We had a very good response. It was only in the market two weeks.

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) June 20, 2013

Sean Sullivan, Senior Sales Leader with Climb Real Estate Group in San Francisco was recently featured in a KRON4 news report featuring reporter Maureen Kelly about the second Rincon Tower which was put on hold five years ago after the housing recession of 2008. The second building, known as Rincon II has resumed construction. Rincon I finally sold out last fall. According to the KRON4 news report from late April(1), Rincon II was initially going to be condominiums for individual sale, but since resuming construction, the developers have changed their minds and have decided to make the units available for lease instead of for sale. Rincon is represented for sale by Polaris Pacific. Available now at ICON, these 1 and 2 bedroom homes feature contemporary, tasteful finishes located adjacent to shopping, transit, services, food and drink. Amazing views toward the top of the 6 story building. Represented for sale by Paragon Real Estate Group’s Suzanne Gregg and Jason Gorski.

Sullivan comments in the KRON4 news report that he would not be surprised if the developers change their minds again if there is a chance for them to get a better rate of return by selling instead of leasing. As it stands now it is not known what the market conditions will be in a year and beyond and if it will be more favorable to the developers to lease or sell. Sean Sullivan specializes in San Francisco real estate new construction and more information about other new properties can be found on his website. Century Condominiums, a chevron shaped building will open for sales late this summer.  They are 1 and 2 bedroom floor plans at the crossroads of Duboce Triangle and Upper Market. The View Penthouses feature commanding views and large private terraces. Represented for sale by Vanguard Properties’ Jean-Paul Samaha and Ed Deleski.

Another event to make international news featuring Sean Sullivan is the $82,000 parking space which recently sold in a condominium garage in San Francisco’s trendy South Beach neighborhood, near the Giants’ ballpark. This news was reported in the online news outlets Huffington Post, Britain’s Daily Mail, San Francisco Chronicle, the CBS Evening News, the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post, among others. Sullivan commented in the Washington Post(2) “We had a very good response. It was only in the market two weeks.” Sullivan added that at the height of the property boom he sold a parking spot in the same building for $95,000. In the UK’s Daily Mail(3) Sullivan said the space was in a good part of the garage, and said the company struggled at first to put a price on it. The Linea condominiums are perhaps the most architecturally stunning residential development along Upper Market, Linea offers myriad views and floor plans to suit buyers who crave privacy or who want to be front-and-center in this dynamic location.  Glass curtain wall construction allows for floor-to-ceiling glass in most homes.  With the historic Art Deco San Francisco Mint and a new Whole Foods as neighbors, Linea graces an already remarkable location. Represented by for sale by Polaris Pacific.

About Sean Sullivan San Francisco Real Estate Agent

Sean Sullivan serves as Climb Real Estate Group’s Senior Sales Leader, where he oversees the brokerage’s agents and resale business. With more than fifteen years in the real estate industry, Sullivan has sold over $600 million in real estate and built a reputation for his sales leadership in the Bay Area — from San Francisco, San Mateo, and San Jose.

Sullivan has extensive experience in a variety of real estate transactions, both on the buying and on the selling sides, and expertly collaborates with attorneys, brokers, and the real estate community at large.  He has strong relationships with developers and buyers alike, who trust his honesty, market knowledge and vast experience in negotiating, renovating and problem solving.

As Senior Sales Leader, he is very involved in the real estate community as a member of SFAR, CAR, and NAR.  He is also active in SPUR San  Francisco Planning Urban Research Association, California Preservation Foundation, The National Trust for Historic Preservation, Jewish Vocational Services, SF Bicycle Coalition and Panhandle Park Stewards. Today, he continues to provide advice to his broker peers and volunteers his time teaching and participating in seminars.

Originally a Connecticut Yankee, he has lived in San Francisco for 15 years.  His interests include family, urban planning, fitness.  He has also been fortunate to travel to over 30 countries. He currently resides in the North Panhandle.

Contact Information

Sean Sullivan, Senior Sales Leader

Climb Real Estate Group

San Francisco, CA

415-215-0554

Sean(at)climbsf(dot)com

http://sfresource.com

(1) http://news.kron4.com/video/second-rincon-tower-starts-to-rise-above-san-francisco/

(2) http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-06-13/national/39940496_1_san-francisco-giants-real-estate-prices-parking-space

(3) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2341399/Tiny-parking-spot-sells-82-000-San-Franciscos-South-Beach-weeks-offered-sale.html#ixzz2WVtBr0Vi

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City leaders and cannabis advocates say a federal crackdown on cannabis businesses has sent a chill through the real estate market, particularly after the U.S. attorney last year sought property forfeiture from the landlord of the Harborside Health Center dispensary – a case that is still pending.

“Ever since the U.S. attorney took their hard-line stance on property owners, property owners have been hesitant to lease space,” said Arturo Sanchez, Oakland’s deputy city administrator, who oversees the city’s permitting process for marijuana dispensaries. “That was complicated further after the forfeiture action by the U.S. attorney against Harborside.”

The one dispensary that did open over the past year – Blum Oakland on West Grand Avenue in Uptown – also faced reluctance from a landlord. Sanchez said the landlord of one proposed site for Blum had wanted a $4 million bond even though the property was worth only $2 million.

