As the Bay Area population rises and development density becomes more intense, public transportation’s importance to regional commerce and quality of life will only grow.
Access to Caltrain has driven tenant site selection from San Francisco to Silicon Valley, and system ridership is at all-time highs. Electrification, a decade’s old dream, is now on the horizon, promising faster service, and by all expectations, more ridership still. The
corridor from San Francisco to Silicon Valley will be integrated economically as never before, and proximate real estate promises to gain even greater value. New housing development is being clustered at and near public-transit stations. The Bay Area Rapid Transit system has awarded a $772 million design-build contract for the first 10 miles of its 16-mile extension into Santa Clara County, with stations in Milpitas and East San Jose’s Berryessa neighborhood. The second six-mile leg would bring BART to Downtown San Jose and Santa Clara.
BART General Manager Grace Crunican and Caltrain Executive Director Michael Scanlon provide an exhaustive and forward-looking overview of their systems’ plans, timetables and challenges with a special emphasis on business opportunity for the real
estate community.
Wilson Meany Sullivan’s Christopher Meany provides industry perspective and an insider’s view of the 83-acre Bay Meadows development: its genesis, its current status, tenant interest in the planned offices and its development horizon.
Egon Terplan, an economic development, transportation and planning expert, introduces the panel discussion with a view on the relationship between economic vitality, the innovation economy, land planning and strong public transit.
Advanced ticket price: $55
agenda
7:30 a.m.-8:30 a.m.
Breakfast & Networking
8:30 a.m.-9:00 a.m. Research presentation by Egon Terplan
9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Panel discussion with Grace Crunican, Chris Meany, Michael Scanlon and Egon Terplan
10:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Building tour of Centennial Towers led by Jack Myers, Myers Development Company

To register: http://theregistrytransportationevent.eventbrite.com/

IREM’s voice in Sacramento joins us April 20 as we take a close look at new and pending legislation impacting commercial and multi-family real estate.
Rex Hime, the President and Chief Executive Officer for the California Business Properties Association, is a native Californian, graduated from the University of California at Davis with a B.A. in Political Science and received his law degree from the UC Davis School of Law. With a membership of more than 12,000, CBPA is the designated legislative advocate for the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), the California chapters of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP), the Building Owners and Managers Association of California (BOMA CAL), the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM), the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA), the California Downtown Association (CDA), the CCIM of Northern California, and the Association of Corporate Real Estate Executives (ACRE) of Southern California.
Aware of not only the excessive costs that have resulted from the uncontrolled growth of government, but also the ever-burdening restrictions placed by government on the private sector, Rex has been outspoken against any such interference. Rex helped to create the coalition that stopped the threat of split roll tax. He also provided leadership to the coalition of interests that achieved passage of the law prohibiting commercial rent control in California - making it the only state to enact such legislation. Rex also brought together a coalition of the business and disabled communities to successfully achieve passage of landmark legislation redefining the approval process for drive-throughs in California.
For more information, or to register, click here.

As a real estate manager, you need a broad range of skills to manage your property operations successfully from both a short- and long-term perspective. Property Operations I, the first of a two-part series, addresses essential human resources and marketing and leasing concepts that will help your properties thrive in today’s competitive real estate market.

Property Operations I Courses:
“Marketing and Leasing: Multifamily Properties” (MKL405)
“Human Resource Essentials for Real Estate Managers” (HRS402)

Classroom format: 4 days, 8 am-5 pm. MKL405 March 19-20 HRS402 March 21-22
Track Tuition: $1,140 premier member rate; $1,320 classic member rate; $1,430 non-member rate
Course Tuition: $570 premier member rate; $660 classic member rate; $715 non-member rate

To register on-line, go to www.irem.org
For more information and to register by fax or mail, http://iremsf.org/files/2010/08/Prop-Op-Track-1-2012-Flyer1.pdf

