Friday, February 19, 2010

February Real Estate Meetup to Feature Speaker: Howard Blum

The February Meetup will be on Tuesday, February 23rd at 6:30pm at 1500 Franklin Street (cross street is Bush)
Our speaker this month will be Howard Blum from The Financial News & Information Service (for bio, see below).
Please come join fellow real estate professional for an evening of education and networking.
About the Speaker
Howard Blum is the owner and founder of The Financial News and Information Service. The Financial News & Information Service produces newsletters on a daily, weekly, and monthly, read from CA to Washington, DC to Europe and Asia by members of the press in the print and broadcast mainstream media, bankers, lawyers, politicians, accountants, educators, members of the real estate community, mortgage loan originators, mortgage bankers and individual investors.
Howard has appeared on radio and television around the world offering his insights of what is driving the bond market, the economy and Federal Reserve monetary policy. His interest rate forecasting has brought his a great deal of recognition in the San Francisco Bay Area for almost two decades. He has "hands on" experience with the lending and real estate industries as a real estate investor, holder of a CA real estate license and he also spent a number of years as a Mortgage Banker and Mortgage Broker.
Howard Blum is also an award winning public speaker, speaking to audiences, large and small, about the relationship of the Federal Reserve and the economy, the 'Whys' behind Fed monetary policy and the direction of the economy and interest rates in plain English (without using 'Eono-Babble').

Large Downtown Corner Building


Very high identity building, also known as the "Big Red" building. Located on the corner of Franklin and Bush Street, great opportunity for signage (with traffic count of 40,000+ cars daily). Space is mostly open floor plan with a few private offices. Window lines on three sides of the building create an abundance of natural light. Additional basement/ conference space and kitchen on lower level. Building has been seismically upgraded and offers HVAC throughout. Two ADA elevators serving all floors.
Corner of Franklin St and Bush St, San Francisco.


Building is approximately 12,500 square feet.


Purchase price: $4,700,000

Third Floor of approx 3,511 square feet available for lease: $2/sf/month I.G.


For more information, please contact:

Oron Maher

415-378-5464

South Park Creative Space


Building: 181 South Park Street, San Francisco, CA (between 2nd and 3rd)
Space Available: 10,000 square feet (approximately)
Minimum Divisible: 5,000 square feet
Attractive rental rates on South Park. 181 S. Park Street was built in 2002 and has a prominent presence on the end of the block, near 3rd Street. Landlord will built to suit to reasonable office standards for right tenant. Ground Floor: ranging from $2.25-$2.50 sq ft. IG, built to suit.Second Floor: asking $2.00/sf IG, built to suit.This is chic and hip creative space that will work for a variety of users. Square footage quoted per owner.
For more information, please contact:
Oron Maher, Associate
Pacific Union Commercial Brokerage
(415) 378-5464

January Real Estate Meetup Featured Speaker Adiel Gorel

Our January meetup was a great success with over 40 investors gathered in one room to hear Adiel Gorel speak.

About the speaker:
About Adiel Gorel
PRESIDENT & CEO, ICG REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS

Adiel Gorel is the CEO of ICG, a prominent real estate investment firm located in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Since 1983 he has successfully been assisting thousands of investors with purchasing U.S. properties.
Through ICG he has personally invested in hundreds of properties for his own portfolio and was involved in the purchase of over 5,500 properties for ICG’s investors in Phoenix, Las Vegas, Jacksonville, Orlando, Tampa, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Austin, Oklahoma City, Salt Lake City, to name just a few.
Mr. Gorel holds a master’s degree from Stanford University.
His professional experience includes Management and Director Positions in firms including Hewlett- Packard, Excel Telecommunications, and Biotechnology firms.
For more information about this event or to find out about our upcoming events, please contact:
Oron Maher
415-378-5464