TMG Partners Press Archive
- TMG Starts 190 Apartments in Emeryville Public Market Revamp - SF Business Times - May 10, 2012
"Plans to start construction on a $54 million, 190-unit apartment project in Emeryville"
- TMG Pursues New Silicon Valley, San Francisco Adventures - The Registry - May 4, 2012
"San Francisco-based TMG Partners continues its ambitious Bay Area expansion"
- TMG Partners, with Alcion Ventures, Acquires San Francisco's Historic Hamm's Building - Press Release - May 4, 2012
"Announced the acquisition of The Hamm's Building, a multi-story 182,669-square-foot office building"
- Public Market Emeryville Remodel Pays Homage to its Industrial Past - Contra Costa Times - April 23, 2012
"Ambitious $209 million green building project envisioned for the entire 14-acre mixed-use site"
- Tech Firms Go Far and Wide for Space - The Wall Street Journal - March 21, 2012
"Landlords in cities throughout the country are enjoying the benefits from expanding technology employers."
- Zynga Buys San Francisco Digs - The Registry - March 5, 2012
"Zynga Inc. has entered into a purchase-and-sale agreement to buy the building that houses its corporate headquarters"
- Zynga to Spend $228 Million on San Francisco Property - The Wall Street Journal - March 5, 2012
"Social-game maker Zynga Inc. to purchase its 670,000-square-foot San Francisco headquarters"
- Zynga agrees to buy SF headquarters for $228 million - San Francisco Chronicle - March 5, 2012
"Zynga Inc. is using some of the money it generated to buy its own headquarters in San Francisco."
- Amy Neches jumps to TMG Partners from San Francisco Redevelopment Agency - SF Business Times - March 1, 2012
"TMG Partners has snagged longtime San Francisco Redevelopment Agency staffer Amy Neches"
- Macys.com inks big San Francisco lease - SF Business Times - February 29, 2012
"Macys.com has leased 250,000 square feet at 680 Folsom St. in the South of Market"
- S.F. Technology Leader Riverbed Signs Long Term Lease for World Headquarters in SOMA - California Newswire - February 6, 2012
"Riverbed Technology, a leader in IT performance solutions, has entered into a 167,788 square-foot lease at 680 Folsom"
- Guitar Center to open this week Emeryville Public Market - SF Business Times - January 30, 2012
"Guitar Center plans to open its new location in the TMG Partners' Emeryville Public Market on Friday"
- DivcoWest and TMG Partners close on 1275 Market - SF Business Times - October 7, 2011
"$44 million sale of 1275 Market St. to DivcoWest and TMG Partners Completed"
- Offices Make Slow Recovery - Wall Street Journal - October 5, 2011
"Leasing Continued to Rise in the Third Quarter, but Rate of Expansion Fell"
- TMG ready to roll on $87M project - SF Business Times - September 30, 2011
"TMG Partners will start construction in late November on the $87 million rehab and expansion of 680 Folsom St."
- TMG to overhaul Emeryville project - SF Business Times - June 24, 2011
"Major overhaul of the existing 14-acre retail and office complex into a pedestrian-oriented neighborhood"
- Rise & Fall: A Barometer of the Region's Movers, Shaker & Fakers - SF Business Times - May 26, 2011
"Michael Covarrubias trending up as TMG and Sobrato make $91 Million Purchase"
- TMG To Build 660 San Francisco Apartments - The Registry - May 25, 2011
"TMG Partners to begin construction later this year on two complexes totaling 380 units"
- Sobrato and TMG Team Up in $91 Mil San Francisco Office Buy - RentTV.com - May 18, 2011
"In a major NoCal acquisition, The Sobrato Organization partners with TMG Partners"
- Sobrato Joins List of Developers Vying for Pier 70 Project - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal - January 21, 2011
"Pier 70 has drawn the interest of major South Bay developer The Sobrato Organization."