The difficulty in finding dispensary sites marks a shift in a city that stood only a year ago as the vanguard of California’s cannabis culture. The four approved dispensaries would have doubled the number of outlets selling medical marijuana in Oakland – even as the federal crackdown shut down hundreds of other dispensaries around the state.

But then in April, federal agents raided Oakland properties connected to Richard Lee, a dispensary owner, prominent legalization advocate and co-founder of the famed cannabis school Oaksterdam University. In July, federal agents taped their forfeiture notice on Harborside’s front door. “We really need to set some ground rules here where the federal government is going to respect property rights and Californians’ legal access to medical facilities,” said Dale Gieringer, director of California NORML, a marijuana advocacy group.

Gieringer criticized federal authorities for going after dispensaries permitted by local governments while allowing unsanctioned ones to flourish.

Oakland has a variety of restrictions on where dispensaries can be located. They have to be at least 600 feet from various places children frequent, including parks, libraries, schools, and other dispensaries. They are entirely banned from areas zoned residential, Sanchez said.

That in itself can make it hard to find a location, said an operator of one of the four new dispensaries, who asked that his name not be used.

“You have all these other things that prevent dispensaries in certain places,” the operator said. “You couple that with the fact that some people do have a moral issue with it, you really do limit your options.”

Repeated attempts to reach other operators were unsuccessful. Some experts in the cannabis industry said dispensary operators fear speaking out because the two dispensaries targeted by the federal government, Harborside and Lee’s former Coffeeshop Blue Sky, were led by people often in the media limelight. The camera-shy posture of the new dispensaries is most striking with Abatin Wellness, a dispensary planned for Oakland.

Geoff Spellberg, an attorney representing Harborside’s landlord, said property owners have good reason to be worried.

His client never received a warning, he said. The only explanation given by the U.S. attorney’s office for why Harborside was targeted was that it was a marijuana “superstore.”

“In my view, it’s a very arbitrary conclusion that they’re a superstore,” Spellberg said. “When is a medical cannabis dispensary not a superstore?”

Without clear guidelines about what’s legal, Spellberg said he would tell any client that leasing to a dispensary “is a major risk because the consequences are so severe.”

Spellberg’s client’s property is worth $2 million.

“The big concern I would express to a potential landlord is that there’s not enough guidance about what the federal government is going to permit and what they’re not going to permit.”

Matthai Kuruvila is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: mkuruvila@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @matthai

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Have you always been in the real estate industry or did you have a different career before entering brokerdom? I am a recovering lawyer of 6 years. Let me put it this way: it’s more satisfying when people come together to make a deal (real estate) than it is to be coming together after a lawsuit has started (law). One friend asked me at my first listing in Mission Dolores why I was in the Mission selling a small TIC when I had went to Berkeley for law school. I answered him it was because I went to Berkeley and am smart enough to get into something that fits my personality and skill set a lot better.

What’s the best part about selling real estate in San Francisco? Access and getting to see how people really live. Of course it’s great meeting new people all the time without having to depose them for a trial. And it’s wonderful getting to see all the pretty houses and realizing opportunity when others don’t see it. But what is far more interesting is seeing high-power lawyers, CEOs, start-up gurus throw their laundry on the floor just like anyone else — it’s seeing people’s dirty laundry, literally.

What do you like to do when you’re not selling real estate? Is there such a time? Well, I like taking my former seeing eye dog trainee to Duboce Park. I love biking with all the good folks with the AIDS LifeCycle and I love to shop and to eat…locally sourced, fair trade of course.

What separates you from the others in this competition? I am me and they are them. But in all honesty, I’m pretty “on” all the time and I get pretty intensely involved with taking care of my clients. I give broad, lawyer-informed advice and I like to take pictures and YouTube videos that I send to my clients in the moment so we can get going and fast. For example, I get use technology not just as a novelty to play Angry Birds, but my latest escrow only happened after I broadcast/Skyped an open house walk-through to a client based in Seattle for a great place in NoPa that was on the market for about 48 hours. That’s what I do differently I suppose.

Everyone give it up for Kevin!

On the right: Sheldon Rilliet of Alain Pinel Realtors

Funniest anecdote from life as a broker: You never know what you’re going to walk into, every open house, lock box showing, it’s always different? you simply can’t be shocked as a broker? There is always the potential to walk into any of the following: sexy time, hoarding, explicit drug use, grow rooms, every possible pet in the book – snakes, chickens (indoors), mice, rats, pygmy goats, pigs – all in The City. This Incredible City.

What’s the best part about selling real estate in San Francisco? San Francisco is such a diverse world renowned city, the people that come here are fascinating, knowledgeable all have such interesting back stories. The City has so many distinct neighborhoods and it’s great to narrow down the “right” location for clients. Listing in The City also provides such great opportunities to showcase the differences that every home possesses be it view, history, neighborhood etc?

What do you like to do when you’re not selling real estate? I enjoy friends and family. My Wife Lauren, Daughter Sloane Son Jake; to cook, create art design (home, furniture, etc.). Admittedly, I enjoy television and spend a fair amount of time on the internet.

What separates you from the others in this competition? I’m a considerate, unpretentious guy I don’t drive a Mercedes.

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