Miscellaneous
CoreNet Global Honors Frank Jesse of BEA Systems and Joan Price of Gensler
November 18, 2007
I attended a CoreNet Global dinner event at the Four Seasons in San Francisco on thursday honoring the Corporate Real Estate Service Provider of the Year as well as the Corporate Real Estate Professional of the Year for the Northern California Chapter.
This year’s winners were Joan Price of Gensler for the CRE Service Provider of the [...]
Mountain View, France?
November 14, 2007
The French have selected Mountain View as one of the cities to inspire eco-friendly towns of the future. An article in the Mountain View Voice indicates that French official Jacques Attali has selected Mountain View as one of five cities representing the best role models in the world for this vision.
What is the vision?, eco-friendly [...]
Congratulations to Quigo; Being Acquired By AOL
November 8, 2007
AOL has purchased Quigo for roughly $340M according to reports. Quigo, based out of New York City with offices in San Jose’s Riverpark Tower provides a contextual advertising platform for advertisers. The acquisition comes on the heels of other similar deals AOL has recently closed.
Congratulations to our client Quigo!
In San Jose, 45 Means Historic
October 31, 2007
In the city of San Jose, once a building has reached forty-five years of age, then the structure is branded a historic resource. For developers, this rule can present a problem which takes significant monies and time to remedy, either reworking plans to reincorporate the structure or jumping through the hoops needed to get permission [...]
Read More >>San Jose’s Green Vision Plan - Build/Retrofit 50M Square Feet by 2015
October 15, 2007
As part of San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed’s “Green Vision” Plan, the city has laid out a set of 10 goals it looks to achieve in 15-years time. One of those goals is the development or rehab of 50M square feet of commercial structurs in 15-years. A lofty goal for sure, and one that may [...]
Read More >>Housing Auction Reveals Pockets of Weakness
October 14, 2007
In a two-part series of articles, the San Jose Mercury News puts on display the sheer impact the downturn in the housing market has had on some greater Bay Area neighborhoods.
The first article discussed the jitters homebuyers have after Anderson Homes, the builder of their neighborhood has decided to auction of the remaining homes in the [...]
Google Third Largest Acquirer of Santa Clara County Property Last Year
October 2, 2007
According to an article in the Los Angeles Times, Google was the third largest acquirer of land in Santa Clara County last year. The two ahead of Google in the race were real estate companies.
The article also points to plans by Google to develop a hotel and conference center on the east side of 101 [...]