Paragon Real Estate Group® first brokerage in San Francisco to provide Clarus touchCMA™ to its REALTORS®

Paragon has always been a company that is light on its feet, highly responsive to new ideas and opportunities, and now the time has come to take big steps in virtually every facet of our business to take us to the next level – Paragon CEO Bob Dadurka.

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) September 26, 2013

“Since we opened our doors in 2004, we’ve been gratified by being able to build Paragon into one of the most successful brokerages in San Francisco. 2013 is shaping up to be our best year ever – with total sales up 20 percent and luxury home sales up a whopping 82 percent, we should go well beyond a billion dollars in sales – and our agents now have one of the highest averages sales per agent figures in the country. San Francisco has always been a very competitive market, the price point is very high and our clients are extremely sophisticated financially and technologically and in what they expect from the professionals who serve their needs. Paragon has always been a company that is light on its feet, highly responsive to new ideas and opportunities, and now the time has come to take big steps in virtually every facet of our business to take us to the next level,” Paragon CEO Bob Dadurka.

These steps include spinning off their investment real estate division, already one of the biggest players in that market segment, into the separate Paragon Commercial Brokerage in beautiful new offices at 1700 California. Another big piece of the plan is the centralization of Paragon’s residential brokerage operations in the 4-story building they purchased and completely renovated at 1400 Van Ness. This will then be followed by the opening of new, mobile-oriented, hub offices in other areas of the city such as the luxury home market of Pacific Heights-Marina, Potrero Hill, South Beach-SoMa and the Hayes Valley-Noe Valley area. Paragon is also actively growing the number of agents working in Marin, Napa and Sonoma, where their business is growing quickly. According to Paragon Managing Broker, Sally Stull, “The way people do business is rapidly changing and the way our agents serve our clients is changing. Big old-style offices with desks and phones are much less important; cutting edge technology that improves client communications, property marketing and the delivery of highest quality market analytics is what helps our clients most and what they want. So we are moving resources from an older business model to this more dynamic and more mobile model. We are extremely excited about the large investments we’re making in improved technology and more streamlined operations right now. This will be a huge win-win for Paragon and for our customers.”

Paragon has been investing particularly heavily in new marketing technologies. Paragon’s Director of Brand and Digital Marketing Lisa M. Norman highlighted a few of the biggest initiatives: “Marketing is one of the core products a real estate brokerage offers its clients and Paragon has always invested heavily in stand-out marketing across the multiple media platforms. But now we’re taking a quantum leap in digital and mobile marketing. Both our website and new online resource, ParaScopeSF, offer comprehensive information about living in the Bay Area and its complex real estate market. We’re the first brokerage in San Francisco to offer touchCMA, a highly sophisticated iPad-based presentation and market analysis tool, to all our agents and clients. Paragon has moved to a new, mobile marketing platform, Imprev, that allows marketing staff and agents to create incredible materials from wherever they are in less time than ever. As our footprint in the luxury home market grows by leaps and bounds, we are designing new programs and developing new partnerships to meet the special needs of that market segment. And finally, within the realm of traditional marketing, Paragon is redesigning and upgrading all its print marketing materials to a standard currently unmatched in San Francisco real estate sales.”

About the Company:

Paragon’s main residential office is at 1400 Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco and its Commercial Brokerage at 1700 California Street. Paragon can be found online at paragon-re.com and ParaScopeSF.com.

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San Francisco

20 Beideman St.

Beds: 2 Baths: 1.5 Square footage: 1,000 Price: $3,400/month

This furnished two-bedroom condo is a top-floor unit with a townhouse-style floor plan. It has high ceilings, large windows and skylights. The office includes a pull-out sofa. Other features include a gas fireplace, window seat, front porch and radiant heat. The property also includes a deck off the kitchen and a private one-car garage. The building is within walking distance to shops, restaurants and nightlife in Fillmore, Japantown and NoPa.

Leasing agent: Jeanne Zimmerman, McGuire Real Estate, (415) 901-2779,

Article source: http://www.sfgate.com/realestate/article/What-you-can-rent-in-San-Francisco-for-3-400-3832286.php

Meanwhile, sellers in the know are waiting to list. “It seems foolish to put [my house] on the market when there are a thousand people down the street who are about to make a million dollars,” said SF homeowner Adam Holm, whose Potrero Hill home is easy walking distance to Zynga’s headquarters.
· IPOs Stoke San Francisco Housing Market [Reuters]

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San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) September 24, 2011

The number one resale residential brokerage in San Francisco’s Soma, South Beach, and Mission Bay areas is San Francisco’s home sales company, Climb Real Estate Group.

In San Francisco MLS data for the 3rd quarter of 2011, Climb demonstrated that the brokerage was recently combining the sales volume of all condominium sales in Soma, South Beach, Rincon Hill and Mission Bay.

