Our Clients

They needed to expand into an additional office and treatment space in the same area.  We dug into the exact nature and needs of their business, screened the local market for suitable properties (based on location, size and budget) and found them the ideal space.  We drafted and delivered a Letter Of Intent (LOI) to the landlord, and locked in the space for them.  

Together we then navigated all of the due diligence that the landlord required of them, along with identifying all of the Tenant Improvements that they were wanting (within the negotiated landlord allowance) and the timeframe of the build out and move in. The lease was finalized and executed, and then the TI work began, ready for the Clients to take occupancy and begin their expanded operations.

We inquired about any larger spaces within their current multi-tenant property, and found out that there were none coming available that would allow them to expand. At this point we conducted a search within the geographic area that would make business sense for them and their employees, and after multiple tours of available spaces we found one that that they were excited about.  

We provided a Letter Of Intent (LOI) to the landlord and negotiated through the landlord’s agent until mutually acceptable terms were arrived at.  The Client moved on schedule, discovered that the new facility was indeed superior to their old one in every possible way, and their business growth continued uninterrupted.

The Client’s previously-owned luxury automotive business had grown, and they were seeking a new and larger location to operate out of.  We screened the very limited number of available properties with the appropriate zooming and use permits within a substantial distance of the Client’s current location. 

After persevering as new properties came on and off the market, we eventually found the ideal one just a few miles away.  The property had become available due to the business failure of a new car dealership, and the investment trust that owned it was eager to find a new tenant.  We pounced on the opportunity and negotiated a long term lease for the property for our Client.  They moved their business into the larger space and continued to grow their business.

The Client had sold their successful business in another State and then secured several locations in Northern California for an exciting new franchise [Crumbl Cookies] that was undergoing rapid expansion across the USA.  The Client reached out to us to have us find them the best retail location in each of their exclusive markets, that met the strict requirements of the corporate franchisor’s main office. 

We conducted multiple screenings, and multiple tours for them and eventually found a premium retail space in a location that rarely has vacancies, prior to it being publicly advertised by the landlord and managed to secure this for our Client.  The other location, while quickly identified, needed a lot more work from us in order to convince the corporate office that it was actually aligned with their strict requirements checklist, even if it did not seem to be a perfect fit at first glance. We rose to the occasion and showed them why it would perform strongly for them, especially in a market that had a limited number of high traffic retail locations.  Once secured, built out and opened it has since performed far more strongly than the corporate office had expected and has also become a favorite of local customers.

Over the years that the Client had owned it and personally managed the property, the vacancy level had steadily increased with the normal turn over of tenants, and the Client had been unable to replace them due to an unfortunate sequence of major health challenges that the Client had experienced that meant that they were unable to reliably attract and screen potential new tenants.  

Once they had finally recovered, and with the property operating in a breakeven state, the Client wanted to re-stabilize the property and get back to a full stable of tenants.  They initially attempted to find new tenants themselves, but had not experienced the level of success that they had been seeking.

We took on the Client’s project and launched a high visibility marketing campaign (both real world and digital) to let all local businesses know about the availability of space in such an iconic Class A building.  Over the following months we provided the Client with a steady stream of business and non-profit applicants that they then screened in their preferred fashion and balanced the mix of new tenants in a building that was steadily coming alive again.

They wanted to either sell it or continue to lease it out long term to the buyer of their business, now that they had made the decision to finally sell the business and retire.  

Once a qualified buyer had been identified for the business, they showed a clear preference for securing a long term lease for the premises and to ensure that the existing and loyal customer/patient base did not have to worry about the business moving to a less convenient location. We provided both parties with a comprehensive analysis of the local market pricing for leases of this nature and helped to negotiate the terms of a ten year lease (with multiple options to renew) between the Seller and the corporate Buyers.

The Client found themselves with a large vineyard estate and active wine brand business after the passing of their spouse, whose passion had been the wine industry business and lifestyle.  After taking a while to ensure that all affairs were in order, and the property and business were both ready to be sold, the Client engaged us to sell and settle this portion of the trust’s estate.  We also worked with the Client’s attorney’s to ensure that the estate was valued in a fair way at the current market value for estate taxation and other purposes.

At the Client’s request we first tested the market via a confidential “Whisper” Listing, and then at the optimum time we launched the highly desirable property into the public awareness.  We rapidly secured offers from 5 qualified Buyers and narrowed it down to 2 main contenders.  After some hard negotiating our Client selected the Buyer that provided the best price and terms, and that also had the best plans for the legacy of the branded wine business.

