and sales: Week of March 12, 2012
March 12th, 2012Commercial real estate leases and sales in north San Francisco Bay Area counties
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Six San Rafael industrial buildings sell to S.F. investor
March 5th, 2012SAN RAFAEL — A major Bay Area commercial property investor and manager purchased six San Rafael industrial buildings.
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Leases and sales: Week of March 5, 2012
March 5th, 2012Commercial real estate leases and sales in the north San Francisco Bay area
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PG&E offers rate reduction to spur economic development
March 1st, 2012Pacific Gas and Electric Co. today announced it asked state regulators for the right to offer a competitive electric rate to attract large employers to California and convince other large employers already in the state to maintain or expand their operations rather than leave.
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Redwood Trust reports fourth-quarter loss, full-year gain
February 27th, 2012MILL VALLEY — Redwood Trust (NYSE: RWT), the 18-year-old real estate investment trust headquartered in Mill Valley, today reported a net loss of $3 million in the final quarter of 2011. Yet for the year ending Dec. 31, Redwood Trust earned $25 million.
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Investors buy 14 Petaluma, Rohnert Park buildings
February 27th, 2012PETALUMA and ROHNERT PARK — A local group of real estate investors that purchased three Redwood Business Park buildings in Petaluma last summer is back in a big way, buying 14 Petaluma and Rohnert Park office, industrial and retail structures, which at 842,000 square feet is the largest North Bay sale of that much commercial space in more than six years.
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Leases: Week of Feb. 27, 2012
February 27th, 2012Commercial real estate leases and sales in the north San Francisco Bay area
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Business News: Week of Feb. 20, 2012
February 20th, 2012Commercial Real Estate Cooke Orthodontics has acquired the “Mrs. McDonalds” building at 3392 Solano Ave. across from Vallergas Market at Redwood Plaza in Napa. The 4,000-square-foot building will be the new home for Dr. Mary Cooke‘s orthodontic practice. The opening date is anticipated in fall 2012. Cathy D’Angelo Holmes of Coldwell Banker Commercial Brokers of [...]
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Friedman’s signs lease for Deer Creek store
February 13th, 2012PETALUMA — Friedman’s Home Improvement, the largest locally owned home improvement retailer in the North Bay, announced today it’s returning to Petaluma 66 years after brothers Benny and Joe Friedman opened the original store.
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Clover moves offices back to south Petaluma
February 13th, 2012PETALUMA — Clover Stornetta Farms moved its headquarters back to the south end of Petaluma, closer to its production facility for milk and other dairy beverages.
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Napa industrial, retail real estate strengthens
February 13th, 2012NAPA — Industrial real estate in southern Napa County is enjoying a resurgence of business activity in wine-related businesses, and retail real estate activity is picking up with major properties under construction or being considered for repositioning or redevelopment.
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Leases and sales: Week of Feb. 13, 2012
February 13th, 2012Commercial real estate leases and sales in the north San Francisco Bay area
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Target submits plans for Coddingtown store
February 8th, 2012SANTA ROSA — Target Corp. wants to replace the vacant Gottschalks store building at Coddingtown Mall with a 144,000-square-foot store.
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Report: Napa-Solano commercial real estate stabilizes
February 6th, 2012FAIRFIELD — 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.
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Lagunitas explores own wastewater plant
February 6th, 2012PETALUMA — 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.
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Leases and sales: Week of Feb. 6, 2012
February 6th, 2012Commercial real estate leases and sales in the north San Francisco Bay area
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People: Week of Feb. 6, 2012
February 6th, 2012Civil Engineering Santa Rosa-based 15000 Inc. hired Jacob Miller, a mechanical designer. Mr. Miller is a graduate of California State University, Chico and a current member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He has volunteered his time with the Marin Municipal Water District shadowing the engineering design, drafting, surveying, and construction inspection departments. Commercial [...]
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Barbara’s to leave Petaluma
January 19th, 2012PETALUMA — 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.
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Raydiance weighs Petaluma expansion
January 16th, 2012Raydiance, 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.
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Leases and sales: Week of Jan. 16, 2012
January 16th, 2012Commercial real estate leases and sales in the north San Francisco Bay area
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