What you will learn:
Sustainability and Real Estate Management: Owner’s goals and expectations, tenant and resident demand, government regulations and incentives, certifications and standards.
Sustainable Property Operations: Management plans, maintenance, green cleaning, tenant and resident relations and education, tenant improvements and renovations, transportation.
Increasing Energy and Water Efficiency: The manager’s role in resource efficiency, benchmarking, resource use and supply, operations and maintenance, equipment and technology, measuring results.
Improving Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ): IEQ factors, proactive indoor air quality testing, tenant and resident surveys, sustainable materials, operations and maintenance.
Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle: Waste audits, recycling programs and markets, composting, tenant and resident education, financial and environmental benefits.
The Sustainable Real Estate Management Company: The sustainable office environment, vendors, certifications and accreditations, networking and marketing.
Additional Topics:
The LEED Process Energy Audits PACE Financing
AB 1103 – Required ENERGYSTAR disclosure
California Energy Deregulation Green Leasing
San Francisco Commercial Building Ordinance
Steve Ring is uniquely qualified to address the subject of sustainability. As Director of Client Solutions at Cushman & Wakefield in downtown San Francisco, he is currently overseeing the LEED certification of over 6,000,000 square feet in the San Francisco region. He helped obtain LEED-EB Gold certification for the Transamerica Pyramid, and 525 Market Street, San Francisco, currently the largest LEED-EB Gold high-rise office building on the West Coast.
During the past 25 years, he has managed various types of real estate from small multi-family communities to large office buildings and regional retail centers. Currently, his focus is on the management of large office buildings. He is Co-chair of the National Cushman & Wakefield Energy & Sustainability Task Force and the Mayor’s Task Force on Existing Commercial Building Efficiencies.
Cost:
$149 Includes Lunch & Practical Guide to Green Real Estate Management
For more information and to register, click here.

Dealing with Difficult Tenants:
A Psychological and Legal Approach to Conflict Management
In today’s world many of us have to deal with stress and conflict on a daily basis. Managing rental property is not as easy anymore because the laws and responsibilities for Landlords and Owners get more stringent every year. We can reduce the stress we experience and avoid legal problems by doing the following: 1) Understanding how to prevent and minimize conflict and developing positive relationships with residents and 2) Practice preventative law thereby reducing the amount of time and money on legal entanglements. Come learn legal and psychological methods of dealing with your tenants. You will walk away feeling less stressed and more legally empowered.
This special seminar will precede IREM SF’s annual Holiday Luncheon at the Carnelian By The Bay in San Francisco.

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Join us Friday, December 16 at the Carnelian By The Bay, in the Ferry Plaza, San Francisco for our annual Holiday Celebration. Meet old friends and network with new ones during one of our most popular events.
We’ll close out the Old Year as we honor chapter volunteers; and we’ll bring in the New Year as we “swear in” 2012 officers and directors.
Our special guest will be Regional Vice President Shannon Alter, CPM. Shannon is a Faculty Member of the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM®) and was formerly Executive Vice President of Public Real Estate for Triple Net Properties, LLC, Santa Ana, CA.

Preceding the luncheon will be a special seminar: “Dealing with Difficult Tenants: A Psychological and Legal Approach to Conflict Management” featuring Puneet Singh, Esq., Managing Partner of Kimball, Tirey & St. John.
In today’s world many of us have to deal with stress and conflict on a daily basis. Managing rental property is not as easy anymore because the laws and responsibilities for Landlords and Owners get more stringent every year. We can reduce the stress we experience and avoid legal problems by doing the following: 1) Understanding how to prevent and minimize conflict and developing positive relationships with residents and 2) Practice preventative law thereby reducing the amount of time and money on legal entanglements. Come learn legal and psychological methods of dealing with your tenants. You will walk away feeling less stressed and more legally empowered.

Recently updated to address ethical dilemmas commonly faced by today’s real estate manager, Ethics for the Real Estate Manager will teach you the conflict resolution skills you need to build your reputation as a manager with the highest ethical standards. Completion of the one-day course is required for the CPM® designation, but CPM® Candidates and experienced professionals alike will find the knowledge they gain here indispensable to the properties and the situations they manage.

Instructor:Jim Cantrell, CPM, CCIM, is president of Cantrell Harris & Associates in San Francisco.
Continuing Education: This course has 5 hours of DRE credit (Consumer Protection)
Classroom format: 1 day, 8 am-5 pm.
Tuition: $170 premier member rate; $195 classic member rate; $215 non-member rate.
Plan to join us for the Chapter’s Annual Holiday Luncheon meeting, also being held December 16 at the Carnelian. To make reservations, go to www.iremsf.org.