The Client had a commercial property and another vacant commercial land parcel located several hours away on the Mendocino coast that they had been trying to sell for several years, using experienced local agents, yet with no success.  After having had a great experience engaging us to sell a tricky couple of Solano County commercial properties for them, the Client decided to engage us to take on the listing and to get the properties sold.

We proceeded to visit and inspect the properties, met with the local City officials and produced marketing materials for both.  We then proceeded to maximize the visibility of the listings by placing them on all of the main CRE platforms along with clear descriptions of the opportunity for buyers, and compelling Calls To Action.  As expected, after many inquiries and tours, we found two different and excellent Buyers and obtained great sales prices for our Client.

The Client had a property that they had begun redeveloping into a medical building that they intended to operate their medical business out of, but then their professional lives and family commitments had swamped them, and the project had had to take a back seat for several years.  In the meantime their lives evolved and it no longer made sense to complete the project and relocate the business to this property – instead they made the decision to sell the property in its vacant and “Value Add” condition.

We inspected the property, discussed the property with the local City Planning officials and proceeded to market it to all of the local businesses as well as to those that were out of the area.  We had multiple inquiries and tours, and found a qualified Buyer who had a vision for making the property the next location for their own expanding medical practice.  We put in place a deal that worked for both Buyer and Seller, and both moved on into the next phases of their lives.

The Client had a retail property in a downtown location where the tenant’s business had had to shut down during the pandemic.  As a now vacant location, and with no active source of income from a business tenant, the owner chose to sell the property rather than try to attract a new tenant, especially with no guarantee about when the various restrictions on businesses would be lifted.

We created and widely distributed a marketing campaign that highlighted the potential of the location, and the attractiveness of the property in a location where the properties rarely come available for purchase.  We qualified and toured multiple potential buyers and, in the end, the best offer came from a privately owned restaurant group that was expanding into the area and set a new price high for the sale of a retail storefront in the downtown area.

The Client had owned a 43 acre rural agricultural property near the county line for a long time, but was not farming it. In recent years the property had faced a small eminent domain situation due to a highway widening that had been resolved, but there was also the shadow of a much larger potential eminent domain acquisition of land, of many acres, in the future, in order to make way for a new highway intersection.  This situation might never be faced though if the public funds were not to be raised for this purpose.  

The overhanging eminent domain possibility put off many buyers once they dug into the situation in order to understand its potential impact on them.  The ideal buyer would be a small business owner that would likely restore the property to agricultural use as well as being able to benefit from using the property to store their equipment or vehicles.

After an extensive search we found a couple of qualified buyers, of exactly this profile, and one of them was not put off by the possibility of a future eminent domain action that would reduce the property size by at least 10 acres. Since the completion of the deal the new owner has made substantial changes to the property and had begun to return it to an active agricultural use, in addition to using it for some of their property and equipment.

Operated for decades, but it was finally time to retire.  Several years prior, they had stepped back from seeing patients on a day-to-day basis and managed the administration of the practice instead while multiple other veterinarians handled the patients.  While the Client had had no specific plans to retire, they suddenly came to the realization that the time had arrived.  We walked them through what to expect at each stage of the marketing and sales process and recommended that they have a 3rd party perform a valuation of the business, so that they would have a nationwide perspective upon what the asking price should be.

Once the valuation was completed we prepared the marketing campaign and attracted significant local as well as national interest from various buyers.  After vigorous bidding, the most attractive corporate buyer went into contract with an offer that was double what the official valuation had predicted.  After a couple of months of work with the Mergers & Acquisition attorneys the deal was completed and the Client’s process of transition officially began.

 The siblings that inherited it were spread across the country and the business and property both needed to be sold as part of the process of settling the estate.  The siblings very much wanted to ensure that any buyer would keep the business and its brand name and maintain the local legacy as its fourth owner and operator.

Due to the high visibility of the brand, there was a lot of interest from a wide range of potential buyers.  The choice came down to several operators of similar businesses, who all had both the financial means to acquire it and also the proven ability to continue to operate it as a local treasure.  One buyer stood out above the others and provided both the best terms and price.  Since the sale was completed the business has continued to operate consistent with its history, much to the delight of its regular patrons.

The Client wanted to purchase a couple of existing Papa Murphy’s pizza franchise locations that the current owner no longer wanted to operate.  The Client had arrived at a general understanding with the Seller, but there were many details that would need to be handled and not least of these was the approval of the franchisor themselves and the meeting of their strict franchisee requirements, in order for any such sale to be green lit.

We worked through the process, and over a period of more than a year the Buyer went through the franchisor’s training program, qualified for and acquired the first location and rapidly improved its performance.  The Client then managed to secure the franchisor’s approval to acquire the second location, based upon their unexpectedly strong operating track record with the first location.