Fueled by low interest rates, the booming technology market, and San Francisco’s close proximity to Silicon Valley, condominium property sales in the area have risen.

Dirk Kinley, Senior Broker Associate and owner, says, “I’m thrilled to announce our new position in the marketplace. This milestone could only be accomplished by our growing roster of agents, confidence from the buyers and sellers we represent, and brand recognition from consumers.”

Two new construction projects, Madrone by Bosa in Mission Bay and Homes on Esprit Park in Central Waterfront, place Climb Real Estate Group in an ideal location at the base of Potrero Hill.

A few of the interesting properties available include: The Clock Tower Lofts and The Oriental Warehouse in South Beach; Chelsea Park in Mission Dolores; The Comstock and Nob Hill; The Jackson Brewery and Soma Grand, in Soma; Royal Towers in Russian Hill; Candlestick Cove in Bayview Heights; The Residences at Jackson Square; The Potrero Square Lofts and The Potrero in Potrero Hill; the Pacific Cannery Lofts, 200 Second, and The Ellington in Oakland.

Interested buyers can visit the website www.climbsf.com for more information, pictures and open houses on the extensive list of properties for sale and rent; call (415) 431-8888; or visit Climb Real Estate Group conveniently located on 16th Street and Rhode Island at the base of Potrero Hill. Also visit Climb Real Estate Group on facebook, twitter, and four square. Stay informed by signing up for the Climb Real Estate Newsletters and Market Intelligent Reports.

About Climb Real Estate

Climb Real Estate is a San Francisco-based real estate company that specializes in home sales and selling urban style properties that consists of new construction, historic loft conversions, live/work spaces, Victorian flats, modern condominiums, luxury homes and modern single family homes. Climb Real Estate provides the top buyers and sellers in San Francisco providing property sales, marketing services, access to developer specials and new development projects, and experienced broker support.

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2080 Gough, one of the properties
in the 95% occupied portfolio.

(Mark Your Calendars: RealShare Apartments 2011, October 20 in Los Angeles).

SAN FRANCISCO-AREA Property Partners has acquired a 422-unit multifamily portfolio here for $59.6 million. “Plans for the properties include AREA’s proven strategy of revitalization, rehabilitation and repositioning of this formerly distressed portfolio,” says AREA partner James H. Simmons. 

Simmons points out that the strategy will be accomplished by “implementing building-wide improvement programs that involve working with the City of San Francisco to cure violations and improve the overall physical condition of the assets. It is our primary objective that the residents continue to receive the highest level of service throughout the process.”

The 20-building, 95% occupied portfolio is located predominantly in the Downtown and Tenderloin neighborhoods of San Francisco. A few properties are located in the neighborhoods of Pacific Heights, Russian Hill and Potrero Hill.

The rent-regulated buildings, totaling 278,395 square feet, were built between 1911 and 1965, with the majority constructed in the early 1900’s. The portfolio’s condition is commensurate with rent-regulated properties of similar vintage throughout the greater San Francisco Bay Area, according to a prepared release.

The acquisition presents a unique opportunity to capitalize on improving fundamentals, as San Francisco is one of the top performing multifamily markets in the US, according to the release. The acquisition follows AREA’s long term buy-and-hold strategy of creating high-quality affordable workforce housing alternatives for residents of highly supply constrained markets such as the greater Bay Area, Simmons says. 

“We are committed to providing safe and reasonably-priced work force housing for local families,” Simmons says.  “This acquisition fits squarely within our strategy of investing in and creating high-quality living alternatives in major metropolitan cities with significant demand for quality affordable housing.” 

AREA currently owns or controls over 18,000 units under its domestic emerging markets strategy in major metropolitan areas such as New York, Washington DC and Newark, New Jersey.  The brokers on the transaction were Eastdil Secured and Marcus Millichap.

Marcus Millichap did not respond to GlobeSt.com queries by deadline on the seller’s identity. AREA Property Partners tells GlobeSt.com that it cannot disclose the name of the seller due to a confidentially agreement. AREA could not confirm further GlobeSt.com regarding specifics about the properties by deadline.

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Natalie Dolce Natalie Dolce, editor of the West Coast region for GlobeSt.com and Real Estate Forum, is responsible for coverage of news and information pertaining to that vital real estate region. Prior to moving out to the Southern California office, Natalie was Northeast bureau chief, covering New York City for GlobeSt.com. Dolce?s background includes a stint at InStyle Magazine, and as managing editor with New York Press, an alternative weekly New York City paper. In her career, she has also covered a variety of beats Arthur Frommer?s Budget Travel magazine, FashionLedge.com, Co-Ed magazine, and has also freelanced for a number of publications including MSNBC.com and Museums New York magazine. Contact Natalie Dolce.

