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BELMONT

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800,000+ square foot life science campus on 3-owner, 5.6-acre assemblage at 405 Harbor Boulevard.

Seller: Various                      Buyer: Beam Reach Partners

SAN RAMON

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9.5-acre property at 3401 Crow Canyon Road (Bishop Ranch), zoned for ±117 single-family detached & attached townhomes.

Seller: Nearon Properties                     Buyer: Confidential

TRUSTED ADVISOR

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Sam Greason of Bella Vista Land Advisors has used his background in law, development and brokerage to represent buyers and sellers of residential and commercial development land, closing over 150 transactions in the Bay Area, totaling over 1.9M SF of life science and office development, and 12,500 residential units. See our Pending Sales.

Sam Greason

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ATTORNEY, BROKER, INVESTOR, DEVELOPER

Brokerage Experience: As an attorney and commercial real estate broker in Northern California since 1993, Sam Greason has brokered over 110 land sales to some of the largest apartment, condo, office and life-science developers in Northern California, totaling over 11,450 residential units and over 1.9 Million SF of commercial, including projects in Millbrae; San Carlos; Belmont; and South San Francisco.

Development Experience: Sam Greason has been involved as a principal or investor in numerous residential, life science, and mixed-use projects, including over 1,200 multifamily units and 600,000 SF of life science development. In partnership with Chop Keenan of Keenan Land Company, Palo Alto, CA (2004-2007), Greason assembled the 2,000-acre River Run master-planned community in San Joaquin County and obtained preliminary entitlements for 9,800 homes. Greason also worked in forward planning and land acquisition for Perma-Bilt Homes, Walnut Creek, CA (1990-1991), where he assembled ±500-acre projects in Sacramento, CA and Orting, WA.

Legal Experience: Greason practiced real estate law in San Francisco and New York, including 3 years with Rubin Glickman & Associates in San Francisco, CA (1991-1993); 3 years as in-house counsel for homebuilder/developer Kean Development, Cold Spring Harbor, NY (1986-1989); and two years in New York City practicing securities/real estate law at Breed, Abbot & Morgan, and at Richards & O’Neil.

Education:  Greason earned a Bachelor of Arts degree (Cum Laude) from Cornell University in 1981, and his Juris Doctor from NYU Law School in 1984.

Affiliations: Greason is a non-active member of the California State Bar and is a real estate broker licensed by the State of California (Samuel Greason IV, Inc. dba “Bella Vista Land Advisors”, BRE #01237277).

SELLER REPRESENTATION

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Bella Vista has represented the following land sellers: Nearon Properties; Legacy Commercial; Brookfield Commercial; Signature Development; California Pacific Bank; Basin Street Properties; C&C Equities; DeRose Family; Smith Family; Masri Family; Podva Family; Brigantino Family; Greenbriar Homes; Sand Hill Land Company; and Bruzzone Family. See our closed transactions.

BUILDER REPRESENTATION

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Bella Vista specializes in locating and assembling “off-market” development sites for builders of high-quality single-family, townhome, apartment and office projects.  In the past few years, Bella Vista has worked closely with Beam Reach Partners, The Minkoff Group, Anton Development, Merrill Gardens, Carmel Partners, Essex Property Trust, Signature Development, Shea Properties, Greystar Real Estate Partners, Fairfield Residential, Blake Griggs Properties, The Hanover Company, Summerhill Housing Group, Branagh Development, Prometheus Development, City Ventures, Toll Brothers, Lennar Homes, Trammel Crow Company, Hines, Martin Group, Balboa Retail Partners, and many others. See all of our Clients

Peter Zolintakis

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Real Estate Advisor, Investor, Developer

Development & Investment Experience:
In 2017, acted as majority equity owner and managing member of 960 Atlantic LLC, which purchased 40,000 s.f. office building in Alameda, CA (still owned).

In 2013-2017, co-invested with John Malone in over 4,000 apartment units in Austin TX, Denver CO, Long Beach CA, and Seattle WA, (still owned).

In 2011, co-invested with John Malone in over 1,000,000 timber acres in Maine and New Hampshire (still owned).

From 2011-Present, lead investor in the following projects: 4 condos on Montego, Walnut Creek; 5 homes on Blaney Street, Cupertino; 3 homes on Charsan Lane, Cupertino; 18-unit condo project known as “Kingsbury” on 3rd Street, Walnut Creek; 5 homes on Bollinger Road, Cupertino; 7 homes on Timber Crest, Almaden; 7 homes on Paramount Drive, Saratoga; 29 homes in Healdsburg known as “The Oaks at Foss Creek”.

Work Experience:
2005 – Current:  Family private office for John Malone, Denver, CO.

1998 – 2005:  Senior Vice President of Tax Strategy for Liberty Media Corporation.

1980 – 1998:  PricewaterhouseCoopers.  Partner in charge of the West Coast merger & acquisition tax practice.

Education:
Graduated from University of Utah with bachelor (1979) and master degrees (1980) in accounting.

