North Bay Business Journal

  • Nicholas promoted to president of Redwood Trust

    January 12th, 2012

    MILL VALLEY — Brett Nicholas, a nearly 16-year employee of Redwood Trust Inc. (NYSE: RWT), has been appointed president of the real estate investment trust.

  • Zobha women’s activewear maker acquired

    July 27th, 2011

    MILL VALLEY — Fashion apparel conglomerate Kellwood of St. Louis acquired Mill Valley-based yoga and fitness wear maker Zobha.

  • Manufacturing: Petaluma’s Labcon wins presidential exporter award

    May 30th, 2011

    Petaluma-based Labcon North America, which makes laboratory supplies designed to be more environmentally friendly, was among 27 companies nationwide to receive the prestigious President’s “E” Award for U.S. Exporters on May 16. … Mill Valley-based Green Toys Inc., maker of toys made from recycled plastic milk containers, on May 9 received the Commerce Department’s Export Achievement Certificate, granted to companies that use the U.S. Commercial Service to make their first international sales or expansions. … Boeing picked MicroSource, the Santa Rosa-based division of Giga-tronics Inc., as one of 16 suppliers out of pool of 17,500 contenders in 50-plus countries to receive Boeing’s 2010 Supplier of the Year award. … Petaluma-based Raydiance, developer of ultrafast laser systems, named Dick Pierce chief executive officer. Founder Barry Schuler now is chairman. … Saputo Inc., parent company of DCI Cheese Company, formerly G & G Specialty Foods, announced the closure of the facility in Santa Rosa resulting in the loss of 68 jobs, both production and office employees.

  • Mill Valley website startup a model Marin company

    March 7th, 2011

    MILL VALLEY – Marin County is new home to another interesting Internet company, joining Glassdoor, ImageSpan and many others in Sausalito.

  • Top Projects: Retail: Three new Whole Foods stores in Marin, Sonoma

    December 6th, 2010

    NORTH BAY — Whole Foods Market takes a location-specific approach to design and product selection, reflected in the farmer’s market, train depot and craft-brew pub features of three new North Bay locations this year.

  • Projects to be honored for excellence, contributions to North Bay

    October 18th, 2010

    NORTH BAY — The Business Journal will honor 12 North Bay real estate projects and the key industry players who made them possible at its fifth-annual 2010 Top Projects Awards reception on Dec. 8. Continue reading to see the list of winning projects.

  • People: Week of Sept. 20

    September 20th, 2010

    People items submitted by North Bay businesses for publication in the Business Journal

  • Construction: Whole Foods testing local food concept in Mill Valley

    June 7th, 2010

    The newly completed renovation of the 29,000-square-foot vacant Albertsons store as a second Whole Foods Market grocery store in Mill Valley represents a testing ground for new concepts for the Texas-based chain, according to regional spokesman Danny Olivas. The company now has four Marin County stores and 25 in the Bay Area.

  • Renovated Larkspur Hotel Mill Valley opens

    May 10th, 2010

    MILL VALLEY — The Larkspur Hotels and Restaurants group last week celebrated the opening of its most recent acquisition, converting an old Holiday Inn Express at Richardson Bay into an upscale boutique now dubbed the Larkspur Hotel Mill Valley.

  • Commercial Real Estate: Lease-option used in Fairfax deal; also, Basin Street signs Marina tenants

    May 10th, 2010

    LRG Capital Group’s lease-option acquisition last week of the 66,100-square-foot Fair-Anselm Plaza shopping center and offices in Fairfax is an example of the type of creative deal-making called for when both tenants and financing can be scarce, according to Roger Smith, an agent with Cornish & Carey Commercial who has been marketing the Fairfax property for the Friedman family for years.

  • Commercial Real Estate: Online retailer Athleta plans to test store in Strawberry Village

    March 29th, 2010

    San Francisco-based apparel giant Gap plans to test whether followers of its Petaluma-based Athleta online brand want to be able to “get physical” with the athlete-oriented women’s activewear before they purchase.

  • Marin County retail: Center renovations help maintain area’s resiliency

    March 15th, 2010

    The Marin County retail shopping centers market ended 2009 in a healthy condition with a vacancy of 6.3 percent compared with the balance of the state. This market kept its resiliency in 2009 despite the economic troubles, reporting no change in vacancy year-over-year.

  • Marin County apartments: Savvy investors move in to snap up properties

    March 15th, 2010

    The Marin County apartment market started strong in the first quarter of 2010 on the heels of an uptick in activity that began in the summer of 2009. Real estate investors sitting on the side lines in the first half of last year moved back in to the market to scoop up distressed apartment properties in good locations.

  • Construction: Whole Foods finishing Marin, to start Santa Rosa

    February 15th, 2010

    Also: Yountville’s Bardessono earns top LEED award

  • Bridger Commercial Funding returns to the commercial mortgage-backed securities market

    December 15th, 2009

    MILL VALLEY — After a two year hiatus from the Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities market, Bridger Commercial Funding headquartered in Mill Valley has gotten back in.

  • Smith & Hawken to shut down; 100 jobs in Marin

    July 9th, 2009

    NOVATO – Novato-based lawn-and-garden retail chain Smith & Hawken will shut down by the end of this year, according to its Ohio-based parent, Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. Scotts Miracle-Gro Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jim Hagedorn said the company tried to find buyers for Smith & Hawken for the past 12 months but came to the [...]

  • Mill Valley gets green mixed-use project

    June 22nd, 2009

    MILL VALLEY – The Tamalpais Commons housing and retail development under construction along the Miller Avenue major thoroughfare of this small southern Marin County city is set to be a certified green project.

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