Bringing together the Bay Area’s top real estate leadership to focus on the future of the region, its economy and the drivers of its transformation.The event will feature a panel of the most prominent real estate industry executives who will share unique perspectives on the market:
Michael Covarrubias, TMG Partners
Christopher Peatross, Swift Realty Partners
John Sobrato, The Sobrato Organization
Howard Stern, Hudson Pacific Properties
DETAILS
Thursday, November 10, 2011
5:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
Julia Morgan Ballroom
The Merchants Exchange Building
465 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94104t in a remarkable, one-time opportunity.
TICKETS
Individual ticket: $70; VIP seating for five: $375; VIP seating for ten: $750
Ticket proceeds to benefit City of Hope.

Get in the fast lane! Enroll in the CPM® Capstone Track and achieve your professional goal. Quickly and efficiently complete the final steps needed to earn your CPM® designation. This track is designed for CPM® Candidates who still need to complete their management plan requirement and take the CPM® Certification Exam. The first half of the week will be spent learning the essential components of a property management plan and then demonstrating proficiency in the elements that make up a management plan by completing the “Management Plan Skills Assessment” (MPSAXM), an alternative to submitting a plan independently. The last day of the track will be spent preparing for and taking the CPM® Certification Exam.

Calculator Required: The HP10BII financial calculator is required for this track. Course materials illustrate keystrokes for this calculator only. Students taking these courses are expected to have a working knowledge of the basic operations and functionality of the calculator. The MPSAXM is administered in a paper-based and an electronic format. Students must comply with specific guidelines prior to being able to complete the electronic version. Visit the IREM website for details: www.irem.org.

Classroom format: 5 days, 8 am-5 pm.

Registration deadline: To participate in the MPSAXM, students must download certain materials and conduct an electronic compatibility test. This requires registration no later than November 4.

IREM SF conducts its 13th Annual Diversity celebration with a special luncheon meeting on Friday, October 21. The topic will be “Obama and the Biracial Factor: Understanding multi-racial identity and diversity in the 20th Century.”
Luncheon speaker Andrew Jolivette Ph.D. is an associate professor in American Indian Studies at San Francisco State University. He is an accomplished educator, writer, speaker, and social/cultural critic. He is a mixed-race studies specialist with a particular interest in Comparative Race Relations, the Urban Indian Experience, People of Color and Popular Culture, Critical Mixed Race Studies and Social Justice, Creole studies, Black-Indians, and mixed-race health disparities.
Jolivette is the author of two books, Cultural Representation in Native America (AltaMira Press) which is a part of the Contemporary Native American Communities Series and Louisiana Creoles: Cultural Recovery and Mixed Race Native American Identity (Lexington Books, January, 2007). Jolivette is a Creole of Opelousa, Choctaw, Atakapa-Ishak, Cherokee, French, African, and Spanish descent.
Over the years, IREM SF’s Diversity Program has explored a variety of topics ranging from ADA issues to women in the workplace. Among the luncheon speakers were: former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, Real Estate Developer Don Peebles, Maha ElGenaidi of the Islamic Network and Al Attles of the Golden State Warriors.

To register, click here.

One of commercial real estate's most popular tournaments, the IREM/CCIM event at Crow Canyon Country Club in Danville features lots of food, drinks and prizes. Sponsors at nearly every hole enhance the experience with games, prizes and refreshments. A wonderful steak/salmon awards dinner follows play. Dozens of raffle prices and player awards. Registration is restricted to members, Friends of IREM and tournament sponsors. Space is limited, so register early. Click here:For those who enjoy the links, eating great food, networking with commercial real estate professionals, and having fun, the IREM & CCIM Annual Golf Tournament has just the answer!

Golfers can compete in contests such as putting, longest drive, most accurate drive, hole in one, closest to the pin, best score, and other fun competitions. The $225.00 per golfer or $900.00 per foursome golf package includes green fees, golf cart, driving range, continental breakfast, box lunch, dinner and awards banquet.

Registration starts at 8:30 AM with a shotgun start at 10:00 AM. Hor d'oeuvres, cocktails, and silent auction will begin at 4:00 PM. Dinner awards banquet will begin at 5:00 PM. Opportunities for raffle prizes will be offered throughout the day.

Tournament Sponsors:
Universal Maintenance
Universal Site Services

The Asset Analysis series is comprised of skill-based courses that, when taken in sequence, progressively build your knowledge of asset analysis. You’ll work hands-on with fellow participants to explore various models of financial analysis in three applications-based courses designed to help you capitalize on your real estate assets. CPM Candidates and experienced professionals will find the tools they learn indispensable to the properties and the portfolios they manage. August is a beautiful time in San Francisco. Plan some extra time to enjoy our city!
Asset Analysis Courses: Investment Real Estate Financing and Valuation – Part One (ASM603) Two days.
Part Two (ASM604) Two days Part Three (ASM605) One day

Bonus Activities:
Tuesday: After-Class Mixer
Saturday, 9:00-Noon
Walking Tour of old San Francisco along the Barbary Coast Trail, ending with no-host lunch in Chinatown or North Beach. Free for students and spouses.

