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<title>Colliers International | Jeff Fredericks's Blog</title>
<description>Commercial Real Estate Services for the Greater San Francisco Bay Area, California's Central Valley, and Nevada</description>
<link>http://www.colliersparrish.com/jfredericks</link>
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   <title><![CDATA[Colliers and Silicon Valley Finish 2012 With a Flourish]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[As is often the case, December was a big month for Colliers’ Silicon Valley offices. This isn’t a one-month anomaly however.]]></description>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.colliersparrish.com/BrokerProfiles/index.asp?logon=jfredericks&officeid=27&PageType=B&BlogID=428]]></link>
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   <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:20:11 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Why You Won't See Me at Peet's and What that Has to Do With Colliers]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[December 24, 2011
 
Starbucks has 150,000 employees worldwide. They have 18,887 stores in 55 countries so they have 18,887 store managers.]]></description>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.colliersparrish.com/BrokerProfiles/index.asp?logon=jfredericks&officeid=27&PageType=B&BlogID=426]]></link>
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   <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:16:31 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Big November for Colliers Silicon Valley]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[Typically, our biggest month of the year is December because clients are trying to get deals done for tax and other reasons. In 2010, we bucked the trend and had our biggest month in November.]]></description>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.colliersparrish.com/BrokerProfiles/index.asp?logon=jfredericks&officeid=27&PageType=B&BlogID=424]]></link>
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   <pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:46:53 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Silicon Valley Deals of the Month]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[The Big Year keeps getting bigger and it’s not going to slow down before year-end. When it’s all said and done, we’ll have seen more than 50 deals in 2011 greater than 100,000 square feet (South Bay and Peninsula), multiple build-to-suits when the notion of a build-to-suit was inconceivable a year ago and a new record for office absorption in Silicon Valley.]]></description>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.colliersparrish.com/BrokerProfiles/index.asp?logon=jfredericks&officeid=27&PageType=B&BlogID=419]]></link>
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   <pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 10:44:11 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Colliers Cold Call Etiquette]]></title>
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Commercial real estate brokers cut their teeth cold calling and cold calling is still an effective means of generating new business. Cold calls come in all sorts of flavors: Door-to-door canvassing, targeted mailers, LED targeting, new decision-maker targeting and prospecting neighbors of newly-listed properties are just a few variations.]]></description>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.colliersparrish.com/BrokerProfiles/index.asp?logon=jfredericks&officeid=27&PageType=B&BlogID=413]]></link>
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   <pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:51:48 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Moneyball, Mr. October &amp; Colliers' Deals of the Month]]></title>
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I saw Moneyball last night, which is appropriate with the ML Playoffs in full swing (Go DBacks!). Good flick but I’m more of a NL fan so I don’t remember that 2002 A’s team very well.]]></description>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.colliersparrish.com/BrokerProfiles/index.asp?logon=jfredericks&officeid=27&PageType=B&BlogID=409]]></link>
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   <pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:17:21 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Kudos for Colliers in October]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[October brought two great events with some special recognition for Colliers and its agents.  First, 26 Silicon Valley and East Bay Colliers agents were acknowledged with Everest Awards at the October Colliers International Conference in Chicago.]]></description>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.colliersparrish.com/BrokerProfiles/index.asp?logon=jfredericks&officeid=27&PageType=B&BlogID=405]]></link>
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   <pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 10:18:05 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Silicon Valley Deals of the Month - August]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[August was quite a volatile month for the financial markets. Fortunately, business still seems pretty steady on the commercial real estate front in Silicon Valley.]]></description>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.colliersparrish.com/BrokerProfiles/index.asp?logon=jfredericks&officeid=27&PageType=B&BlogID=402]]></link>
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   <pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 10:29:21 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Colliers Makes &quot;Splash&quot; at AT&amp;T Park]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[As part of Colliers' overall marketing effort, we are proud to announce that Colliers has initiated a corporate sponsorship with the World Champion San Francisco Giants at AT&amp;T Park. Colliers has permanent stadium signage in the park and radio spots on KNBR, the flagship broadcasting partner of the Giants (click to listen to the 30 second spot).]]></description>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.colliersparrish.com/BrokerProfiles/index.asp?logon=jfredericks&officeid=27&PageType=B&BlogID=392]]></link>
