Commercial Leasing:

Doing business in San Francisco and the Bay Area can be both challenging and gratifying. The aesthetics and the economics of the area are inviting and as a result space is always limited. Each building and location offer different advantages. Doug Shaw uses his substantial experience in assisting tenants in making sense of the different available locations for their businesses.

Commercial Leasing Listing:

1086 Folsom Street (6th & 7th)

Location: South of Market

Zoning: SLR (to be W.SOMA SUD)

Building: 3-story reinforced concrete industrial building built in 1928. The building is served by a freight elevator and has a rollup door on the street side.

Premises: Entire building is for lease which is approx. 5,500 rsf on three floors.
Ground floor has high ceilings and retail possibilities.
Second floor has standard height ceilings and is currently being used as open office space. Part of this space is open to the floor below. Top floor has high ceilings with skylights.

Occupancy: Approx. 6/30/08 (current tenant, Chrome, is relocating)
Rental Rate: $15.00 psf/yr
Subdividable: No”

The skills that Doug offers his clients:
Negotiating skills. Twenty-one years of successfully negotiating real estate transactions, with many years as a top producer, have provided Doug with exceptional experience. When negotiating on behalf of tenants, he has found that his knowledge of the wide variety of disciplines involved – whether it is the lease contracts or the conditions of the space - becomes an asset.

Construction practices. Prior to focusing his primary business in real estate, Doug worked for many years in construction and as a general contractor. He still maintains his General Contractor’s B1 license and keeps in touch with the construction business. To one degree or another, tenants will interface with or hire building contractors. It is a real asset when a tenant’s real estate broker has a real understanding of costs and practices.

Architecture. After studying architecture in college, Doug has designed and prepared the working drawings for a host of different types of residential and commercial buildings. While most architects that will be working for the landlord or tenant are not eager to engage the tenant’s broker on design matters, Doug can add more understanding to the process to the tenant as well as provide additional plan review. There have been a number of instances where he has been able to discuss plans with the landlord’s architect and the tenant’s architect and offered insights that saved transactions.

Location knowledge throughout the Bay Area. With great familiarity with most of the neighborhoods throughout San Francisco, Doug has also been involved through various transactions in many other Bay Area locations such as Marin (Sausalito - San Rafael) – East Bay (Berkeley – Oakland) – Peninsula (Burlingame – San Bruno).