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Umpqua to open loan, investment office in Santa Rosa
March 1st, 2010NORTH BAY – Roseburg, Ore.-based Umpqua Bank is opening its first office in Santa Rosa in mid-April.
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Commercial Real Estate: Petaluma complex on market for $12M
February 8th, 2010On the heels of two north Petaluma sales totaling 278,000 square feet in late 2009, Charles Stephens of Stephens Properties just put his 85,000-square-foot Petaluma flex-space property at 715 Southpoint Blvd. on the market asking $12.35 million, or about $144 a square foot.
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Most Influential Leaders in the North Bay: Jim Adams, Rachel Dollar, Rob McMillan, Al Coppin, Daniel Duckhorn, Mark Ihde, Stan Mead, Dave Siembieda, Iver Skavdal
February 8th, 2010Last August when we published our first group of Most Influential Leaders in the North Bay, we promised we would bring you more of their stories. We honor that pledge today and promise to bring you more of the inspiring stories of business people in future editions.
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Most Influential Leaders: Al Coppin
February 8th, 2010President, Keegan & Coppin Inc.
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Who’s Who in investment property management
October 26th, 2009The Business Journal profiled 23 leading managers of North Bay investment real estate. That includes office, industrial, retail, multifamily and single-family properties for which the owners have entrusted handling of tenant relations, marketing, maintenance and other related services.
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Commercial property availability in lull at mid-year after steep rise in late 2008
July 20th, 2009Many of the North Bay commercial real estate markets showed little change in the amount of available space on market in the second quarter compared with the first quarter, according to newly released brokerage figures.
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Commercial Real Estate: VIP Petcare buys Windsor building to grow; Ukiah land deal
July 13th, 2009VIP Petcare Services, a 14-year-old mobile pet vaccination service, purchased the 20,000-square-foot home of diesel-engine innovator NAK Engineering near Sonoma County Airport.
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Apartment seller hit with big loan fee
July 9th, 2009It’s common knowledge that the financial markets and the entire banking industry have been in a state of upheaval and turbulence. Regulatory forces are “circling this wagon” with ardent zeal to try to restore some kind of order to this lending environment chaos. One area that appears to have slipped through the cracks is the [...]
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SSU business students step into the field to learn
June 29th, 2009ROHNERT PARK – Students at Sonoma State University’s School of Business are trying out a new way of learning operations management by attending classes onsite at local companies.
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People: Week of June 22
June 22nd, 2009People items submitted by North Bay businesses for publication in the Business Journal for June 22nd
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Leases & Sales: Week of June 22, 2009
June 22nd, 2009Send information on recent leases and sales to the North Bay Business Journal, Attn: Business Register, 427 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa, CA 95401; fax 707-521-5292; or e-mail news@busjrnl.com.
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‘Rural life’ chain Tractor Supply sets Windsor store
April 6th, 2009WINDSOR – The largest chain of farm and ranch stores in the U.S. is making a push into Sonoma County with a planned store in Windsor.
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Amy’s Kitchen takes Petaluma space
February 16th, 2009SANTA ROSA, PETALUMA – Amy’s Kitchen has signed a lease for a 30,000-square-foot space in Petaluma and will begin moving its 85-member administrative staff from Santa Rosa this week. According to co-founder and President Andy Berliner, the sales, marketing, financial and customer service departments were scattered among four locations near the Santa Rosa processing plant.
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Water rationing latest challenge
February 9th, 2009SANTA ROSA – The prospect of having to spend thousands of dollars to comply with tighter water rationing couldn’t come at a worse time for commercial property owners who are dealing with shrinking revenue.
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Commercial Real Estate: Report urges Novato downtown to boost marketing
February 9th, 2009The Downtown Novato Business Association, which administers the city’s central business improvement district, needs full-time executive director, professional marketing and public relations advice and more revenue to fund efforts to attract more tenants and shoppers, according to a new report delivered to the city council and redevelopment agency on Jan. 27.
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Commercial brokers Liberman, Severi move to new firms
January 14th, 2008GREENBRAE & SANTA ROSA — As North Bay commercial real estate investors increasingly look for opportunities farther outside the North Bay and even California, longtime brokers Mike Lieberman and Bill Severi have moved to firms with a broader reach.
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