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   <pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:03:30 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Mid-Year Report and July Transactions]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[July was a great month for Colliers’ Silicon Valley offices and it also marked the close of a great quarter for leasing and sale activity. Our Silicon Valley Market Report points out that the Valley experienced the greatest quarter of net absorption since Q1 2006.]]></description>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.colliersparrish.com/BrokerProfiles/index.asp?logon=jfredericks&officeid=27&PageType=B&BlogID=387]]></link>
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   <pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 11:05:26 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Silicon Valley Deals of the Month]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[The second quarter of 2011 continues to be somewhat improved from Q1, much improved from 2010 and vastly improved from 2010. Still, I'd fall short of calling it "hot".]]></description>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.colliersparrish.com/BrokerProfiles/index.asp?logon=jfredericks&officeid=27&PageType=B&BlogID=380]]></link>
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   <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:34:58 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Silicon Valley Deals of the Month - May]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[It was a big month of May for Colliers International’s Silicon Valley offices. It was our best best of 2011 and our second best month in the last year.]]></description>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.colliersparrish.com/BrokerProfiles/index.asp?logon=jfredericks&officeid=27&PageType=B&BlogID=370]]></link>
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   <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:42:24 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Colliers 6th Developer Bocce Tournament is a Big Hit]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[Bar none, clients rave about Colliers' annual Developer Bocce Tournament. Not only is it a just a fun event in a relaxed atmosphere but it allows for great networking.]]></description>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.colliersparrish.com/BrokerProfiles/index.asp?logon=jfredericks&officeid=27&PageType=B&BlogID=364]]></link>
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   <pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 08:27:53 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Silicon Valley Deals of the Month]]></title>
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The Silicon Valley market continues to heat up. In the year’s first quarter, total available space (office, R&amp;D, industrial and warehouse) was reduced by nearly 2.]]></description>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.colliersparrish.com/BrokerProfiles/index.asp?logon=jfredericks&officeid=27&PageType=B&BlogID=359]]></link>
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   <pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 16:10:49 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[If I Called the Shots at CoStar]]></title>
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I hesitated commenting after CoStar acquired Loopnet because I'm not a CoStar expert and what I know about them is pretty much limited to the Bay Area, where CoStar is not widely embraced. But if you read what others were saying in the commercial real estate industry, it was mostly negative.]]></description>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.colliersparrish.com/BrokerProfiles/index.asp?logon=jfredericks&officeid=27&PageType=B&BlogID=358]]></link>
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   <pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 09:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Colliers International's Deals of the Month]]></title>
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Silicon Valley's commercial real estate market is on fire with more big deals closing and others in the queue. The latest deals to go down include such stalwarts as Dell (240,000 square feet), HP (396,000 square feet), Logitech (250,000 square feet), Qualcomm (96,780 square feet) and Riverbed Technologies (103,000 square feet).]]></description>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.colliersparrish.com/BrokerProfiles/index.asp?logon=jfredericks&officeid=27&PageType=B&BlogID=347]]></link>
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   <pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:15:55 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Jeremy Roenick Helps Colliers Raise $55,000.00 for Bay Area Kids]]></title>
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San Jose, California – April 11, 2011 – Colliers International held its third Charity Poker Tournament at Villa Regusa in Campbell to benefit its charitable foundation, Links for Life California. Over $55,000 was raised for Links for Life, which provides grants to help local organizations that make a difference in the lives of Bay Area children.]]></description>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.colliersparrish.com/BrokerProfiles/index.asp?logon=jfredericks&officeid=27&PageType=B&BlogID=343]]></link>
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   <pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 10:38:59 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Bring on the Bulldozers!]]></title>
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More big deals closing this week as the market continues to heat up. Frankly, the Silicon Valley commercial real estate market is a little bipolar right now.]]></description>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.colliersparrish.com/BrokerProfiles/index.asp?logon=jfredericks&officeid=27&PageType=B&BlogID=332]]></link>
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   <pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:15:51 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[The ASVB is Rare in the CRE Industry]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[Last week, the Association of Silicon Valley Brokers (ASVB) hosted its 35th annual Awards Banquet and it was another great night for our industry, our community and for Colliers.  Not only did Colliers walk away with several awards, but the event was highlighted by an outstanding video, featuring three charities that were beneficiaries of the $120,000.]]></description>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.colliersparrish.com/BrokerProfiles/index.asp?logon=jfredericks&officeid=27&PageType=B&BlogID=334]]></link>
