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Hog Heaven

Nov. 2, 1999
By Leslie Gordon, Jennifer Byrd & T. Scott

By Jennifer Byrd San Francisco lawyer Christopher Dolan thinks he is a better advocate for his clients because he is a biker....


Where the wild things are

Nov. 2, 1999
By Contributing Writer

When Sony Development vice president Kari Novatney graduated from Stanford, she did what might be considered the modern busin...



Beachfront renaissance marks millennium

Nov. 2, 1999
By Ron Mc Nees

Santa Monica - Santa Monica taps 2000 with a $108 million redux of its shoreline, including the opening of two world-class ho...


Information, please

Nov. 2, 1999
By Julie Nakashima

By Julie Nakashima So you want a job in commercial real estate, preferably one with high demand and good pay where firms will...



Web of Influence

Nov. 2, 1999
By Garry Abrams

By Garry Abrams Carole E. Handler is quick to point out that her most famous client is just a figment of the imagination. The...


Trustees Deeds (REOs) -- North

Nov. 2, 1999
By Ron Mc Nees

ALAMEDA COUNTY 2085 W AV 140TH, SAN LEANDRO, CA 94577 APN: 077B-0853-015-0 Use: 410 New Owner: N.A. Mailing: 455 RIVIERA CIR,...



Cabin in the sky

Nov. 2, 1999
By Julie Nakashima

For vacationers who want to get away from it all, Hilton and other big names in the hospitality business are exploring the ta...


Multimedia or multimania?

Nov. 2, 1999
By Contributing Writer

By John McCloud Ricky Martin may think he's "livin' la vida loca," but the pop star should try talking to California brokers ...



City planners want height limit raised

Nov. 2, 1999
By Ron Mc Nees

San Francisco - City planners are recommending that a proposed municipal office building planned for 525 Golden Gate Ave. be ...


Video e-retailer may pose genuine threat

Nov. 2, 1999
By Ron Mc Nees

San Francisco - Blockbuster, Hollywood Video and myriad independent video stores have become not just major users of retail s...



A Closer Look: John B. Parker

Nov. 2, 1999
By Julie Nakashima

Title: Chairman Company: Parker Partners Location: Aliso Viejo UC Irvine honored the veteran Orange County developer last mon...


The law is a very mischievous system designed not to achieve but to frustrate the truth. Abraham Pomerantz Thelen Reid THREE ...



Net gain

Nov. 2, 1999
By Ron Mc Nees

By Ronald McNees In the months to come look for new and enhanced commercial real estate mortgage services on the Internet fro...


Quicker, quickest

Nov. 2, 1999
By Columnist

By Tom Sorley Competition in Internet and electronic commerce has unleashed a construction boom very demanding of electrical ...



Stately structure renewed

Nov. 2, 1999
By Julie Nakashima

After decades of disuse, the Broadway Department Store building at Fourth and Broadway in Los Angeles bustles once again with...


Towering profits: S.F. building prices soar

Nov. 2, 1999
By Contributing Writer

By John McCloud Not surprisingly, San Francisco's dynamic office market has attracted the interest of investors. The level of...



PLAs get green light

Nov. 2, 1999
By Columnist

By Gary Canepa In a recent landmark decision that is beneficial for the construction industry as well as California, the stat...


Construction contracts

Nov. 2, 1999
By Ron Mc Nees

Announcements of construction projects started in the last month, listed by square footage. FIRM CLIENT PROJECT SQ.FT. TYPE A...



Redo in store for OC office building

Nov. 2, 1999
By Ron Mc Nees

Anaheim - The Brutoco Group purchased the former Safeguard Health Enterprises building at 505 N. Euclid St., and plans to spe...


Guidance system

Nov. 2, 1999
By Columnist

By Connie DeWitt The Web is one of the fastest growing worldwide marketing channels ever devised. For small businesses, an ef...



Apartment REITs can handle more debt

Nov. 2, 1999
By Ron Mc Nees

Washington - Apartment real estate investment trusts have higher optimal debt levels (approximately 10 percent higher) than o...


Hotel construction

Nov. 2, 1999
By Ron Mc Nees

FIRM PROJECT ROOMS COST Announcements received in the past month of hotel construction starts, listed by number of rooms. Fra...



Watch out Sony Metreon, CityWalk and Horton Plaza, construction on the next big retail/entertainment destination is about to ...


Legal Battles

Nov. 2, 1999
By Columnist

Legal Battles Rude behavior and personal attacks are not a necessary part of the litigation By Gig Kyriacou A number of years...



Net or threat?

Nov. 2, 1999
By Julie Nakashima

By Julie Nakashima Webster's defines disintermediation as "the withdrawal of funds from banks and savings institutions in ord...


An e-commerce retailer has taken one of the few - and largest - freestanding buildings in Santa Clara. Beyond.com, which sell...



Steve Meckfessel and Scott Newman, partners in Alameda-based First Shattuck LLC, found themselves in the uncomfortable positi...


Judge Won't Step Down From Jim Brown Case

Nov. 2, 1999
By Garry Abrams

Denying that a professional legal organization she belongs to is a "criminal enterprise" or a "radical extremist group," a Lo...



Services have been held for retired lawyer Robert E. Morrow. Morrow died Oct. 22 of congestive heart failure. He was 91. "He ...


County's Oldest Convicted Killer, 95, Goes Home

Nov. 2, 1999
By Matthew Heller

VENTURA - Concluding a legal saga that began four years ago when Alfred Pohlmeier "snapped" and strangled his ailing wife, a ...