Luncheon presentation: Online ‘curb appeal’ matters—optimizing Linked-In Yesterday’s “job board” has become a robust online branding and networking tool. Join us for a luncheon presentation on August 19 when we'll talk about how to best leverage LinkedIn to support your business goals, starting with optimizing your personal LinkedIn profile so you look as good online as you do when you walk into a meeting.
Our guest speaker Robin S. Fox is a Social Media Coach, Corporate Workshop Leader & Trainer who helps clients leverage social networks to improve their online presence and build better business networks. Her background includes Fortune 500 corporate finance client management, journalism and marketing.
Morning seminar: Engagement Marketing: social media in combo with email
Building lasting relationships with your existing customers and members drives business success. Making that happen is called "Engagement Marketing." Having an Engagement Marketing strategy is the key to inspiring your most passionate customers and advocates to: have conversations with you and fellow customers, share stories and opinions, and share your content with their own social circle.
Come see models of how other small businesses, non-profit associations, and organizations combine email marketing and social media marketing in order to build connections, monitor feedback, share interesting content and drive toward business success. Elyse Tager is West Coast Regional Development Director for Constant Contact. A long-time marketer and passionate entrepreneur, Elyse has helped hundreds of small businesses, associations, and nonprofits develop and implement effective social media and email marketing strategies to grow their business or organization.
For more information, or to register, click here.

SOLD OUT!!!
Join us for a tailgating event to remember as we watch the Oakland A's defeat the Tampa Bay Rays! Bring your friends and family, but most of all bring your appetite for a Free all-you-can-fit-in-your-belly smorgasboard of hamburgers, hotdogs, drinks, jokes, games, networking, laughs, raffle prizes and much more!

Members and their guests: $14 each! Free Parking. To register, click here: http://www.cvent.com/d/jcqnsb

Event Sponsors:
Cole Professional Cleaning Supplies
Restoration Management Company
Kimball, Tirey & St. John LLP
Universal Maintenance
Aquatek Plumbing
Union Bank
Varsity Painting
Draeger Construction
Kelly Moore Paint Co.
Century Lighting and Electric

A key figure in the America's Cup planning process joins us for an inside look at the opportunities and challenges facing the 2013 race in San Francisco.
Jonathan Stern, the port's Assistant Deputy Director for Waterfront Development, has emerged as a keyspoksperson for related events in 2012 and 2013.
San Francisco Bay will be home to the 2013 America's Cup Finals and the Challenger Series for the Louis Vuitton Cup, as well as an America's Cup World Series event in 2012. This will be the first time the America's Cup has been hosted in the United States since 1995.
Face-To-Face with PG&E: Benchmarking Energy Use-- Join us for a couple of hours before the luncheon when we meet with a panel of experts from PG&E about new laws and services impacting commercial real estate. The main topic will be “benchmarking scores”: AB 1103 requiring the publishing utility consumption info for tenants, potential tenants, buyers and leasers. We will also talk about SmartMeters and energy related cash rebates and incentives for businesses.

Annual Trade Fair—Over 20 Friends of IREM will be available at 11:15 to answer your questions about their products and services. Topics range from landscaping to roofing, from lending to security. Lots of gifts and prizes!

Members and guests, Luncheon only $55. Seminar only $25. Luncheon and Seminar $75. Carnelian By the Bay, One Ferry Plaza (Behind the Ferry Building). Valet parking only $10. BART: Embarcadero
To register, click here

In the Property Operations II track, you will complete your comprehensive training in property operations by covering financial calculations and analysis, property maintenance programs, and risk management. After completing both Property Operations I and Property Operations II, you’ll have mastered the diverse disciplines involved in maximizing your property’s potential.
Property Operations II Courses:
• “Property Maintenance and Risk Management” (MNT402) April 25-26
• “Investment Real Estate: Financial Tools” (FIN402) April 27-28