 

Laura Michel

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COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE BROKER

Brokerage Experience:  Laura has over 20 years of commercial real estate brokerage experience in the areas of Tenant Representation, Project Leasing and Sales.  She has been involved in Landlord Representation in San Francisco, Alameda and Contra Costa Counties and Tenant Representation in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area.  Her clients include developers, property owners, private and public companies, local, regional and national tenants. Laura was with Colliers International from 2005-2015. Prior to joining Colliers, she was with CB Commercial Real Estate for ten years starting in the San Francisco office while participating in their prestigious Wheel Program followed by nine years in their Oakland office as a Commercial Office Leasing Specialist. Laura is currently a Strategic Partner of Bella Vista Land Advisors in finding and selling land to home, apartment and mixed-use builders and developers.

Education:  Laura graduated from the University of California, Davis in 1984 with a B.A. Degree in Economics.  She also attended Richmond College in London, England.

Affiliations:  Laura is a real estate broker licensed by the State of California – BRE #00894177;  U.C. Davis Alumni;  Delta Gamma Alumni;  Wish Granter for the Make-A-Wish Foundation for children with life-threatening medical conditions.

Personal:  Laura has been married to Bob for over 27 years.  They have a son Jack who is a college-grad and a daughter Meredith who is currently in college.  Laura is an avid swimmer, snow skier, scuba diver and paddle-boarder.

Matt Murphy

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COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE BROKER

Sales & Brokerage Experience: As a recent college graduate, Matt Murphy started in real estate with Dividend Development as a New Home Salesperson, selling in most Bay Area counties. In 1991, Matt joined Pacific Union Marketing Company, where he was responsible for selling high-rise, loft and townhouse developments in San Francisco proper. In the down markets during the early 1990’s and mid 2000’s, Matt opened Pacific Capital Investments in San Francisco and then Insight Real Estate Group in the East Bay and concentrated on the listing and sales of distressed properties. Matt represented more than 35 financial institutions and closed in excess of 2000 transactions. When Keller Williams Realty franchised into Northern California, Murphy was the Founder and Broker of Record for 3 Bay Area offices with approximately 450 agents under his Broker’s license, where he was recognized for assisting the growth of Keller Williams Realty to the largest brokerage in the country. Murphy is currently a Strategic Partner of Bella Vista Land Advisors in finding and selling land to home, apartment and mixed-use builders and developers.

Education: Murphy earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brigham Young University in 1983, and his Masters of Business Administration/International Business from the University of San Francisco in 1991.

Professional Designations: CA Salesperson License, 1984; CA Brokers License, 1991 BRE #00872840; REOMASTER designation, REOMAC, 1996; Certified Residential Specialist (CRS), 1999; Council of Real Estate Brokerage Manager (CRB), 2008; Certified Distressed Property Expert (CDRE), 2012; Certified International Property Specialist (CIPS), 2013; Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist (CLHMS), 2014.

Personal: Matt and his wife Elaine, of 17 years, have an active East Bay home with 4 children, ages 10 – 16. Peter and Lauren are in High School, Ava in middle school and Nathan in elementary school. Matt held top Northern California and National Junior Tennis rankings and played Varsity College Tennis at Brigham Young University. He currently coaches both the Boys and Girls High School Tennis Teams at Bishop O’Dowd High School in Oakland. With Italian background & citizenship, Matt and his family spend significant time in Italy learning and enjoying their family roots and local cultures.

Blake Wellen

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BROKER ASSOCIATE

Small Business & Real Estate Experience: 2005-2018 Owner and General Manager of the Lafayette Car Wash – An award-winning small business with 60+ employees and over 80,000 customers per year.  Recognized by the community and industry year after year for performance excellence and environmental achievements.  Over 14 years of expertise in sales and new business development.

Privately invested in, renovated, and marketed residential and commercial real estate since the mid-2000s.

Education: Earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from UCLA in 2001.  Speak Italian and Spanish.

Affiliations: 2x NCAA Champion & 2x All-American – UCLA Men’s Water Polo Team (1997-2001) member of the Olympic Club Water Polo Team in San Francisco (1990-2010); Played professional water polo in Rome, Italy (2001-2004)

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Wesley Greason

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SALES ASSOCIATE

Work Experience: Analyst at CBRE (New York, NY) for 3 years (1/2020 – 1/2023), working for Senior Managing Director Michael Casey; provided broker support on pricing, commission rates, & building comparables as well as business generation for CBRE’s top brokers.  Associate at Blake Griggs Properties (Danville, CA) for 1 year (1/2019 – 1/2020) assisting Head of Acquisitions & VP of Development; responsibilities ranged from performing in-depth market research, maintaining internal spreadsheets and interacting with city planners and on-site construction teams.

Education: Bachelor of Science from Chapman University’s Argyros School of Business & Economics; Emphasis in Real Estate & Finance; Minor in Mandarin (Class of 2018)

Certifications: Harvard Extension School, Real Estate Investment Certificate (2022); Urban Land Institute Real Estate Pro Forma (2019); Enterprise 11.7 (2018); Mandarin Certification “TOCFL Band A Level II” (2017)

Athletic Honors:  MCLA 1st Team All-American & MCLA National Champion (2015); SLC All-Freshman (2014); US Lacrosse High School All-American (2013); DFAL League MVP & 1st Team All East Bay (2013)

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