Pleasanton, CA – PureRed Creative, a subsidiary of Atlanta-based advertising firm GAPRC Group, is moving into Britannia Business Center in Pleasanton. The company signed a five-year lease for 25,170 square feet in 5700 Stoneridge Drive with landlord Ellis Partners LLC, which recently bought the 272,000-square-foot, three-building property in Hacienda Business Park. The lease begins in early 2011.“This is the perfect location for us,” said Kevin Kincaid, PureRed’s vice president. “We will now be strategically positioned to recruit the best talent from all over the Bay Area to help us continue to service our preeminent retail business clients, including Safeway, Old Navy and Orchard …

When:Friday, December 3, 2010 at 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm – Rain of ShineWhat:The community is invisted to enjoy an evening of entertainment and holiday cheer at the historic waterfront in Jack London Square.  Festivities include:Lighting of the Jack London Square 55 foot red fir tree, decorated with over 5,000 LED lights;KBLX Rising Star Talent Competition, open to kids between 5 and 14 years old, and hosted by KBLX DJ Sterling James;Fresh snow flurries every half an hour from 6 pm to 10 pm every night until January 2;Meet and greet with live reindeer;Meet and greet with beloved PBS characters …

Pleasanton, CA — Today, Ellis Partners LLC announced the purchase of the Britannia Business Center II located in the Hacienda Business Park in Pleasanton, California. The property includes two single-story flexible office buildings and a two-story office technology facility on approximately 20 acres. This acquisition brings Ellis Partners’ holdings in the Park to approximately 660,000 square feet. The buildings are currently about 20% leased and were purchased on an all-cash basis.“We are excited about this addition to our portfolio and we plan to aggressively market our vacancy with attractive tenant improvement packages,” said Jason Morehouse, SVP of Acquisitions for Ellis …

by Ryan Deto and Georgia WellsPalo Alto, CA – Town & Country Village in Palo Alto is testing out “pop-up” stores as a way to enhance the shopping center. Such short-term leases have traditionally been used for holiday retail but are now being used by companies to test the market or create buzz for a product, industry experts report.At Town & Country, fine-wool supplier New Zealand Merino has leased a suite for six weeks. The company is using the space for an executive “thinkering” session rather than a store, officials said, with the goal of exploring whether such venues could …

San Francisco, CA – Ellis Partners LLC and CVS today announced plans to open a new CVS/pharmacy in January 2011 in downtown San Francisco’s historic Bancroft Building.  This will be the first CVS/pharmacy to open in San Francisco since CVS acquired all Longs Drugs stores in 2009.CVS/pharmacy’s Downtown San Francisco location will offer a full service pharmacy, a complete selection of health and beauty products, general merchandise, digital photo processing, and convenient self-service checkout.  Centrally located on Market Street adjacent to the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Moscone Center, Four Seasons Hotel, Ritz-Carlton Club Residence & St. Regis Hotel, …

Alameda, CA – Ellis Partners has sold 1600 Harbor Bay Parkway, a 61,463 square foot multi-tenant office building in Alameda, to a private investor.  Ellis Partners purchased the building in 2007 when it was 46% leased, performed a number of capital and cosmetic upgrades, and leased the building to 95% occupancy with a strong and balanced tenant roster.  We would like to thank Edward Suharskiand Steven Golubchik of Grubb & Ellis for serving as landlord advocate for the value created and seeing the transaction through to a successful completion.

Oakland, CA – Ellis Partners is proud to welcome Premier Organics, the makers of Artisana, an organic line of butters and spreads, to the Coliseum Industrial Center in Oakland.  Premier Organics has leased approximately 24,000 square feet of office, production, and warehouse space, and along with anchor tenant Dobake Bakeries, brings another food production use to the facility.  Thanks to Ryan Davidson of Lee & Associates for representing the tenant and Mike Conn and Mike Barry of CBRE who represented the landlord.

Oakland, CA – Developers Ellis Partners LLC and Kazan, McClain, Lyons, Greenwood and Harley PLC announced that the nationally-recognized plaintiffs’ asbestos law firm will relocate its offices to Jack London Square.  The firm, a fixture in Oakland since its founding in 1974, will occupy a full floor in the new Jack London Market building on Oakland’s scenic waterfront.“We are delighted to welcome a tenant with such a sterling reputation, one unmatched in its field,” said Jim Ellis, Managing Principal of Ellis Partners LLC which, along with Transbay Holdings, is undertaking the redevelopment of Jack London Square.  “Kazan understood that our …

San Francisco, CA – Mashery, Inc., the leading provider of API management services, has leased the last full floor available at 717 Market Street.  Thanks to Jeff Moeller and Peter Conte at Grubb & Ellis for representing the tenant and to Scott Harper and Brad Van Blois at Colliers International who represented the landlord.

San Francisco, CA – 642 Harrison Street, long slated for residential redevelopment, has returned as a leading South of Market office destination for creative tenants.  Cammisa & Wipf, a long-time San Francisco electrical and mechanical engineering firm, has inked a 10-year lease on the 4th floor of the building.  Ellis Partners LLC was retained as the Asset Manager for 642 Harrison in November 2009.