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SAN FRANCISCO, CA –(Marketwired – July 14, 2016) – McGuire Real Estate is pleased to announce that our exceptional community of agents continues to grow. We are proud to welcome these distinguished agents to the McGuire Family: Teri Stroul, Sarah Hancock, Lauren Fraser, and Dennis J. Murphy.

Teri Stroul’s real estate career began more than 20 years ago on the other side of the business in the mortgage industry, helping buyers get their loans approved and buy their new homes. Her career experience of being on both sides of the transaction strengthens her ability to negotiate on behalf of her clients. She guides them through the process with her extensive knowledge from having been both behind and in front of the buying and selling scenes. Teri takes great pride in helping clients find their dream home and assisting in one of the most important decisions that they’ll make.

Sarah Hancock joins McGuire after years of working on top producing teams at Pacific Union International and Sotheby’s International Realty, where she closed an average of $50 million in sales each year. Her relaxed and approachable qualities put her clients at ease while her utmost professionalism, expertise in the market, negotiation tactics, and relentless hard work help her clients achieve their most desired real estate goals. Prior to moving to San Francisco, Sarah lived in China and has more than 15 years of international marketing experience. She is fluent in Mandarin and is knowledgeable in Chinese culture and negotiation.

Lauren Fraser approaches her real estate career like she does everything in life, with absolute enthusiasm and dedication. She ties together her passion for helping people create positive lifelong memories while providing personalized service with the highest attention to detail. As a Northern California native and San Francisco resident for more than a decade, Lauren takes great care and joy in helping her clients navigate the competitive Bay Area real estate market. Whether you’re a first-time buyer or a long-time homeowner looking to sell, Lauren is devoted to making the purchase and/or sale process as seamless as possible.

As a 20-year resident of the Bay Area, Dennis J. Murphy has an in-depth knowledge of the Bay’s many enclaves and coveted neighborhoods. He’s lived everywhere from San Francisco to the South Bay, East Bay, and now the Mid-Peninsula. Dennis began his professional career in sales, marketing, and advertising and has more than 18 years of experience working with companies such as the Oakland A’s, Denver Broncos, Pier 39, and various television media companies. Dennis became a REALTOR® to put his sales, marketing, and advertising experience to good use in a field that he’s very passionate about.

As a local, luxury boutique brokerage, McGuire takes a non-traditional and highly-personalized approach to furthering the success of its sales team. This creative and strategic approach to doing business is what allows McGuire to provide exceptional support that reaches beyond traditional real estate and delivers forward-thinking solutions for its agents and clientele.

ABOUT MCGUIRE REAL ESTATE
As a local, luxury boutique that focuses on the San Francisco Bay Area’s high-end niche markets, McGuire Real Estate is a privately held corporation that was founded in 1919. We are headquartered in San Francisco’s Marina District with additional offices in Noe Valley and South Park—as well as in Marin County, the East Bay, and Mid-Peninsula. McGuire is the exclusive international associate of Savills PLC, headquartered in London, and is a broker member of Luxury Portfolio® International, Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®, and The Enterprise Network. Our luxury, global, and industry affiliations allow us to connect our agents and clients to a world-wide marketplace with exclusive opportunities.

Visit mcguire.com for more information or contact McGuire Client Care at 1.800.4RESULT and clientcare@mcguire.com. Follow McGuire Real Estate on Facebook and @mcguire_re on Twitter and Instagram.

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwired – July 14, 2016) – McGuire Real Estate is pleased to announce that our exceptional community of agents continues to grow. We are proud to welcome these distinguished agents to the McGuire Family: Teri Stroul, Sarah Hancock, Lauren Fraser, and Dennis J. Murphy.

Teri Stroul’s real estate career began more than 20 years ago on the other side of the business in the mortgage industry, helping buyers get their loans approved and buy their new homes. Her career experience of being on both sides of the transaction strengthens her ability to negotiate on behalf of her clients. She guides them through the process with her extensive knowledge from having been both behind and in front of the buying and selling scenes. Teri takes great pride in helping clients find their dream home and assisting in one of the most important decisions that they’ll make.