- Mission Bay, Emeryville projects win $1.35M grants - San Francisco Business Times - December 8, 2010
"Additional funding from the state's Catalyst Projects for California Sustainable Strategies Pilot Program"
- California Department of Housing and Community Development Honors California Catalyst Communities and Models for Sustainability - California Department of Housing - December 3, 2010
"Emeryville Market Place and Bay Front Transit Village honored"
- TMG Partners' Emeryville Public Market Awarded a 2010 Stop Waste Efficiency Award. - StopWaste.org - November 4, 2010
"Facility has doubled previous levels of composting to 170 tons per year"
- HCD Announces the Designation of Thirteen California Communities as Models for Sustainability - California Department of Housing and Community Development - August 24, 2010
"Emeryville Marketplace project designated a Gold Standard Catalyst Project"
- Zynga in San Francisco's biggest office lease in years - San Francisco Business Times - October 16, 2010
"Zynga finalizing the biggest new office lease in San Francisco in nearly five years"
- TMG DIgs into SoMa - San Francisco Business Times - October 15, 2010
"Real estate deals rage in 'tidal wave of activity'"
- It's TMG vs. The Blackbird at 208 Utah St. - San Francisco Business Times - October 6, 2010
"Covarrubias and his team inherited a challenge that is new perhaps even to them: a crazy blackbird."
- TMG to build rentals in Emeryville next year - SF Business Times - October 1, 2010
"TMG Partners expects to start construction on a 1.5 million-square-foot redevelopment project by the end of 2011."
- Tech drives uptick in S.F. office market - SF Business Times - October 1, 2010
"Fast-growing tech companies drove San Francisco's leasing market to its first quarter of growth."
- Mayor Newsom: New Global Headquarters for Zynga in San Francisco - Press Release - September 28, 2010
"Zynga to relocate to 699 Eighth Street, a TMG Partners Development."
- TMG Hires Tom Stubbs as Partner - San Francisco Business Times - September 22, 2010
"TMG Partners has named Tom Stubbs as development partner."
- TMG to Manage Reposition of SoMA Office Building - SF Business Times - July 9, 2010
"TMG Partners tapped to manage the repositioning of the 400,000-square-foot 155 Fifth St."
- Drivers for Town Centers - Uli Magazine - May/June, 2010
"What models of public/private cooperation for town center development will be the most relevant
when the economy recovers?"
- Soma Grand is 100% SOLD OUT! - Press Release - June 23, 2010
"We are excited to announce that the community is 100% sold out!"
- Yahoo Approved for 3M-SF Campus - GlobeSt.com - May 13, 2010
"Yahoo Inc. wins approval from the Santa Clara City Council for its 3-million-square-foot campus."
- TMG Partners/Related Cos. team picked for Moffett Field project - San Francisco Business Times - November 16, 2009
"A joint venture between San Francisco-based TMG Partners and the Related Cos."
- University Associates Selects Team Led By TMG Partners - Press Release - November 16, 2009
"UA-SV has selected TMG Partners and Related Companies as the master developer team for a sustainable community at the NASA Research Park in Moffett Field, CA."
- Urban Land magazine Land Writes section - September 2009
"'How's it going?"' by Marianna Leuschel and Mary Breuer."
- Watergate Towers, Emeryville - SF Biz Times - August 14 2009
"TMG names receiver for 3 Hines buildings"
- Michael Covarrubias interview - The Registry - July 2009
"Looking towards better days ahead"
- S.F. in Talks for Moscone Expansion - San Francisco Business Times - June 19, 2009
"TMG owns key property"
- Emeryville Marketplace - Urban Land Magazine - Spring, 2009
"First LEED Platinum Neighborhood"
- SOMA Grand - San Francisco Biz Times - May 15, 2009
"Spike in San Francisco condo sales may signal comeback"
- Michael Covarrubias quoted - The Registry - May 2009
"Without Pier 70"
- TMG Partners - San Francisco Biz Times - May 1, 2009
"Prudence pays off for TMG Partners."