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SAN FRANCISCO, Sep 07, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) –
Archstone, a leader in apartment investment and operations, announced
today that it has acquired a 3.15-acre development site in the Potrero
Hill neighborhood in San Francisco.

Archstone plans to build a 467-unit, well-appointed apartment community
on the parcel located at the corner of 16th and 7th
streets along Southern Embarcadero Freeway. Construction is expected to
begin by August of 2012.

“The Potrero Hill neighborhood is one of San Francisco’s most sought
after communities today,” said Neil Brown, Archstone’s chief development
officer. “It is home to a number of world-class employers, as well as
great retail and restaurant destinations. Like much of the San Francisco
Bay Area, one of our core markets, opportunities to build an apartment
community in Potrero Hill are extremely limited.”

The development site is also within a mile of dozens of high-technology
employers in the South of Market and Showplace Square neighborhoods. In
addition, the nearby Mission Bay neighborhood is anticipating the
creation of tens of thousands of employment opportunities from two new
developments — the University of California at San Francisco’s Medical
Center and Hospital and Salesforce.com’s global headquarters.

For residents working outside of the area, the San
Francisco apartments will be within one and a half miles of both a
CalTrain and a Bay Area Rapid Transit station. The public transit
systems offer easy access to a vast array of major employers in Silicon
Valley and the East Bay.

Also within a mile of the development site is an eclectic mix of popular
boutique shops, local restaurants and entertainment venues, including
Axis Cafe, the San Francisco Design Center and Bottom of the Hill.

“This is going to be an exciting place to live in an amazing
neighborhood,” said Richard Lamprecht, Archstone’s executive vice
president of development for the West Region. “We’re excited about this
acquisition and looking forward to beginning development on what will be
Archstone’s 22nd apartment community in the San Francisco Bay
Area.”

About Archstone

Archstone is a recognized leader in apartment investment and operations.
The company’s portfolio is concentrated in many of the most desirable
neighborhoods in and around Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, San Diego,
San Francisco, New York, Seattle and Boston. Archstone strives to
provide great apartment
rentals and great service to its customers–backed by service
guarantees. As of June 30, 2011, the company owned or had an ownership
position in 434 communities located in the United States and Europe,
representing 77,084 units, including units under construction. Utilizing
this tremendous amount of expertise and institutional knowledge,
Archstone now also offers comprehensive advisory services to owners and
lenders who want to maximize the value of their assets through Archstone
Real Estate Advisory Services.

SOURCE: Archstone

        Archstone
        Peter Jakel, 720-873-6392
        pjakel@archstonemail.com

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Article source: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/archstone-acquires-development-site-in-san-francisco-2011-09-07

For those searching for wonders other than those found in the City, Marin County, which has much in common with San Francisco, also has much to contrast. Beautiful natural preserves dot the area as well as famous organic, sustainable agriculture. Muir Woods, Stinson Beach, the headlands and the seashore add to its beauty and attraction. Marin County is also home of Skywalker Ranch, which is the headquarters of Skywalker Sound, a division of Lucasfilm, Ltd. From charming Sausalito to the open space of Novato, from the island of Belvedere to quaint Larkspur, Marin County has much to offer those who are considering a move north.

For over 30 years, Zephyr has been a highly respected presence in the San Francisco Bay Area by clients as well as the entire real estate community. Zephyr is home to a close-knit group of individuals who provide creative, customized, professional and personable service to each client.

“The decision to open a business center in Marin was an easy one,” according to Matthew Borland, Partner and Sales Manager for the new location as well as Zephyr’s Pacific Heights and Potrero Hill offices in San Francisco. “We have a growing client base that extends into Marin County, and it is our highest priority to best serve the needs of all our clients and our agents.”

Zephyr now has a dozen real estate agents who are dedicated to serving both sides of the Golden Gate by working out of dual locations, one in San Francisco and the new location in Corte Madera. These agents include: Aldo Carobene, Cici Bonfiglio, Damon Knox, Danita Kulp, Gillian Pontes, Jane Mermelstein, Robert Dana, Robin Hubinsky, Silvana Messing, Stacey Lamirand, Susanna Townsend and Yael Dahan.

The office is located in Corte Madera at 201 Corte Madera Avenue. For more information, please visit www.zmarin.com or call 415-329-6650.

About Zephyr Real Estate
Founded in 1978, Zephyr Real Estate is San Francisco’s largest independent real estate firm with $1 billion in annual gross sales in 2010 and a current roster of more than 200 full-time agents. In 2010, Zephyr launched its new website, which has earned two web design awards, including the prestigious Interactive Media Award. Zephyr Real Estate is a member of the international relocation network, Leading Real Estate Companies of the World; the luxury real estate network, Who’s Who in Luxury Real Estate; and the local luxury marketing association, the Luxury Marketing Council of San Francisco. Zephyr has six strategically located offices in San Francisco, a business center in Marin County, and serves a large customer base throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. For more information, visit www.zephyrsf.com.

