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.

2019

March 27, 2019

San Francisco Business Times

Lifetime Achievement: TMG Partners’ CEO doesn’t shy from complex deals and hard-to-solve problems

by Lauren Helper

Michael Covarrubias likes to say that he got into real estate “by accident,” at the urging of a co

March 27, 2019

San Francisco Business Times

Real Estate Deals of the Year: WeWork Lease in Oakland

by Dean Boerner

Why it won:

March 20, 2019

San Francisco Business Times

Pinterest inks huge lease in SoMa at proposed 1 million-square-foot office campus

by Fiona Kelliher

Social media website Pinterest Inc. has signed a 490,000-square-foot lease in a proposed office complex in Central SoMa as the company's potential IPO edges closer.

March 13, 2019

San Francisco Business Times

TMG Partners nabs Ben Kochalski for new Silicon Valley office

by Fiona Kelliher

TMG Partners has snapped up Ben Kochalski of John Buck Co. who has led high-profile San Francisco projects like Park Tower and One Steuart Lane, to head up a new Silicon Valley office.

March 12, 2019

Haute Living

Michael Covarrubias Creates Communities Now And For The Future Of The Bay Area

by Olivia Hsu Decker

Even if you have not crossed paths with Michael Covarrubias in business or socially, it’s likely that as a Bay Area resident you have had indirect contact with Covarrubias.

January 30, 2019

San Francisco Business Times

TMG and Invesco snap up large Jackson Square office building

by Fiona Kelliher

TMG Partners and Invesco Real Estate have snapped up an office building at 600 Battery St. in San Francisco's Jackson Square, marking TMG’s second stint owning the site.

January 17, 2019

Multihousing Professional

TMG Partners wins unanimous approval to develop 750,000-sf creative office in uptown Oakland

by Staff

TMG Partners (TMG), one of the Bay Area’s largest mixed-use property developers, last night received unanimous approval from the Oakland Planning Commission on their proposed office development at

2018

December 3, 2018

GlobeSt

TMG-KKR Partnership Acquires Oakland Office Tower

by John Jordan

The acquisition of the 24-story, 522-000-square-foot downtown office building is the second purchase by TMG and KKR in Oakland this year.

November 25, 2018

The Mercury News

Michael Covarrubias of TMG Partners talks up downtown San Jose, downtown Oakland

by George Avalos

Michael Covarrubias is a key player on both the finance and building sides of the development coin.

October 23, 2018

San Francisco Business Times

WeWork leases up space for second Oakland outpost

by Blanca Torres

WeWork’s rapid Bay Area expansion continues with another outpost coming to Oakland.

July 26, 2018

San Francisco Business Times

TMG Partners sells its first Oakland office building to global investor KKR for $173 million

by Blanca Torres

Global investment firm KKR & Co. is the new owner of 1330 Broadway, a recently revitalized Oakland office tower.

July 9, 2018

Silicon Valley Business Journal

San Jose approves 1 million-square-foot office development near Diridon Station, future Google campus

by Janice Bitters

One of the largest proposed projects in downtown San Jose has gotten its final approval from city officials.

May 31, 2018

San Francisco Business Times

The 7 big ways Prop. 13 has reshaped California

by Blanca Torres

Effect No. 5: Cities prioritize commercial development over adding housing

May 22, 2018

Northern News

Reverse BANANA: Build all kinds of housing ... almost everywhere

by Naphtali Knox

Denise Pinkston is a partner with TMG Partners, San Francisco. She has 30+ years of experience in real estate, planning, and project management. Before joining TMG Partners, Ms.

March 30, 2018

Bay Area Council

Denise Pinkston Honored for Housing Leadership

On Tuesday, the Bay Area Council Housing Committee showed appreciation to Denise Pinkston, Partner at TMG Partners and former Housing Committee Co-Chair.

March 22, 2018

San Francisco Business Times

Real Estate Deals of the Year: Tennis Club Land Sale

Jason Folkmanis

Why it won: The fight to develop an office project on the site of a tennis club at Fifth and Brannan street brought out figurative pitchforks and high-profile na

March 22, 2018

San Francisco Business Times

Real Estate Deals of the Year: 1330 Broadway Leases and Renovation

Blanca Torres

Why it won: After years of passing on Oakland, TMG Partners made its first deal in the city by snatching up 1330 Broadway in an off-market, $80 million deal in 2

January 9, 2018

The Mercury News

Downtown San Jose transit village near Google proposal steams ahead

George Avalos

SAN JOSE — A big tech village in downtown San Jose is moving forward, an ambitious project that could bring 5,000 jobs to a site that’s adjacent to a separately proposed Google transit-

January 8, 2018

San Francisco Business Times

Exclusive: TMG Partners aims for huge new office tower in Oakland’s Uptown district

Oakland’s office development boom is surging into 2018 with another big project in the works. TMG Partners wants t

January 8, 2018

The Registry

TMG and Valley Oak JV Receives Re-zoning Approval in San Jose for 1MM SQFT Development

TMG-VOP Julian, LLC, a joint venture between TMG Partners of San Francisco and Valley Oak Partners, LLC of San Jose, announced today a Site Development Permit Application to the City of San Jose to