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   <pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:41:57 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Silicon Valley Deals of the Month]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[February continued the trend of greater &amp; greater activity throughout Silicon Valley.  The Big Boys are out in force and we are tracking over 25 requirements in excess of 100,000 square feet.]]></description>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.colliersparrish.com/BrokerProfiles/index.asp?logon=jfredericks&officeid=27&PageType=B&BlogID=331]]></link>
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   <pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 11:06:10 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Colliers International's Trends2011 Forecast Turns Optimistic]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[Trends2011, Colliers International's 12th annual commercial real estate forecast, provided outlooks on Silicon Valley's commercial real estate market, the changing expectations of Silicon Valley occupiers of space, and the economic and political landscape. The event included speakers George Salah, Director of Real Estate and Workplace Services for Google, Inc.]]></description>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.colliersparrish.com/BrokerProfiles/index.asp?logon=jfredericks&officeid=27&PageType=B&BlogID=328]]></link>
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   <pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:05:17 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Colliers' Silicon Valley Deals of the Month]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[December continued a string of great months for Colliers' Silicon Valley offices. November and December were our top two months in two years.]]></description>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.colliersparrish.com/BrokerProfiles/index.asp?logon=jfredericks&officeid=27&PageType=B&BlogID=316]]></link>
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   <pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 09:24:16 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Colliers Hosts CFO Forum in Palo Alto]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[Colliers International hosted a CFO Real Estate Forum on January 13 that brought together CFOs, senior financial executives and commercial real estate professionals to discuss strategies companies can implement now to mitigate the impact of the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) forthcoming changes in accounting for real estate leases. 
 
The forum was led by Scott Daugherty, Colliers International’s national lease accounting expert, who is a former CFO and CPA with PricewaterhouseCoopers.]]></description>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.colliersparrish.com/BrokerProfiles/index.asp?logon=jfredericks&officeid=27&PageType=B&BlogID=313]]></link>
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   <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 15:25:41 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Would the Last Boutique CRE Firm in Silicon Valley Please Turn out the Lights?]]></title>
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When I was a kid growing up in the Pacific Northwest, Boeing had just laid off more than one-half of their workforce and Seattle had the highest unemployment rate of any major city in the US. As the recession grew deeper (and my family moved to California), a number of billboards sprang up in Seattle that read, “Would the Last person who leaves Seattle please turn out the lights”.]]></description>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.colliersparrish.com/BrokerProfiles/index.asp?logon=jfredericks&officeid=27&PageType=B&BlogID=304]]></link>
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   <pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 16:44:57 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Colliers International Brokers Take Top Honors at 2010 SIOR Awards]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[Colliers International agents received awards in five different categories at the 2010 Northern California Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) Holiday Luncheon and Annual Awards Ceremony held December 10th in San Francisco, CA.  Colliers has more than 30 SIORs in Northern California, including 15 in the San Jose office alone.]]></description>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.colliersparrish.com/BrokerProfiles/index.asp?logon=jfredericks&officeid=27&PageType=B&BlogID=300]]></link>
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   <pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:56:58 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[A November to Remember – Colliers’ Silicon Valley Deals of the Month]]></title>
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November was a huge month for the Silicon Valley commercial real estate market and for Colliers International. Not only were there a large number of transactions, but some of the deals were amongst the largest in history.]]></description>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.colliersparrish.com/BrokerProfiles/index.asp?logon=jfredericks&officeid=27&PageType=B&BlogID=299]]></link>
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   <pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 11:54:38 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Colliers Hosts 180 2nd Graders from Trace Elementary at 14th Annual Field Trip]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[On Friday, December 3rd, Colliers is hosting its 14th annual field trip for second graders to Patchen California Tree Farm in the mountains of Los Gatos. More than 40 volunteers from Colliers' San Jose and Redwood Shores offices will make the trip to Patchen to welcome and host 180 second graders from Trace Elementary School.]]></description>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.colliersparrish.com/BrokerProfiles/index.asp?logon=jfredericks&officeid=27&PageType=B&BlogID=295]]></link>
