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Vic Brown



Leasing & Investments
Orion Partners San Rafael
899 Northgate Drive
Suite 500
San Rafael, CA 94903
 
Phone: 415.472-8709
vicb@orionre.com

 

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Vic Brown is a commercial real estate specialist and one of the founding partners with Orion Partners Ltd., having been licensed and continuously active in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1975. Prior to joining Orion Partners, Mr. Brown was associated with the Marin County office of Grubb & Ellis Company where his abilities in the marketing of prime investment properties, higher profile land development opportunities and leasing of newr, quality projects.

Some of the projects Mr. Brown has exclusively and successfully engaged in leasing include Belvedere Place, a 100,000 square foot Class A office project in Mill Valley; San Rafael Bay Park, a mixed use office/industrial complex compromising 125,000 square feet in San Rafael; Digital Plaza, a 56,000 square foot office/industrial building in Novato; The American Building, a 34,000 square foot Class A project in Terra LInda, as well as representing numerous other projects and owners. One notable transaction is the lease with Qutodesk, Inc. for their built-to-suit headquarters building of 115,000 square feet behing the Embassy Suites in San Rafael.

In addition, some of the more recognizable sales Mr. Brown has completed include the Bel Center in Novato, a 34,200 square foot Class A office building, Victoria Station, a restaurant property in Larkspur, the Scripture Oldsmobile property in San Rafael, a West American Bank occupied office building in Novato, 950 Northgate Drive, a 28,000 square foot office building in San Rafael, the Supercuts Headquarters building in San Rafael, San Rafael Business Center, a 72,000 square foot office/R&D project occupied by LucasFilm, Ltd., a 10,000 square foot owner-user office building in Novato, a 7,000 square foot owner-user office building in Novato, as well as having brought the Embassy Suites Hotle to San Rafael, next to the Civic Center Auditorium. In August 2001, Mr. Brown completed the $10 Million sale of a real estate portfolio compromised of four dominant downtown San Rafael buildings, then went on the resell three of the building subsequent buyers in a simultaneous close of escrow. In Septmeber 2004, Mr. Brown represented both seller and buyer for the $9 Million sale of the Geister Industrial Properties in San Rafael totally 65,000 square feet in buildings.

EDUCATION

Vic has a BA in Business Administration from the University of San Francisco and has attended the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM)as well as completing numerous continuing education courses pertaining to real estate and investments

MAJOR CLIENT RELATIONSHIPS

Airborne Co.
Embassy Suites Hotels
Redwood Trust
Amarin Pharmaceutical
Federal Express Co.
Restoration Hardware
Autodesk, Inc.
Ferrari of San Francisco
Sherwin Williams Paint Co.
Bank of America
Golden Bear Travel Co.
Software Resources
Bekins Moving & Storage
H&H Management Co.
Stupski Foundation
Broderbund, Inc.
Home & Kitchen Works
State of California
California Cooperage Co.
Henriksen Imports
Supercuts, Inc.
Charles Schwab Co.
Lucas Films, Inc
Wells Fargo Bank
Classico, Inc
Marketools
Westamerica Bank
Commerce Clearing House
Meta TV
Woodmont Capital Group
County of Marin, Data Processing
Prudential Insurance Co.
 
PROJECT
REPRESENTATION


Belvedere Place, Mill Valley

Leasing Agent for 100,000 square foot Class A office project.
San Rafael Bay Park, San Rafael
Leasing agent for a mixed use office/industrial complex comprising 125,000 square feet.
Digital Plaza, Novato
Leasing agent for a 34,000 square foot Class A office building.
Bel Center, Novato
Leasing agent for a 34,000 square foot Class A office building.
The American Building
Leasing agent for 34,000 square foot building in San Rafael.
The Quail Hill Office Complex, San Rafael
Leasing agent for 60,000 square foot Class A project.
Geister Brothers Complex
Leasing agent for 65,000 square foot industrial complex.