It’s the way we think 
that sets us apart.

TMG Partners has been in the business of developing award-winning, financially-successful, community-based real estate for 40 years. As much as we have accomplished over the last four decades, we believe it is the way we THINK about our region, the risks we manage, the critical timing of our projects and the value we create that sets us apart.
Localism

Real Estate is
a local business.

No, really.

The San Francisco Bay Area is an extremely diverse real estate marketplace with countless micro-business climates teeming with possibility. But you have to be here—and know here—to make the most of the opportunities all around us. Having been exclusively committed to the Bay Area for four decades, we have developed a keen local intuition which gives us a unique advantage in recognizing both the opportunities and risks in this complex market.
Regionalism

We Think 
Mega

If we try to solve our land use problems by focusing
only on the nine Bay Area counties, we will fail.

Michael CovarrubiasChairman & Co-CEO

As the Bay Area’s economy has grown over the last four decades, so too has its challenges—particularly related to transportation, housing, affordability and climate change. To plan for growth of 4 million more people in the next third of a century, TMG is thinking bigger, beyond our nine Bay Area counties, and working on longer term strategies to create greater connectivity across our entire megaregion.
Timing

It’s got to work at low tide as well as high tide.

Some of our best deals are the ones we didn’t do.

Matt FieldCo-CEO

Almost anyone can make money in a positive economic climate. But it takes discipline, depth of market knowledge and experience in all major product types to know when to buy and when to sell. The most profitable deals can be the ones you decide just don’t make sense or are outbid by an “out of town” competitor. Because we are active in our markets on a daily basis, TMG Partners has managed a portfolio through 40 years of market cycles that works in all phases and has withstood the sands of time.
Vision

huh?

Once it’s obvious, it’s too late.

Cathy GreenwoldSenior Advisor

If you wait for the statistical proof to confirm real estate opportunities, you’re looking backwards. TMG Partners has cultivated an approach to studying the business landscape that reveals market opportunities before they become obvious. Our contrarian investment strategy balances optimism and caution with the intent of turning forward-looking investments into no-brainers.
Returns

Redefining IRR

Our measure for success goes beyond profit.

Lynn TolinChief Operating Officer &
Executive Vice President

Most investment professionals have a clear understanding of IRR: Internal Rate of Return, a purely financial measurement of performance. At TMG we use a different definition. For us, IRR means balancing Integrity, Relationships and Results. We measure every aspect of our business through this lens to ensure our partners, communities, tenants and buyers are treated with the highest degree of respect and responsibility while we consistently deliver superior financial performance.
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News & Awards.

TMG Partners has won awards for many projects
including honors for “Best Mixed Use,”
“Best Office,” and “Best Historic Rehabilitation”.
In the News. Press Releases. Awards.
buildOn Press Release
buildOn Dinner Celebrates Local and Global Service by Bay Area Youth

buildOn is celebrating Bay Area youth and their commitment to local and global service at its annual buildOn Bay Area Dinner at 6 p.m. Friday, May 3, at the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco. The event will support buildOn's afterschool service programs in under served Bay Area high schools, and the construction of primary schools in developing countries across the globe.

Diane Dywer, Weekend Anchor for NBC Bay Area News, is hosting the dinner - which raises more than $600,000 annually to fund buildOn's work in the Bay Area. The dinner will recognize TMG Partners for its commitment to quality education and for supporting buildOn's program at home and abroad.

"We are excited to celebrate our 10th Annual Bay Area Dinner with our loyal supporters," said Catarina Schwab, buildOn Vice President of the West Coast. "Each year, this event allows us to expand our work in the Bay Area, ensuring that more students have access to quality afterschool programs that develop character, citizenship and academic engagement."

buildOn launched its Afterschool Service Program in the Bay Area in 2001. Since then, buildOn students from San Francisco and Oakland have contributed hundreds of hours of service each week by tutoring children, feeding the homeless and volunteering at senior citizen homes. Forty Bay Area students a year travel to some of the poorest countries in the planet, including Haiti, Malawi, Mali, Nepal, Nicaragua and Senegal to help build schools. Through buildOn, students from the United States realize their ability to change lives, including their own. Ninety-four percent of buildOn youth not only graduate from high school, but go on to college.

The Dinner Honorary Committee includes: Richard A. Carranza, Superintendent San Francisco Unified School District; Kelly Clark, Gold Medal Olympic Snowboarder; George Gascón, San Francisco District Attorney; Ken Goldman, CFO Yahoo; Chris Horner, Olympic Cyclist; Hooman Khalili, Alice Radio; Mayor Edwin Lee; Hydra Mendoza, Education Advisor to the Mayor; Tyler Mitchell, Owner of Wilkes Bashford, and Stephanie Mitchell; Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom and Jennifer Siebel Newsom; Hilary Newsom and Geoff Callan; Lori Puccinelli Stern and Peter Stern; the Honorable Bryan Parker, Port Commissioner Oakland; Joanna Rees and John Hamm; and Langston Walker, nine-year NFL veteran.

Lynne Zydowsky is the Event Chair. The Event Committee includes: Nelvia Arlisa Bullock; Shannon Margaret Bavaro; Linda Chan; Suzanne Crandall; Camilla Field; Annie Leschin; Kelly McCarthy; and Leigh Wasson. The event features a unique silent auction, an inspiring message from buildOn's CEO and Founder Jim Ziolkowski, emotional stories told by local buildOn student speakers, and a live auction.

Individual tickets are $250/$500 (limited availability), and table packages begin at $5,000. Please visit buildOn at http://www.buildon.org/events/bay-area-dinner/ or contact Jay Hirschton, Director of Development at 415-247-1218 for more information.

About buildOn: At home or abroad, buildOn's goal is to break the cycle of poverty, illiteracy and low expectations through service and education. Across the U.S., buildOn empowers urban youth to transform their neighborhoods through intensive community service and to change the world by building schools in some of the economically poorest countries in the world. In the Bay Area, buildOn runs 21 Afterschool Service Programs in underserved public high schools. Internationally, buildOn has constructed more than 525 schools in Haiti, Malawi, Mali, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Senegal. Through buildOn students have contributed over 140,000 hours of service locally and globally. For more information, visit www.buildon.org.