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   <pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 10:21:42 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Links for Life Spotlights:  Highlighting Bay Area Children’s Causes Supported by Colliers]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[In January 2007, we created our own charitable Foundation, Links for Life Foundation California (L4LCA). The Foundation is patterned after our Nevada Links for Life Foundation, which was established in 1995 and has raised more than $1.]]></description>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.colliersparrish.com/BrokerProfiles/index.asp?logon=jfredericks&officeid=27&PageType=B&BlogID=294]]></link>
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   <pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:42:25 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Colliers' Silicon Valley Deals of the Month]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[As we roll into the final two months of 2010, things are shaping up for a strong finish to the year.  Based upon our Q4 projections, November and December could be our best months of the year and that projection is consistent with what we are witnessing in the leasing and sales market overall.]]></description>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.colliersparrish.com/BrokerProfiles/index.asp?logon=jfredericks&officeid=27&PageType=B&BlogID=286]]></link>
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   <pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 13:34:49 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Colliers International's Alice Teng Chosen to Handle Leasing for Samaritan Medical Center]]></title>
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Congratulations to Alice Teng of Colliers' Health Care Services Team, who has been chosen as the Exclusive Leasing Agent for Samaritan Medical Center's portfolio of 18 first-class medical buildings, totaling 245,000 square feet, adjacent to Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose.
 
Alice has been a dynamo ever since joining Colliers and has quickly established herself as the leading medical/dental commercial brokerage authority in Silicon Valley.]]></description>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.colliersparrish.com/BrokerProfiles/index.asp?logon=jfredericks&officeid=27&PageType=B&BlogID=291]]></link>
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   <pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 09:08:13 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Activity on the Upswing - Colliers Silicon Valley Commercial Real Estate Report]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[
Silicon Valley leasing and user sale activity (gross absorption) for the third quarter of 2010 totaled 4.85 million square feet, down 11.]]></description>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.colliersparrish.com/BrokerProfiles/index.asp?logon=jfredericks&officeid=27&PageType=B&BlogID=289]]></link>
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   <pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 10:03:25 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Colliers Silicon Valley Deals of the Month &amp; More!]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[
I am a little tardy in posting Colliers’ Silicon Valley deals of the month because of an extended absence from the office.  In late September/early October, I was cycling 540 miles from San Francisco to Los Angeles in the California Coast Classic.]]></description>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.colliersparrish.com/BrokerProfiles/index.asp?logon=jfredericks&officeid=27&PageType=B&BlogID=276]]></link>
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   <pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:48:45 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Colliers' Silicon Valley Deals of the Month]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[It has been a mild summer for all of California this year and it is no different when it comes to commercial real estate activity. Having said that, lease and sale transactions began heating up in the latter part of August and it is looking like we could be in for a strong third quarter.]]></description>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.colliersparrish.com/BrokerProfiles/index.asp?logon=jfredericks&officeid=27&PageType=B&BlogID=266]]></link>
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   <pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 09:28:06 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Caution: Optimism Ahead - Colliers Silicon Valley Commercial Real Estate Report]]></title>
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The Valley racked up another quarter of encouraging gross absorption results across all product types.  Although there is an increase in optimism about the region’s commercial real estate market, the crawl out from 2009 still carries some excess baggage.]]></description>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.colliersparrish.com/BrokerProfiles/index.asp?logon=jfredericks&officeid=27&PageType=B&BlogID=256]]></link>
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   <pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:59:25 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Colliers' Silicon Valley Deals of the Month]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[Silicon Valley is experiencing the normal summer slowdown but thanks to a great month from our Redwood Shores office, we hardly missed a beat. Our streak of bettering 2009 performance in each month continued in July and while there is still a great deal of pessimism in the air, 2010 continues to be a markedly improved environment for brokers when compared to the record-worst 2009.]]></description>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.colliersparrish.com/BrokerProfiles/index.asp?logon=jfredericks&officeid=27&PageType=B&BlogID=254]]></link>
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   <pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:44:50 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Jobs, Red Tape and the Double-Dip Dilemma has Silicon Valley at a Tipping Point]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[It has been an interesting few weeks for Silicon Valley’s commercial real estate market. Deals are continuing to hum along at a much better pace than most of last year.]]></description>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.colliersparrish.com/BrokerProfiles/index.asp?logon=jfredericks&officeid=27&PageType=B&BlogID=239]]></link>
