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”.

2012

RENTV.com
Samsung Information Systems America Inc (SISA) has signed a 15-year build-to-suit lease with a TMG Partners/Farallon Capital Management LLC venture for a new campus at Cypress Business Park in Moun
Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal
The tenant for a new build-to-suit office campus in Mountain View is confirmed: It's Samsung Information Systems America Inc.
CoStar.com
Subsidiary of Electronics Company Will Expand Into Two Buildings Totaling 385,000 Square Feet
Business Insider
Facebook cofounder Dustin Moskovitz and early Facebook employee Justin Rosenstein are flying high at their startup, Asana.
The Registry
Samsung Information Systems America Inc. plans to have as many as 1,000 employees at a new high-profile Mountain View campus fronting U.S. 101, according to developers.
San Francisco Business Times
San Francisco's Shorenstein family has acquired 208 Utah St. for about $25 million, a deal that gives the investment group a classic brick-and-beam foothold in trendy Showplace Square.
RENTV.com
TMG Partners and real estate investor Alcion Ventures LP have teamed up in the purchase of a 111k sf property in North San Jose.
SFGate
Coming soon to San Francisco's hot South of Market area: A "tech savvy" residential community, containing 463 rental apartments, a shared gourmet kitchen, work space areas, plus resta
The Registry
San Francisco-based property landlord and developer TMG Partners and Boston-based investor Alcion Ventures LP, have acquired their third Bay Area property in the last seven months: 3055 Orchard Dri
San Francisco Business Times
Pioneering San Francisco audio innovator Dolby Laboratories (NYSE: DLB) is moving its headquarters from the South of Market to the Mid-Market, joining companies like Twitter and Yammer in the migra
SFGate.com
Dolby Laboratories says it will move its headquarters to the Mid-Market neighborhood, continuing the transformation of a neighborhood that is becoming a new technology hub.
BusinessWire
As part of its leadership in developing vibrant, environmentally sustainable urban communities, TMG Partners and their partner Rockwood Capital, in conjunction with the City of Emeryville, is partn
SF Business Times
TMG Partners and capital partner Essex Property Trust plan to start construction on a $54 million, 190-unit apartment project in Emeryville that is the first residential component of the firm's
SF Business Times
San Francisco real estate deals are usually celebrated with a fine bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon and a meal at Boulevard or Perbacco.
The Registry
San Francisco-based TMG Partners continues its ambitious Bay Area expansion with two large-scale development projects in San Francisco and the Silicon Valley.
Press Release
TMG Partners, one of the San Francisco Bay Area's largest mixed-use property developers, with Alcion Ventures LP, announced the acquisition of The Hamm's Building, a multi-story 182,669-squ
Shopping Centers Today
This was no Black Friday crowd standing in line outside a store in the Los Angeles suburb of Sherman Oaks two months ago.
Contra Costa Times
Old-growth redwood planks, light fixtures and concrete rubble bound for the scrap heap have gotten a new lease on life as part of a green remodeling effort at the Public Market Emeryville.
The Wall Street Journal
When Google Inc. bought a former freight warehouse in Manhattan in December 2010, the firm occupied about half a million of the total 2.9 million square feet of space.
The Wall Street Journal
Social-game maker Zynga Inc. said it will pay $228 million to purchase its 670,000-square-foot San Francisco headquarters, according to a regulatory filing Monday.

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California Department of Housing and Community Development

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PG&E and Alameda County Environmental Health Services

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California’s Leading Commercial Developers — Real Estate Resource

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