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”.

2013

The New York Times
SAN FRANCISCO — The middle stretch of Market Street here has befuddled mayors, investors and entrepreneurs for decades.
Press Release
SAN FRANCISCO, (October 16, 2013) - TMG Partners, one of the San Francisco Bay Area’s largest mixed-use property developers, today breaks ground on the headquarters for tenan
The Registry
In a joint venture, San Francisco-based TMG Partners and Farallon Capital Management, LLC will soon start the development of a 380,000 square foot build-to-suit project for San Jose-based Samsung I
Silicon Valley Business Journal
Cisco Systems Inc. has sold off eight R&D buildings in North San Jose — representing more than 800,000 square feet — to a joint venture of
San Francisco Business Times
Star chef Thomas McNaughton is taking his Salumeria concept to the Hamm's Building.
San Francisco Business Times, Structures supplement
Landlords snap up sites near BART, Muni stops
San Francisco Business Times
Six years after Pelli Clark Pelli won the competition to design the new Transbay Terminal and Tower, a select group of star architects will have a chance to battle it out for the transit
San Francisco Business Times
TMG Partners and Northwood Investors are set to take control of perhaps San Francisco's most valuable development site, an assembly of parcels at First and Mission streets set to be
Engineering News Record
As Silicon Valley grows its tenant portfolio of high-tech companies, local cities, developers and architects are preparing to meet the demand for more space and sustainable buildings.
The Registry
The U.S.
San Francisco Business Times
TMG Partners will kick off efforts to transform downtown Fremont into an energetic, pedestrian-friendly urban district with the groundbreaking next year on a 467-unit apartment project.<
Silicon Valley Business Journal
Samsung Semiconductor's flashy new office campus in North San Jose may have soaked up the limelight lately.

2012

The Registry
TMG Partners, one of the San Francisco Bay Area's largest mixed-use property developers, with equity partner Alcion Ventures LP, announced the acquisition of a four-story, 153,000-square-foot C
The Registry
The Sobrato Organization plans to target information-technology companies to occupy the balance of the vacant office square footage at its 500 Terry Francois Blvd.
The Registry
The Sobrato Organization, Silicon Valley's premier developer of facilities for high technology companies, and its advisor TMG Partners, one of the San Francisco Bay Area's largest mixed-use
Inside Bay Area
The Public Market Emeryville, a prominent retail and office complex, has been bought by a group of realty investors, an indication that the Bay Area's retail sector is doing well.
San Francisco Business Times
In one of the East Bay's largest deals this year, Angelo Gordon and City Center Realty Partners teamed up to buy the Emeryville Public Market, a 271,000-square-foot mixed-used retail and office
The Registry
TMG Partners, one of the Bay Area's largest mixed-use property developers, and Rockwood Capital today announced the sale of the Public Market Emeryville to Angelo Gordon and City Center Realty
Mercury News
The Public Market Emeryville, a prominent retail and office center in the East Bay, has been bought for about $54 million by a group of realty investors, an indication the Bay Area's retail sec
San Francisco Business Times
It turns out that San Francisco-based TMG Partners is not only crushing it in San Francisco, but in Silicon Valley as well.

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San Francisco Business Times Real Estate Deals of the Year
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San Francisco Business Times Real Estate Deals of the Year

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San Francisco Business Times Real Estate Deals of the Year
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California Department of Housing and Community Development

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San Francisco Business Times Real Estate Deals

2007

PG&E and Alameda County Environmental Health Services

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Silicon Valley Business Journal Book of Lists
San Francisco Business Times Book of Lists
San Francisco Business Times Book of Lists
California’s Leading Commercial Developers — Real Estate Resource

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