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   <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:39:25 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Colliers' Silicon Valley Deals of the Month]]></title>
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After a lazy May, transaction activity picked up considerably in Colliers’ Silicon Valley offices during the month of June.  It was our best month of the year, highlighted by a 3-building, 166,834 square foot deal that closed near the end of the month.]]></description>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.colliersparrish.com/BrokerProfiles/index.asp?logon=jfredericks&officeid=27&PageType=B&BlogID=241]]></link>
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   <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:10:52 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Recent Climate Change Decisions Will Affect Your Project in California]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[The following article is reprinted by permission from our friends at Silicon Valley Law Group.  It was written by Jeff Lawson, whose practice focuses on compliance and litigation related to environmental law and land use.]]></description>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.colliersparrish.com/BrokerProfiles/index.asp?logon=jfredericks&officeid=27&PageType=B&BlogID=236]]></link>
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   <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 10:17:21 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Thoughts on NY Times Article Discussing Commercial Brokerage Strategies in a Post-Boom World]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[Yesterday's New York Times included an interesting article about the heavyweight commercial real estate firms and their various strategies to capture market share on the heels of one of the worst cycles in the history of the industry.
Much of the article centered on Cushman & Wakefield and the question marks about their future.]]></description>
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   <title><![CDATA[Silicon Valley Deals of the Month]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[Colliers’ deal flow in our Silicon Valley offices (San Jose, Gilroy and Redwood Shores) eased just a bit in the month of May but remained well ahead of 2009 in a year-over-year comparison.  To date, our Silicon Valley offices are maintaining a sales volume level that is more than 80% improved over 2009.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 09:43:44 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Retail Real Estate in a Stronger Position - Colliers' Spring 2010 Retail Highlights report]]></title>
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Colliers' Spring 2010 Retail Highlights report shows positive occupancy growth in 43 of 47 markets surveyed; decreased construction activity in all but a few markets; and a rising but soon-to-stabilize retail vacancy rate.
 
Per Colliers' report, the overall vacancy rate for U.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 13:11:40 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Colliers International's Great Showing at ICSC]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[Here’s a brief summary of results at the National ICSC convention just completed in Las Vegas, sent to me by Jim McMasters, who heads up our Northern California Retail Services Group.  According to Jim, it was a great showing from the Colliers Retail Team!  
 
The convention was down in body count to just over 30,000 attendees compared to over 53,000 several years ago.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 11:03:33 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Colliers Silicon Valley Commercial Real Estate Report]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[With a positive start to 2010, the books are officially closed on one of the worst years in the history of Silicon Valley’s commercial real estate market. Despite a glut of available space, a plethora of troubled loans and a 12% unemployment rate, deals are now getting done, activity is increasing and a general sense of optimism is sweeping the region.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 15:04:32 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Colliers San Jose Hosts 5th Annual Charity Bocce Tournament]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[Last week, our San Jose office hosted its 5th annual Bocce Tournament at Campo di Bocce in Los Gatos, with donations made in the names of the top two teams going to The Guardsmen of San Francisco and Reading Partners.  This event is acknowledged by many of our clients as being the premier Silicon Valley Commercial Real Estate event of the year.]]></description>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.colliersparrish.com/BrokerProfiles/index.asp?logon=jfredericks&officeid=27&PageType=B&BlogID=216]]></link>
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   <pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 12:02:32 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Silicon Valley Deals of the Month]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[April continued what has become a very good start to the year for Colliers Silicon Valley.  Of particular note, we have now generated more volume in sales transactions than we did for the all of 2009.]]></description>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.colliersparrish.com/BrokerProfiles/index.asp?logon=jfredericks&officeid=27&PageType=B&BlogID=212]]></link>
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   <pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 14:58:41 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Colliers' Investment Broker Andy Zighelboim on KLIV's The CEO Show with Carl Guardino]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[The head of Colliers' Silicon Valley Investment Services Group, Andy Zighelboim, was Carl Guardino's special guest on The CEO Show, on KLIV radio 1590, yesterday.  Andy provides and excellent overview on the investment market, availability of debt, lenders in the market and the outlook ahead.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:28:08 GMT</pubDate>