HP10BII Financial Calculator Required: The HP10BII financial calculator is required for the FIN402 course. Course materials illustrate keystrokes for this calculator only. Students taking this course are expected to have a working knowledge of the basic operations and functionality of the calculator. Students are encouraged to download the “HP10BII Financial Calculator Quick Reference Guide” from www.irem.org/pdfs/education/QuickReferenceGuide.pdf and review it prior to taking the course.
* Applies credit toward CPM®, ARM®, ACOMT

REGISTRATION: 8:00-8:30 A.M. COURSE: 8:30-5:00 PM

Lead & the EPA, CALGREEN rules, unlawful detainer notices—update from Sacramento
IREM’s voice in Sacramento joins us April 15 as we take a close look at new and pending legislation impacting commercial and multi-family real estate. Matthew Hargrove is Senior Vice President of Government Affairs at California Business Properties Association (CBPA) since January 2007. Hargrove staffs the IREM advisory committee that provides input to CBPA.
Some of the hot topics recently or currently on the table: EPA’s new lead rules; a proposal that would change the waiting period for unlawful detainer noticing; CALGREEN regulations and energy benchmarking; carbon monoxide detectors-and much more!
Hargrove joined CBPA with more than 15 years of experience in political, local government, legislative, and regulatory arenas in California and Washington D.C. He manages all aspects of CBPA’s governmental affairs program including legislative and political issues in the State Capitol as well as responding to the actions of state and federal agencies that have regulatory oversight on issues affecting the industry. He is also responsible for managing the association’s political action committees and grassroots advocacy programs.
New Renovation Repair and Painting Regulation – How it affects you! J
Join us for a free two-hour seminar on the EPA’s new regulations regarding lead paint and other topic materials. During the presentation, you will learn why lead-paint is an issue, what the regulation means and how it applies to you and your business. You will hear from Wendy Butler, president of Benchmark Environmental, a consulting firm that teaches the RRP training class and performs lead inspections. You will also share first-hand experience from Derrick Simmons, General Manager of AquaTek Plumbing, a contractor that has had to incorporate these regulations into day to day projects. Seminar times are 9:00-11:00 at the same site as the luncheon meeting. There is no charge for IREM members who are attending the luncheon. Non-members and people not attending the luncheon will be charged $25.

It doesn't get better than this! Commercial real estate professionals enjoying no-host cocktails & hors d'oeuvres to a backdrop of Alcatraz and the Golden Gate Bridge. The newly-opened bar and outdoor patio at Carnelian By The Bay is the most exciting place on the waterfront! Right behind the Ferry Building . Parking $10 on site, BART, streetcar.

Participating groups: CCIM, RICS, CREW, NCCAR
Click on the link below to register or RSVP.



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Surviving the Commercial Real Estate Tsunami While economists have announced that the recession is officially over, our February 18 luncheon speaker Peter Ingersoll notes that enormous structural imbalances in the financial markets – specifically the commercial real estate markets – can move suddenly, “Like tectonic plates deep under the ocean, sweeping unwary investors out to sea.”
Avoiding such a catastrophe and, better yet, prospering in 2011 and beyond, is the impetus behind Ingersoll’s extensively researched handbook: Real Estate Tsunami Survivor’s Guide—Prospering in Today’s Financial Storm. This blunt, plain-talking guide outlines how to safely approach investing in commercial real estate in the current distressed market but is really for anyone who wants to better understand the crash of 2005-2007, the subsequent Great Debt Implosion, how it affects every aspect of American life, and most especially what it means for future commercial investment in real estate.
Ingersoll offers specific advice on investing in today’s volatile economy, punctuating key points with jokes, stories, and metaphors that “will either make you laugh or make you want to call your elected officials and scream”
Ingersoll has 25 years experience as a trust officer, investment banker, builder/developer, and commercial real estate broker. A registered investment advisor and CCIM designee, he creates treasure maps for investors to safely navigate the treacherous investment waters of commercial real estate. The CEO of Safe Harbour Equity, Inc. and the vice chair of the California Self Storage Association, he serves on the board of directors of the Northern California chapter of CCIM. A regular columnist on distressed commercial real estate for The Registry Real Estate Journal, he is a passionate and outspoken presenter on the structural risks embedded in the fabric of our financial system.
Ingersoll will be signing copies of his book following the meeting. They will be for sale for $39.95.
Agenda
11:30 a.m. Networking
12:00 noon luncheon
1:30 p.m. Meeting Adjourned

Carnelian By The Bay
One Ferry Plaza (Formally World Trade Center)
San Francisco
BART: Embarcadero
On-Site Validated Parking $10