Sarah Hancock joins McGuire after years of working on top producing teams at Pacific Union International and Sotheby’s International Realty, where she closed an average of $50 million in sales each year. Her relaxed and approachable qualities put her clients at ease while her utmost professionalism, expertise in the market, negotiation tactics, and relentless hard work help her clients achieve their most desired real estate goals. Prior to moving to San Francisco, Sarah lived in China and has more than 15 years of international marketing experience. She is fluent in Mandarin and is knowledgeable in Chinese culture and negotiation.

Lauren Fraser approaches her real estate career like she does everything in life, with absolute enthusiasm and dedication. She ties together her passion for helping people create positive lifelong memories while providing personalized service with the highest attention to detail. As a Northern California native and San Francisco resident for more than a decade, Lauren takes great care and joy in helping her clients navigate the competitive Bay Area real estate market. Whether you’re a first-time buyer or a long-time homeowner looking to sell, Lauren is devoted to making the purchase and/or sale process as seamless as possible.

As a 20-year resident of the Bay Area, Dennis J. Murphy has an in-depth knowledge of the Bay’s many enclaves and coveted neighborhoods. He’s lived everywhere from San Francisco to the South Bay, East Bay, and now the Mid-Peninsula. Dennis began his professional career in sales, marketing, and advertising and has more than 18 years of experience working with companies such as the Oakland A’s, Denver Broncos, Pier 39, and various television media companies. Dennis became a REALTOR® to put his sales, marketing, and advertising experience to good use in a field that he’s very passionate about.

As a local, luxury boutique brokerage, McGuire takes a non-traditional and highly-personalized approach to furthering the success of its sales team. This creative and strategic approach to doing business is what allows McGuire to provide exceptional support that reaches beyond traditional real estate and delivers forward-thinking solutions for its agents and clientele.

ABOUT MCGUIRE REAL ESTATE
As a local, luxury boutique that focuses on the San Francisco Bay Area’s high-end niche markets, McGuire Real Estate is a privately held corporation that was founded in 1919. We are headquartered in San Francisco’s Marina District with additional offices in Noe Valley and South Park—as well as in Marin County, the East Bay, and Mid-Peninsula. McGuire is the exclusive international associate of Savills PLC, headquartered in London, and is a broker member of Luxury Portfolio® International, Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®, and The Enterprise Network. Our luxury, global, and industry affiliations allow us to connect our agents and clients to a world-wide marketplace with exclusive opportunities.

Visit mcguire.com for more information or contact McGuire Client Care at 1.800.4RESULT and clientcare@mcguire.com. Follow McGuire Real Estate on Facebook and @mcguire_re on Twitter and Instagram.

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That foam that keeps your coffee hot and the beer in your ice chest cold is getting ready to disappear from San Francisco, as the Board of Supervisors gave its final approval Tuesday to a ban on polystyrene foam packaging in the city.

Legislation by Supervisor London Breed that passed unanimously Tuesday will bar the product, widely used in food packaging, packing peanuts and ice chests, beginning Jan. 1. Though inexpensive and lightweight, polystyrene foam has long been controversial because it takes centuries to decompose, contaminating the ecosystem and clogging landfills.

But the material won’t disappear completely by the Jan. 1 deadline. Grocers will get a six-month waiver to phase out foam meat trays, and companies that ship medicines in temperature-controlled containers will likely continue using it for at least a few more years.

“This is a huge step for our health and environment,” Breed said.

That issue is settled, but the city’s approach to dealing with its tent camps isn’t.

There are now three pieces of legislation attempting to dictate city policy on homeless encampments. Supervisor Jane Kim filed an ordinance with the board clerk Tuesday that joins dueling ballot measures by Supervisors Mark Farrell and Aaron Peskin.

Under Kim’s measure, homeless people would receive notice seven days before a sweep of an encampment, and the city would be required to offer services and shelter to its occupants for at least 90 days. A housing plan for those evicted from a camp would be created during the first 30 of those 90 days. Kim’s measure will be considered by the board within the next month.

Kim’s proposal contrasts with Farrell’s ballot measure, under which camps would be banned and the city could place their residents into shelters within 24 hours of notifying its residents of a sweep. Peskin’s measure, which still needs six votes at the board by the Aug. 5 deadline to get on the ballot, would require the city to provide 72 hours notice before removing an encampment. The city would also be required to have a plan within 30 days on how to house those who were removed.

