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Levare Tour Recap

Levare at Santana Row

On Thursday morning, April 26, ULI Silicon Valley partnered with the American Institute of Architects’ Silicon Valley chapter to produce a fantastic breakfast panel and tour of Levare, the newest rental property at Santana Row. (For those of you unfamiliar with the Row, it is the South Bay’s premiere lifestyle center, located in San Jose that is owned and managed by Federal Realty Investment Trust.) Approximately 50 members of the 2 organizations were in attendance. The breakfast was held at LB Steak, part of the Left Bank restaurant group. The … READ MORE

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Doyle Drive Tour Recap

Doyle Drive Tour

On a sunny Friday morning, a ULI group met in the Presidio to tour the Doyle Drive redevelopment project. Mark Helmbrecht of the Presidio Trust and Molly Graham of Circlepoint generously shared their knowledge and insights as we strolled around the construction site. Although only one of the two project phases is complete, Doyle Drive is clearly transforming into the new Presidio Parkway. Doyle Drive was built in 1936 as part of US-101, the first roadway connecting San Francisco to the Bay Bridge.  The elevated parkway reached the end of … READ MORE

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New SF PUC Headquarters Tour Recap

PUC Headquarters Tour

New PUC Building is Prototype for San Francisco Sustainable Design Projects… Originally slated to achieve LEED Silver status, the new 277,000 square foot, thirteen-story San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (PUC) headquarters and administration building, located at 525 Golden Gate Avenue, is expected to exceed LEED Platinum certification. On April 13, 2012, ULI members and friends toured the PUC’s future home, which is considered to be a prototype for San Francisco sustainable design projects. Our tour was lead by PUC Project Director Shelby Campbell, San Francisco Department of Public Works (DPW) … READ MORE

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ULI San Francisco Tours Facebook Campus

ULIsf Facebook Tour

Facebook made 127 more friends at ULI on March 28 when it opened up for an exclusive tour of its new headquarters in Menlo Park. In the seven years since its founding in a dorm room, Facebook Inc. has now graduated into its very own campus after a series of leases and moves in Palo Alto. The 57-acre, one-million-square-feet former Sun Microsystems facility near the foot of the Dumbarton Bridge is now the East Campus for Facebook, which is leasing it from RREEF. Facebook also purchased from General Motors a … READ MORE

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Presidio Trust Celebrates Opening of its First Hotel

Inn at the Presidio

Once a fortified military base, the Presidio has become a unique, 1,491 acre national park composed of both urban and rural elements. It is home to the Walt Disney Family Museum, an expanse of forest, a beach, movie studio and now its first bed-and-breakfast style historic hotel. On Friday, March 2nd 17 ULI members and friends gathered to view the new Inn at the Presidio. The project team, including Joshua Bagley and Robert Wallace of the Presidio Trust, along with Debbie Cooper of Architectural Resources Group and Terry Haney of … READ MORE

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