John P. Linder

 

 

Over twenty years of comprehensive experience in real estate with unusually broad responsibilities embracing both the public and private business sectors.

 

 

As Senior Vice President with leading commercial real estate firm Colliers International, John  was consistently a Top Producer. John has successfully negotiated commercial lease/sale transactions throughout Northern California including San Francisco, South Francisco, Foster City, Redwood City, San Mateo, Oakland, Richmond, Hayward, San Leandro, Fremont, Martinez, 680 Corridor (Walnut Creek, Concord, Pleasant Hill, and San Ramon), Vacaville, Fairfield, Sacramento, Santa Rosa, Marin County and San Jose.

Recognized as an expert witness in commercial real estate by the California courts. Selected BOMA (Building Owners and Managers Association) and the California Department of Real Estate to teach real estate courses at San Francisco State University. In addition, by the California Society of Certified Public Accountants and the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce to teach programs in real estate and negotiation.

Negotiated the largest lease transaction in San Francisco in 1992 - a ten year plus lease for 117,826 rentable square feet; a $26 million dollar deal. The Department of Social Services, City and County of San Francisco, following several years of coordinated analysis, relocated to 1235 Mission Street. The entire building was reconditioned for their unique tenancy. The transaction was arranged with the Barker Patrinely Group as Landlord.

Represented Main Street Investment Company in successfully concluding the sale of 180 Howard Street - a 23 million dollar 1996 transaction. This Class "A", 205,000 square foot, San Francisco financial district office building will serve as the new headquarters for the State Bar of California.

Represented Harris Corporation in a build-to-suit lease transaction for two new headquarters buildings in Redwood Shores. The initial term of the lease was twelve years for 121,194 square feet. This complex transaction included a comprehensive analysis of Harris' previously occupied seven-building leases with five different landlords and one additional building owned by Harris. John sold the 26,000 square foot building owned by Harris - twice.

 
 

Related Professional Experience

 
  • Marketing Consultant - BECS, California Department of Education. Provided expertise involving commercial real estate transactions for the Bureau of Business Education.

  • Vice-President - Investor's Capital Services.

  • Specialist in arranging real estate investments.

  • Faculty Member - San Francisco State University, U.C. Berkeley Extension, College of Alameda, Chabot College and San Lorenzo, San Leandro, Castro Valley Unified School Districts.

 
 

Education

 
  • Executive MBA Program, Northern Illinois University

  • B.S. Degree, Marketing, Northern Illinois University

  • Full Schedule of Post Graduate Level Courses in Real Estate

 
 

Partial List of Transactions Completed

 

  • Over Two Million square feet of real estate leased or sold

  • Over 200 Million dollars of successfully completed transactions

 
 

Company/Type of Organization

 

Sony (entertainment and electronics company)
Time, Inc. (publishing company)
Industrial Claims Service (insurance company)
Innovations Personnel Services (executive placement firm)
American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers (trade organization)
Bradley & Curley (law firm)
Scott B. Price & Company (accounting firm)
G & G Management, Inc. (investment firm)
Doctors Business Bureau (consulting firm)
McCormick & Baxter (manufacturing company)
American Express (travel agency)
San Francisco Newspaper Agency (S.F. Chronicle & Examiner)
Charles A. Bell Company (securities brokerage firm)
McMorgan and Company (investment management firm)
Trafalger Securities Corporation (financial services company)
Lebhar Friedman, Inc. (publishing company)
Kuhn and Associates, Inc. (insurance brokerage company)
American Bank Note Company (security documents company)
Wiener & Segol (accounting firm)
Mandel and Handin (law firm)
Bank of Guam
Stimmel & Stimmel (law firm)
Peavey and White (law firm)
Teknekron Infoswitch Corporation (telecommunications company)
The Law Offices of Andrew H. Meisel
S.R. Clarke (executive search firm)
California Hospital Development, Inc. (insurance services co.)
Control Data Corporation (computer services organization)
Bureau of Credit Administration (credit bureau)
San Francisco State University
Boyd & McKay (law firm)
Lanier Worldwide (business equipment)
Computer Assistance (computer consulting firm)
Bureau of Medical Economics (health services consulting firm)
San Francisco Chronicle (advertising department)
New York Seltzer (sales organization)
Security Resource Management (executive search firm)
Gaston Snow & Eli Bartlett (law firm)
Southern Steam, Inc. (shipping firm)
Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson (law firm)
The Lynn Company (real estate developer)
Olympia & York (real state development firm)
Sierra Advisory Service (financial advisors)
Caine, Gressel, Midgley & Slater (financial services firm)
Simpson Paper Company
The Bank of California
Dictograph Security Systems
HMB Associates (architectural, engineering, construction firm)
Bullock, Costigan & Welpton (investment firm)
American National Corporation (leasing corporation)
Less, Weaver & Winer (law firm)
The American Arbitration Association
BEI Electronics (electronics and communications firm)
Birenbaum, Luscutoff & Lendormy (law firm)
Morgan Equipment Company (construction equipment)
Lawrence Simons & James Brecht, Inc. (real estate)
Equitable Life (Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States)
US Sprint (telecommunications firm)
City and County of San Francisco
Alitalia Airlines
Stonhard Inc. (industrial flooring)
San Francisco Redevelopment Agency
Phillips, Greenburg, Dolven and Strain (law firm)
John Nuveen & Company (investment firm)
Saks Agency, Inc. (personnel agency)
Mony (Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York)
SGPA Architecture and Planning
Department of Public Works (S.F. Clean Water Program)
San Francisco Employees Credit Union
The State Bar of California
McKesson Corporation
Western International Insurance
McCubbrey, Bartels, Meyer & Ward (law firm)
Bank of America
Vilo Properties (real estate)
Law Offices of John P. Hardy
Mercury House, Inc. (publishing company)
Grosvenor International (real estate investment and management)
Reel/Grobman & Associates (architecture and planning)
Ayusa International (international education exchange firm)
ACA Pacific, Inc. (computer services firm)
Hyundai
Foothill Bank
Gary Nelson & Associates, Inc. (personnel agency)
Albert Hom, CPA
Cazenove, Inc. (securities & investment firm)
Schlendorf, Allen Associates (executive search firm)
Mortgage Center Corporation (mortgage banking firm)
Scott Associates, Inc. (personnel agency)
Employer Insurance of Wausau
Evans, Latham, Harris & Campisi (law firm)
State of California (Department of General Services)
Benson & Neff (CPA firm)
Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund (public interest law firm)
Putnam Hayes & Bartlett, Inc. (management and economic advisors)
Ciba-Geigy Corporation (billion dollar diversified U.S. company)
California State Automobile Association (AAA - Insurance and Motor Club)
Harris Corporation (a Fortune 500 company)
DHL Airways
Gates McDonald (insurance firm)
DMR Group (computer systems)
Howard Johnson & Company (consulting firm)
Kid Soft, Inc. (computer software company)
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
American Futures Group
ComDisco
Kingsley Group
Tiburon, Inc. (software company)
Transamerica (diversified insurance company)


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