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Tenant Education: Office Space Construction

I have asked a select few people in other industries to write guest blog posts for me, as a resource to my clients and those that visit my website. Every person that I have asked to help I consider a trustworthy expert in their field of choice. The only requirement for them is that the [...]

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Tenant Education: Commercial Insurance

I have asked a select few people in other industries to write guest blog posts for me, as a resource to my clients and those that visit my website.  Every person that I have asked to help I consider a trustworthy expert in their field of choice.  The only requirement for them is that the [...]

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San Francisco Q4 Highlights: Salesforce, Square & More

The very bright research people I am fortunate to work with at Jones Lang LaSalle released the 2012 4th quarter statistics and highlights this week.  This research piece is a two pager, and it breaks out the most significant leasing, sales, and construction activities of the last three months of 2012. On the leasing side [...]

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Salesforce Strikes Again: 1.8 M sqft by 2016 in San Francisco

The San Francisco Business Times reported today that Salesforce has committed to 230K square feet of office space at the Rincon Center, in San Francisco’s South Financial District.  This is in addition to the 100K square feet (at 50 Fremont) and the 440K square feet (at the yet to be built 350 Mission) they have [...]

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Hunters Point & Treasure Island Developments Push Forward

J.K. Dineen reported today on the pending loan from China Development Bank to the parties responsible for the future neighborhoods of Treasure Island and Hunters Point. The clock is ticking to complete the transaction ahead of 2013, when the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act will “require foreign financial institutions to enter into disclosure compliance agreements [...]

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Clients Colliding: Kiva Zip meets Kicklabs via The Last Mile

I am extraordinarily proud to be the connector for the amazing people at Kiva and KickLabs. Kiva recently announced Kiva Zip, a platform that enables fundraising for local causes. The cofounders of Kicklabs have been hard at work on a project called The Last Mile, which is a ground breaking, first of its kind effort [...]

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Square Leases 246,078 SF at 1455 Market Street

The CoStar Group today reported on recent leasing of 246K sqft of office space at 1455 Market Street by Square.  This property is essentially next door to 1355 Market Street where Twitter now calls home, and two blocks from 1275 Market Street, a 358,000 square foot building bought by Dolby in June. Square is currently [...]

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San Francisco’s Moscone Center achieves LEED Gold certification

Project manager Jones Lang LaSalle to showcase Moscone energy and sustainability initiatives via interactive tour at Greenbuild 2012 San Francisco, Oct. 19, 2012 – San Francisco Mayor Edwin M. Lee has announced Moscone Center has received LEED® Gold certification, the first convention center on the West Coast to attain the green building honor. The LEED [...]

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Jones Lang LaSalle Sustainability Update

As some of you know, within Jones Lang LaSalle I help companies find office space and negotiate leases.  I am also however LEED Accredited, and spend time in the sustainability fields, often working with Cleantech clients and others in the sustainability spaces.  Along these lines, I wanted to share two relevant updates of note. The [...]

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Client in the News: RocketSpace CEO interviewed by Forbes.com

Great interview by Sarah Austin from Pop17 and Forbes.com with Duncan Logan, CEO and Founder of RocketSpace.  Proud of the relationship we have with RocketSpace and the work we have done together in San Francisco the past two years. Feel free to reach out to me with any questions, or if I can help you [...]