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NAIOP San Francisco Bay Area Chapter is offering a scholarship program for ARGUS Enterprise* Software Certification through the NAIOP Center for Education. This certification is often a required entry-level skill for commercial real estate analyst positions, particularly in asset management and acquisitions. It is our understanding that the high cost of obtaining this certification may create a barrier for otherwise qualified candidates who may not have the access or resources to obtain it.

Applications for the scholarship are accepted online. 

The deadline to apply is April 30, 2021.

• WAREHOUSE BILL CAUSES CONCERN
• MOBILE SOURCE BILL WOULD HURT GOODS MOVEMENT
• COVID WORKPLACE LIABILITY BILL
• COVID VACCINE AND THE WORKPLACE
• SCAQMD WAREHOUSE INDIRECT SOURCE RULE OPPOSED
• CBPA 2021 CALENDAR

• SCAQMD WAREHOUSE INDIRECT SOURCE RULE OPPOSED
• SUPPORT FOR TAX RELIEF
• SUPPORT FOR PAGA REFORM BILL
• NON-ENERGY BENEFITS BILL OPPOSED
• EARTHQUAKE RESILIENCE WEBINAR
• CBPA 2021 CALENDAR

Join NAIOP San Francisco for the 32nd Annual Real Estate Challenge on Thursday, April 29th as Cal faces off against Stanford for the coveted Golden Shovel. This year, the teams have been tasked with a development project for the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA). The site is located in San Jose between the Guadalupe River Trail and North First Street.

Courtney Trunnell is a Capital Markets and Investment Sales specialist who is passionate about bringing creativity to her work with clients and colleagues. In her role as Director with Cushman & Wakefield’s Northern California Capital Markets Investment Sales team, she has plenty of opportunity to do just that. “We like to call my role the Quarterback or Swiss Army Knife,” she said. “Every day is different. I oversee all of our marketing efforts, keep tabs on our workflow, coordinate due diligence, write copy for offering memorandums, work on pitches and whatever is needed to help win business, keep the team running smoothly, ensure the success of our marketing campaigns, and get deals closed.”

This quarterly one-page summary is put together by our NAIOP SFBA Government Affairs Committee to keep members informed about state and local legislation that might impact our industry. In addition to our Chapter's ongoing relationship with CBPA, which tracks legislation at the State level, New Deal Advisers teams with us to monitor and report on local Bay Area policies that affect commercial real estate.

• COMMERCIAL EVICTION EXECUTIVE ORDER EXTENDED
• FEDERAL BILL GOES AFTER CARRIED INTEREST
• COALITION CALLS FOR LEGISLATIVE ACTION ON ECONOMIC RECOVERY
• INTERESTING BILLS SO FAR
• COVID GRANTS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
• COVID TAX CONFORMITY
• RESTAURANTS AND BAR FEE WAIVERS FOR COVID RELIEF
• CBPA 2021 CALENDAR

• 2,369 LEGISLATIVE BILLS INTRODUCED IN CA STATE LEGISLATURE
• INTERESTING BILLS SO FAR
• COVID GRANTS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
• COVID TAX CONFORMITY
• RESTAURANTS AND BAR FEE WAIVERS FOR COVID RELIEF
• EMPLOYER COVID COMPLIANCE PORTAL
• OPINION: CALIFORNIA EMPLOYERS SHOULD NOT BE THE NEW SOCIAL SAFETY NET

NAIOP SFBA hosted Commercial Real Estate Debt Markets as its weekly Zoom-in webinar on Thursday, February 11th. The program featured Jordan Angel, Managing Director, JLL Capital Markets in a rare candid conversation with a three of the top commercial real estate lenders who are all active players in the Bay Area. Panelists including Eric Cohen, Principal of Square Mile Capital, John Lippmann, Head of Structured Debt at New York Life Investors and Cynthia Wilusz Lovell, Executive Vice President at Wells Fargo.

• WAVE OF LEGISLATIVE BILLS COMING!
• BSC CONSIDERING CHANGES TO ELECTRIC VEHICLE REGS
• BUSINESS/COMMUNITY GROUPS ASK GOVERNOR TO REOPEN SCHOOLS
• SAFE SCHOOLS INTERACTIVE MAP
• CALCHAMBER URGES PULL BACK OF EMERGENCY COVID RULES
• CBPA 2021 CALENDAR

NAIOP SFBA held its first Zoom-In webinar of the year on Thursday, January 28th with 2021 Kick-Off – Market Outlook. The timely program featured a comprehensive look at the state of commercial real estate around the Bay Area and across asset classes. Adam Lasoff, Managing Director, Capital Markets, JLL and NAIOP SFBA 2021 Chapter President moderated a candid conversation with an all-star panel comprised of four of the most knowledgeable and active players in the market including:

David Dowdney, Senior Vice President, Columbia Property Trust

Caitlin O’Connor, Executive Director, Portfolio Management, PGIM Real Estate

Benjamin Kochalski, Regional Partner, TMG Partners

Rebecca Perlmutter Finkel, Executive Vice President, Institutional Properties, CBRE / Capital Markets

California is the #4 state in the U.S. for overall contributions to state GDP created by CRE development, creating and supporting 162,515 related jobs and contributing $26.03 billion to the state’s economy in 2020 (the most recent data available).