Article source: http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/zephyr-real-estate-opens-new-location-in-marin-county-1505922.htm

But others will be closing their doors next month, despite the movie-rental chain’s last-minute reprieve from liquidation.

A $229 million deal to turn Blockbuster over to a group of hedge funds and Blockbuster bondholders was agreed to by a New York bankruptcy judge, after disgruntled creditors, including movie studios and Yahoo, signed on to a revised deal.

That means 17 Blockbuster stores out of 24 listed in the inner Bay Area will stay open, at least for a while longer. “We’re fine, we’re fine,” said a sales clerk in the Alameda store.

Of those scheduled to shut their doors in April, three are in San Francisco – on Church Street, Geary Street and 16th Street in Potrero Hill – and one each in Albany, San Leandro and Alamo.

But there could be more. The company, once the world’s largest movie-rental outlet, with 9,100 stores, reported a loss of $64.8 million in the last quarter. Under the purchase agreement signed with the hedge fund group last month, Blockbuster said 609 of its remaining 3,300 U.S. stores were to be shut as part of an “initial liquidation.”

A sales clerk at the Daly City Blockbuster, not currently on the list, said she’d been told hers might close in November. On the other hand, the Pinole store, which is on the list, might be re-evaluated, a sales clerk there had heard.

To what extent the new owners are re-evaluating remains to be seen. Having made what is called a “stalking horse” bid for the Dallas company, they might be looking to flip the property for a higher price.

Asked what she’s going to do in April, a sales clerk at the Church Street store replied, “Stand on a street corner, hope people feel sorry for me and give me money.”

Coincidence?: Turns out the scheduled auction of the Westin San Francisco, which we noted in Thursday’s column, is off. The creditor seeking the foreclosure suddenly got the $22 million loan owed by the hotel’s owners, a Goldman Sachs real estate entity and a Dallas private-equity firm.

“The borrower paid off the loan in full (Wednesday) night,” said an attorney for the Carlton Group, a foreclosure and debt restructuring firm, after it had posted the auction notice that morning on behalf of its client, Deutsche Bank.

All this occurred after we made inquiries – which got the silent treatment – and a small item appeared in the Wall Street Journal.

News of the payment was e-mailed to interested parties Thursday morning, and showed up in bold capital letters on the Carlton Group’s website, over the original notice of the auction.

Dare we say The Chronicle gets results?

Cold decaf: Remember how hard Peet’s Coffee Tea tried to buy Diedrich Coffee, the Castroville (Monterey County) roastery and chief supplier to the fast-growing single-cup coffee market?

The Emeryville chain thought it had the $226 million deal closed in November 2009, when along came Green Mountain Coffee, known for its Keurig single-cup coffee dispensers and K-cup portion packs, and snatched it out of Peet’s hands with a better offer.

Adding insult to injury, the Vermont company on Thursday signed a partnership deal with Starbucks, under which the latter’s coffee (and its Tazo tea) will be sold in Green Mountain’s K-cups portion packs at Starbucks’ 11,000 outlets, plus supermarkets, drugstores and other retail establishments throughout North America.

Instant reaction: Green Mountain shares up 41 percent at the close of trading Thursday; Starbucks up 10 percent.

Peet’s, down 11.5 percent.

Good trade: Nice numbers for California’s exporters. They had the best January ever, according to trade figures released Thursday by the U.S. Commerce Department.

The state’s $11.75 billion worth of exports marked a 14.5 percent increase over January 2010, driven by both manufactured goods, and especially raw materials and agricultural products. This was in line with U.S. exports which rose to record levels. But other states did even better, with California’s share of the nation’s export pie falling, according to an analysis of the Commerce Department data by San Rafael’s Beacon Economics. (sfg.ly/iiE5jW)

Future prospects may depend on the price of oil, said Jock O’Connell, Beacon’s international trade expert.

“Economies tend to go wobbly and global supply chains start experiencing serious palpitations whenever oil futures float much over the $100 a barrel mark,” he said.

Job grievance: It’s not exactly hi-ho, hi-ho, and off to work we go these days in the Golden State.

According to a just-released survey of “work environment well-being” in the nation’s 50 states, California dropped from sixth to 21st place. No. 1: South Dakota, followed by Nebraska, Montana, Wyoming and North Dakota. Unsurprisingly, “work environment well-being” was down nationally.

“Healthy behavior” and “emotional health” improved, however, while “physical health” stayed about the same in the latest Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, which measures good feelings in a number of categories.

The most well-being state overall, according to its rolling survey of 1,000 Americans: Hawaii. Other states feeling pretty good include Alaska, Colorado, Minnesota and Utah. California comes in at No. 18. (sfg.ly/hPBymj).

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This article appeared on page D – 1 of the San Francisco Chronicle

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