- Marketplace, Emeryville - Switchboard blog from Natural Resources Defense Council - May 4, 2009
"Emeryville's platinum-certified neighborhood, on its way."
- San Francisco Chronicle - April 2009
"High-rise plans teeter with economy in S.F."
- Michael Bauer: Heaven's Dog - San Francisco Chronicle - March 22, 2009
"Chinese cuisine inspires heavenly interpretation."
- Three Questions - SF Chronicle "Three Questions: Michael Covarrubias" - March 2009
- 680 Folsom - Architectural Record - January 2009
"Three Buildings, Three Different Approaches by Joann Gonchar, AIA"
- SOMA Grand - San Francisco Biz Times - January 19, 2009
"Charles Phan expands menu of eateries."
- Westside Courts, San Francisco - The Western Edition San Francisco - January 2, 2009
"Residents, developer, work to build a brighter future."
- Developers line up to take on Pier 70 - SF Biz Times - October 3, 2008
"TMG Partners CEO Michael Covarrubias likes cleaning up hazardous waste."
- EmeryBay Market Place, Emeryville - East Bay Biz Times - September 5, 2008
"EmeryBay undergoes 'urban village' overhaul"
- MarketPlace, Emeryville - The Registry "Green Issue" - August-September 2008
"Going green, inside and out (see section on "Greening a community in Emeryville")"
- EmeryBay Market Place, Emeryville - SF Biz Times - September 5, 2008
"TMG moving Emeryville from suburbs to city"
- Midtown Fremont - East Bay Business Times - August 8 2008
"Fremont in the market for retail development, central business district"
- SOMA Grand - San Francisco Chronicle - July 30 2008
"The Inside Scoop: Phan planning SoMa noodle bar/lounge"
- SOMA Grand - San Francisco Biz Times - Structures special section - June 27 2008
"Mid-Market 'caterpillar' transforms into 'butterfly'"
- 650 Townsend - SF Business Times - May 2008
"Former fashion mart gets makeover as offices"
- Third & Folsom - SF Biz Times - April 11 2008
"Reinvention under way at Third & Folsom"
- Real Estate Deals of the Year - SF Biz Times - March 2008
"Community Impact/San Francisco - Soma Grand"
- SOMA Grand - San Francisco Chronicle - April 2, 2008
"Downtown views and a concierge-staffed condo lure active seniors out of their suburban lair"
- SOMA Grand - SF Biz Times - December 7, 2007
"New SoMa Grand fuels property rush"
- SOMA Grand - SF Chronicle - November 6, 2007
"Towering work of art..."
- SOMA Grand - SF Chronicle - September 5, 2007
"Charles Phan of Slanted Door to put a restaurant in the 22-storey tower"
- SOMA Grand - ULI's MULTIFAMILY TRENDS magazine - July-August 2007
"Beyond Eloise: Condominiums with Hotel Services"
- Third & Folsom - SF Biz Journal - August 24, 2007
"TMG to rehab SoMa buildings as offices"
- University Palms, East Palo Alto - Silicon Valley/San Jose Biz Journal - July 13, 2007
"Speculative commercial building heats up"
- City in a bottle - The Economist - July 12, 2007
"The strange half-recovery of California's prettiest city"
- One South Van Ness, San Francisco - SF Chronicle - June 26, 2007
"City exercises its option for One South Van Ness"
- Bay Center Offices Emeryville - SF Biz Times - June 08, 2007
"Emeryville office complex sets new sale price record"
- Focus on TMG Partners & Michael Covarrubias - SF Biz Journal - April 27, 2007
"Covarrubias' TMG Partners makes bets to build where others see only the risk and not the reward"
- Bay Center Offices, Emeryville - GlobeSt.com - June 7, 2007
"TMG Sells EmeryBay Campus to PREI, Harvest"
- 650 Townsend - SF Business Times "Real Estate Deals of the Year" - March 2007
"Finalist Best Office Sale - 'This SoMa building was half vacant when TMG bought it, but it's filling up'"
