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

Retail Commercial Condominium For Sale

Exclusive Listing Agent: Oron Maher

Asking Price: $1,800,000

Tremendous opportunity to purchase a pristine retial commercial condo, located on the ground floor of luxury residential bldg, on the heavy- traffic 2nd St corridor, across the street from the Courtyard Marriot and surrounded by heavy office usage, condo towers, and many restaurants. Current usage as as a spa/event center. The space is mostly open with one private office, 7 treatment rooms, 2 bathrooms (ADA), 2 showers/locker facilities. Space is clean and in pristine condition.The space is currently tenant occupied by a spa, but owner says that space can be delivered vacant at close of escrow, creating a unique purchase opportunity for an owner user. Tenants' lease expires May 31, 2012 with 5 year option to renew and base rent of $11,091.71 NNN+ annual CPI increases. Monthly assesments for this condo were $1,311.13 in 2008.Space is in pristine condition with high-ceilings, wood floors and many high-end finishes.
2nd between Folsom and Mission Streets on high-traffic retail/office/residential/hospitality corridor.

For more information: 415-834-3545

SOMA Concrete and Timber Office Building

Exclusive Listing Agent: Oron Maher

Asking Price: $4,175,000.

This 1927-built concrete and timber building was formerly the William Randolph Hearst Priting Plant, which totals approximately 13,808 sf on three floors, includin lower level. The ground floor is tenant-occupied on a lease which expires March 31, 2013. The base rent for the year 2009 is $9,012/month IG ($1.30/ft), which escalates yearly through year five. Tenant has the option to extend the lease by 5 years at maturity. This floor has very high-cielings.The third floor will be delivered vacant, BUT seller may lease-back. The office floors are elegant and have many high-end features including: concrete/hardwood floors and timber throughout (sand-blasted), large conference room, HVAC (third floor only), operable windows, custom hand-blown bathroom fixtures. All workstations are wired for phone and internet with multiple ports.The entire building is monitored by Sonitorl alarm and is hardwired with a smoke detector system, fully-wired CAT-5 wiring with phone and voicemail system throughout. The building has stairway access to all floors from Howard St and freight elevators to all floors from Moss St. The is also a loading dock with access from Moss St.
Excellent SOMA location on Howard St (between 6th and 7th) on the corner of Moss Street.

For more information: 415-834-3545

Pacific Heights Mixed-Use Buidling

Exclusive Listing Agent: Oron Maher

Asking Price: $2,300,000

Three unit building located on the corner of Sacramento and Scott. This building has one charming, large, residential unit above, with an approx. 700 sq ft. private patio, delivered VACANT. Potential possibility of developing additional residential sq ft. Ground floor has two commercial units,both open floor-plan office space, tenant occupied. Owner would consider negotiating a buy-out with commercial tenant in order to deliver a full or partially vacant building.Past drawings exist for development of approx. 1,000 sq ft. of residential space, giving an owner a residential dwelling unit in excess of 2,000 sq ft in A+ location. Ground floor tenant occupies both spaces and pays $4,050, with 5 year option to renew. Owner would consider negotiating a buy-out with commercial tenant.
Corner of Scott and Sacramento Street.

For more information: 415-834-3545