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BioMarin to move ‘several hundred’ to San Rafael

January 6th, 2012

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.
Commercial real estate: Madera Vista apartments get $65 million investment

November 21st, 2011

Denver-based Apartment Investment and Management Co. (NYSE: AIV) is betting about $65 million on the renovation of the 126-unit vacant apartment complex in Corte Madera, amounting to $516,000 a unit. Also: Rowland Plaza to be refi’ed not sold; San Rafael Corporate Center gets medical office rezoning; Deer Creek Village courts Friedman’s, Home Depot; Santa Rosa office short-sale lands big tenant.
Electrified Games expands in San Rafael

August 29th, 2011

SAN RAFAEL — After nearly six years at 950 Northgate Drive, Electrified Games, Inc., maker of award-winning digital online role-playing and strategy games, is expanding to 10,130 square feet of top-class office space at 100 Smith Ranch Road, in the Regency Center Office Complex.
Santa Rosa task force focuses on city processes, fees

August 8th, 2011

SANTA ROSA — The Planning and Permitting Study Group formed by the Mayor’s Economic Development Task Force has identified issues and practices in the city of Santa Rosa’s Community Development Department that it believes should be re-examined in an effort to streamline application and permitting processes to support Santa Rosa’s business stimulus efforts.
Athleta plans to nearly double HQ size

July 25th, 2011

PETALUMA — Women’s activewear retailer Athleta, a division of San Francisco-based apparel giant Gap Inc., plans to nearly double the size of its 200-employee headquarters office in Petaluma this fall as the brand’s brick-and-mortar retail initiative picks up the pace.
A new image for Santa Rosa: ‘Liquid Image’

June 20th, 2011

SANTA ROSA — A Sacramento-area company that is enjoying rapid sales growth worldwide for a line of sports masks and goggles with built-in cameras for image and video capture is relocating to Sonoma County to be closer to the founders’ roots.
Leases and sales: Week of June 20, 2011

June 20th, 2011

Commercial real estate leases and sales in north San Francisco Bay area counties
Leases & Sales: Week of June 13, 2011

June 13th, 2011

Commercial real estate leases and sales in north San Francisco Bay area counties
Leases & Sales: Week of June 6, 2011

June 6th, 2011

Size and location; use; tenant; agent; owner; agent; occupancy or transaction date.
Commercial Real Estate: Workrite to relocate in Petaluma

May 9th, 2011

Workrite Ergonomics, which makes high-end accessories intended to help office workers be more productive, is itself looking to become more efficient with a move of its headquarters to another south Petaluma location this summer. … In a pending deal to make the Workrite relocation work, existing 2277 Pine View tenant Scott Laboratories would be relocated to another side of the building and expanded from 15,000 to 33,000 square feet. … Basin Street Properties has wasted little time bringing in additional tenants occupying more than 11,000 square feet in two of the four Redwood Business Park buildings it re-acquired in Petaluma in March.
Commercial Real Estate: Cost reset in Petaluma brings wave of space absorption

April 18th, 2011

A number of purchases and leases of Petaluma office properties helped boost net absorption there by 200,400 square feet for the 12 months ending in the first quarter, according to newly released figures by Keegan & Coppin/ONCOR International.
Torn Ranch to move to Petaluma

April 11th, 2011

PETALUMA — Torn Ranch, a manufacturer of gourmet treats with thousands of retail and wholesale customers throughout North America, will move from Novato to Petaluma.
Fireman’s Fund HQ for sale

March 28th, 2011

NOVATO — Three and a half years after acquiring Marin County’s largest office property for $313.8 million in cash and debt and announcing plans for a massive mixed-use redevelopment of the Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. headquarters in Novato, the owners plan to sell it.
Commercial Real Estate: Brokers see better market in 2011

January 31st, 2011

After being hit hard by the housing crash of 2006 and double-whammy of economic recession and financial markets collapse of 2008, more North Bay commercial real estate markets appeared to be coming off the bottom of the market in 2010 and headed toward stabilization in 2011, according to market experts.
Commercial real estate sees some key leases, but vacancies remain elevated

October 25th, 2010

Sonoma County office vacancy rates decreased in the third quarter to 22.7 percent 13.7 million square feet from a peak of 24.8 percent at the end of last year and was about the same as it was in the fall of 2009, according to Keegan & Coppin.
Moss expands oversight of Cassidy Turley BT Commercial offices

September 17th, 2010

SAN RAFAEL — Greg Moss, managing partner of Cassidy Turley BT Commercial’s three North Bay offices, also will oversee the commercial real estate brokerage’s San Francisco office, it was announced today.
Commercial Real Estate: Big 5 to move from Coddingtown Mall

May 31st, 2010

Whole Foods resumes Coddingtown store work; Petaluma industrial heats up
ClairMail has plans to expand at San Rafael Corporate Center

March 22nd, 2010

NOVATO – ClairMail, the fast-growing provider of mobile banking solutions, is trading Hamilton Landing for the San Rafael Corporate Center, the company said today.
Guarded optimism on commercial real estate

March 15th, 2010

NORTH BAY — After a commercial real estate market in 2009 with relatively little leasing and even fewer sales, local experts are seeing early signs that 2010 could be noticeably better.
Bay Area overview: 2010 should be bottoming year

March 15th, 2010

As the Great Recession continued deep into 2009, it proved another extremely challenging year.