- SOMA GRAND - Globe Street - March 2, 2007
"Joint venture debuts Soma Grand condos"
- Soma Square - Rentv.com - February 27, 2007
"TMG and Flynn are Partners in SOMA Square dance"
- Dining Out - The U.N. of Food
"Emeryville Public Market"
- Joint Venture - TMG Partners & AGI Capital, San Francisco Business Times - Preview 2007
"Condo Mania Spells Freebies for Buyers"
- San Francisco Business Times-December 2006
"Betting on the house"
- 650 Townsend - ResearchRant
"DEALS IN THE NEWS"
- 650 Townsend - San Francisco Business Times
"TMG Partners steps in to take over landmark South of Market center"
- Bayside Technology Park II - Rentv.com Acquisition News San Francisco
"JER/TMG partner in purchase of 425k sf Bayside Technology Park II"
- 650 Townsend - Rentv.com Acquisition News San Francisco
"TMG Partners steps in to take over landmark South of Market center"
- "Yahoo! Land Buy Totals $100M " - GlobeStreet
- TMG, JER Add to Bayside Tech Park Holdings - Globe this AM
- Yahoo plans new campus - Mercury News
"Net giant said to be considering moving HQ to Santa Clara"
- Deal on Yahoo campus is near - Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal
- SoMa Grand condos at 1160 Mission - SF Business Times
"Hotelier checks into condos"
- Urban Living Special Publication - SF Business Times - March 2006
"Suburbs driven to 'smart growth' - The Crossing @ San Bruno"
- Real Estate Deals of the Year 2005 - SF Business Times - March 2006
"Office Sale: Finalist - The Landmark at One Market"
- Real Estate Deals of the Year 2005 - SF Business Times - March 2006
"Suburban Office Sale: Mid Point Technology Park"
- Surburban Community Impact : Mid Point Technology Park - SF Business Times - March 2006
"Stanford buys Peninsula campus for R&D space"
- San Francisco Chronicle - The Farm
"Stanford adds some acreage to The Farm"
- RENTV.COM - SOMA
"Life is Just Grand for Developers of New Condo Project in San Francisco’s SOMA "
- San Francisco Chronicle - SoMa Grand
"SoMa Grand breaks ground"
- East Bay Business Times - Bayside
"JV acquires Fremont's Bayside Technology Park"
- San Francisco Chronicle - Albany Target
"Hitting the big box bull's-eye"
- RENTV.COM - TMG
"Griffin Capital Spends $36 Mil on Former Post Office Building in Emeryville"
- California Real Estate Journal - TMG
"California’s Major Commercial Property Management Firms"
- Apartment Professional - TMG
"The Case for Adaptive Re-use in Downtown L.A."
- RENTV.COM - TMG
"Conversion of Vacant Downtown Office Tower is so RAD"
- CoStar Group - TMG
"CoStar Deals of Note for Monday"
- The Journal - Albany Target
"Target Proposal Wins City Approval"
- BT Commercial's Research Rant - TMG
"Deals in the News"
- San Francisco Business Times - TMG
"TMG Partners closes on sale of 1 Market St."
- SF Business Times - TMG
"McPeak calls for CEQA reform, 20-year housing growth plans"
- SF Business Times - TMG
"Developer snags Treasury amid string of new deals."
- Oakland Tribune - TMG
"TMG partner relishes building community."
- Real Estate Journal - TMG
"Crossing Over to Smart Growth."
- Urban Land - The Crossing
"Town Uses: A mixed-use, infill project is giving San Bruno the makings of a small town."
- New York Times - The Crossing
"In Bay Area, Mass Transit Inspires Project"
- San Francisco Chronicle - The Crossing
"Real Estate: Anchors Aweigh"
- San Francisco Business Times - One Market
"Martin Group lands year's biggest lease"
- San Francisco Business Times - The Crossing
"Huge Project Planned for Peninsula"
- San Francisco Business Times - 600 Battery
"Martin Group asks $45m for recharged 600 Battery"