It’s the way we think 
that sets us apart.

TMG Partners has been in the business of developing award-winning, financially-successful, community-based real estate for 40 years. As much as we have accomplished over the last four decades, we believe it is the way we THINK about our region, the risks we manage, the critical timing of our projects and the value we create that sets us apart.
Localism

Real Estate is
a local business.

No, really.

The San Francisco Bay Area is an extremely diverse real estate marketplace with countless micro-business climates teeming with possibility. But you have to be here—and know here—to make the most of the opportunities all around us. Having been exclusively committed to the Bay Area for four decades, we have developed a keen local intuition which gives us a unique advantage in recognizing both the opportunities and risks in this complex market.
Regionalism

We Think 
Mega

If we try to solve our land use problems by focusing
only on the nine Bay Area counties, we will fail.

Michael CovarrubiasChairman & Co-CEO

As the Bay Area’s economy has grown over the last four decades, so too has its challenges—particularly related to transportation, housing, affordability and climate change. To plan for growth of 4 million more people in the next third of a century, TMG is thinking bigger, beyond our nine Bay Area counties, and working on longer term strategies to create greater connectivity across our entire megaregion.
Timing

It’s got to work at low tide as well as high tide.

Some of our best deals are the ones we didn’t do.

Matt FieldCo-CEO

Almost anyone can make money in a positive economic climate. But it takes discipline, depth of market knowledge and experience in all major product types to know when to buy and when to sell. The most profitable deals can be the ones you decide just don’t make sense or are outbid by an “out of town” competitor. Because we are active in our markets on a daily basis, TMG Partners has managed a portfolio through 40 years of market cycles that works in all phases and has withstood the sands of time.
Vision

huh?

Once it’s obvious, it’s too late.

Cathy GreenwoldSenior Advisor

If you wait for the statistical proof to confirm real estate opportunities, you’re looking backwards. TMG Partners has cultivated an approach to studying the business landscape that reveals market opportunities before they become obvious. Our contrarian investment strategy balances optimism and caution with the intent of turning forward-looking investments into no-brainers.
Returns

Redefining IRR

Our measure for success goes beyond profit.

Lynn TolinChief Operating Officer &
Executive Vice President

Most investment professionals have a clear understanding of IRR: Internal Rate of Return, a purely financial measurement of performance. At TMG we use a different definition. For us, IRR means balancing Integrity, Relationships and Results. We measure every aspect of our business through this lens to ensure our partners, communities, tenants and buyers are treated with the highest degree of respect and responsibility while we consistently deliver superior financial performance.
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News & Awards.

TMG Partners has won awards for many projects
including honors for “Best Mixed Use,”
“Best Office,” and “Best Historic Rehabilitation”.
In the News. Press Releases. Awards.
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How a studio embedded a California city's heritage into commercial interiors
by Lauren Grace Morris

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – Long overshadowed by the glimmer of multi-faceted San Francisco, Oakland is rightfully coming into its own as a major cultural destination in northern California. Studio O+A was asked by client TMG Partners to revamp the lobby and shared areas of a multi-tenant commercial building in the heart of the rapidly-shapeshifting city’s uptown – in other words, ‘to refresh old structures for the needs of a new age,’ according to a spokesperson for the studio.

Home to WeWork and other tenants, the Breuner Building is an Art Deco landmark in Oakland, conceived in the 1930s for a furniture company by local architect Albert Roller. O+A’s designers, upon first introduction to the space, were ‘wowed by the enduring beauty of the building’s original details’. Considering the values that have long been attached to Oakland – among them authenticity, hospitality and free-spiritedness – the team set out to create a welcoming interior for the present by highlighting visual language elements of the past.

Breuner’s new interiors are a bold combination of angular, 21st-century grids and the curves of early-20th-century design movements. For the walls, custom graphics were developed to add depth and movement. Meeting rooms offer an expansive view into the lobby, a large-yet-intimate public space that functions as a concourse. Interior details throughout the space, including the hand railings, lighting and furniture, ‘echo the sturdy artistry of classic Art Deco’. And, to complete the transformation, O+A thoughtfully updated the elevators, signage and exterior windows.

‘At a time when the tech sector is increasingly under fire,’ says the spokesperson, ‘It’s reassuring to know that analogue values – sturdiness, tactile integrity, transparency and the rejuvenating properties of light – have the power to guide a new age to healthier, steadier footing.’