The board made law on permanent housing when it unanimously passed a 100 percent affordable housing density bonus program. Though it would bar for-profit developers from participating, it could add hundreds of new units to the housing stock. The bonus would allow affordable projects to add extra floors to buildings along commercial corridors, exempting them from zoning code height limits.

The supervisors also considered for-profit housing Tuesday when, by a 6-5 vote, progressive members passed a resolution opposing a state “by right housing approval” measure introduced by Gov. Jerry Brown that would streamline the environmental review process for proposed housing projects that are consistent with local zoning. While proponents say it would add much-needed housing to a rapidly growing city, opponents claim it would harm San Francisco’s approval process. That state legislation has been delayed until October.

And a vision for a new park atop dilapidated Francisco Reservoir is on its way to becoming reality. The large open space covers 4 acres on Russian Hill. The board signed off on an agreement between the private Francisco Park Conservancy and the Recreation and Park Department. The conservancy plans to raise more than $25 million for the project and to infuse about $150,000 into maintenance for the park annually.

“With today’s approval, the difficult and fun work of soliciting input from residents and neighborhoods about the park they would like to see created begins,” Farrell said.

The conservancy next will begin the design process and private fundraising.

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SAN FRANCISCO, July 12, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Launchpad Digital Health, the leading next generation of seed funds + accelerator for digital health, announces it has moved into to occupy its new headquarter building in San Francisco near the Twitter building and complex beginning July 1st.  This state-of-the art facility, newly built-out and designed as a digital health hub, is a single 3-story building fully occupied by Launchpad Digital Health, its portfolio companies, new LDH-GZ program companies, and its corporate partners.  Eighteen companies are already co-located in this new location.

LDH also recently announced the expansion of its senior team and the addition of the LDH-GZ program and corporate partnerships.  Randall Lipps and Paul Edwards joined LDH and LDH-GZ as general partners.

“Moving the Launchpad Digital Health operation to our own building in San Francisco substantially expands our offerings and enhances our leading position in digital health.  Working alongside Baskin Investment Group (BIG) has been a pleasure, and it is gratifying to see this quickly come to closure leading to our launch date of July 1^st,” said Fred Toney, CEO  Co-Founder.  BIG is a real estate development company, who led the purchase, rebuilding, and build-out of the facility,

“We are thrilled to welcome Fred Toney and his team to our newly completed creative tech space. In partnership with Launchpad Digital Health, we sought an artful redesign of 1275 Mission balancing modern design with ‘windows’ into the past of this vintage 1917 building. These peeks into original construction elements of brick, timber, concrete and steel foster an inspired environment for a digital health hub in the heart of SoMa,” said Bryan Baskin, CEO of BIG.

About Launchpad Digital Health

The inaugural Launchpad Digital Health – Ground Zero program began July 1, 2016 in San Francisco.  Applications for the next Launchpad Digital Health group of companies will be open shortly.

Launchpad Digital Health is a next generation accelerator—more capital, more time and more intensity for its portfolio companies and their founders.  Each company accepted into the accelerator program receives:  1) more capital in the form of up to a $500,000 investment, 2) more time commitment in the form of a full one year-long program co-located with other startups in digital health sector and the Launchpad Digital Health founders, and 3) more intensity in the form of daily and weekly engagement with Launchpad Digital Health’s founders, partners and mentors as critical business decisions are made continuously with advisors assisting all along the way.  The founders of Launchpad Digital Health have funded and operated companies throughout the healthcare and technology sectors, including digital health companies, for the past two decades.  Launchpad Digital Health – Ground Zero extends this ecosystem to companies that, with more intensive time and effort over the 4-month LDH-GZ immersion program, can become eligible for the LDH accelerator and investment.

To find out more about LDH and LDH-GZ, visit us at www.launchpdh.com and see how your startup can benefit from this next generation accelerator programs, as its next class of companies begins.

About Baskin Investment Group

Baskin Investment Group (‘BIG’) is a fully-integrated real estate development company. BIG specializes in the acquisition, development, repositioning and management of unique properties in the San Francisco Bay Area. With in-house property management by 2B Living and construction teams, BIG can leverage core strengths across an asset life-cycle – sourcing, repositioning, development and management. As investors and operators in Bay Area real estate for over 50 years, our principals bring extensive local market knowledge and a passion for developing properties that transform communities.

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