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It’s hard to belive that one-quarter of the year is already in the books.  For Colliers, it has been a great first quarter, punctuated by the Company’s announcement last week to reinstitute our annual awards trip for our northern California and Nevada brokers.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:12:04 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[A 25-Year Tradition Returns]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[After a profitable 2009, we are proud to announce that Colliers has reinstated its storied sales awards trip for our commercial real estate brokers in northern California and Nevada.  Our company's tradition of hosting a sales awards trip for our agents and families had fallen victim to the recession when it was excluded from the company's 2009 budget for the first time in the trip's 25-year history.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 16:36:16 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Six Ideas to Jump Start Silicon Valley]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[In January, I drafted a blog entitled Three Ideas to Jump Start Silicon Valley. Then I got busy and never finalized or posted the blog.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:05:59 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[GREAT Showing for Colliers at 34th Annual ASVB Awards]]></title>
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I just got home from what was a tremendous showing by and from Colliers agents at the Association of Silicon Valley (ASVB) Awards Banquet.  Seven different Colliers agents were acknowledged in eight different awards categories with one agent recognized in two categories and another in four categories.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:16:43 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Colliers' Silicon Valley Deals of the Month]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[February was another solid month for Colliers and for commercial real estate activity overall in Silicon Valley. The numbers continue to be vastly improved over last year and that fuels optimism for owner, brokers and users in the Valley.]]></description>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.colliersparrish.com/BrokerProfiles/index.asp?logon=jfredericks&officeid=27&PageType=B&BlogID=191]]></link>
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   <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:13:51 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Colliers' Silicon Valley Deals of the Month]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[On February 10th, Colliers will be hosting our 11th annual commercial real estate forecast, Trends2010.  The message we are delivering is mixed but our optimism is high.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:06:38 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Quick Thoughts on the Colliers International/FirstService Merger]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[With this week’s announcement that Colliers International and FirstService Real Estate (NASDAQ: FSRV) are joining forces under a single platform doing business in 61 countries, I am fairly certain that leaves our company (Colliers Parrish) as the largest remaining independent Colliers International firm.  That is perfectly fine with us and we couldn’t be happier.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:08:28 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[SIORs Starting to Harness the Power of Social Networking]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[The following article written by Steve Lewis, appeared in the 4th Quarter 2009 edition of Professional Report magazine, a publication of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors. It is reproduced by permission and my quotes are highlighted.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:37:20 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Colliers' Silicon Valley Deals of the Month]]></title>
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December was an encouraging month throughout the industry with the completion of several large transactions in Silicon Valley including the 130,000 square foot Rambus deal at Moffett Towers, the 188,332 square foot Harmonic deal in north San Jose and the 365,842 square foot purchase and sale between owner/user Global Investors and seller MDS Realty in Fremont.  Colliers is proud to have participated in two of these three bellwether deals.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:43:51 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Former Mervyn's Distribution Facility Sale Another in a Series a Big Deals for Colliers Team]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[Colliers International today announced that the previous home of Mervyn's western distribution hub has been sold by MDS Realty II, LLC to a user group, Global Investors Team, Inc. The 365,842-square-foot building sits on 31.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:48:59 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Rambus, Cortina and Panasonic Create a New Shell Stir in Silicon Valley]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[While a 130,000 square foot bite at a 1.8-million square foot apple may not seem like much, Rambus' lease at Moffett Towers in Sunnyvale signals a major strategic change in the type of commercial real estate that at least some Silicon Valley companies are chasing.]]></description>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.colliersparrish.com/BrokerProfiles/index.asp?logon=jfredericks&officeid=27&PageType=B&BlogID=159]]></link>
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   <pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:52:06 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Colliers International Agents Earn Top Honors at SIOR's Annual Northern California Awards Ceremony]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[Colliers International agents garnered awards in six different categories at the 2009 Northern California Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) Holiday Luncheon and Annual Awards Ceremony, held December 10th in San Francisco, CA.  There were 46 nominations in 9 categories for the 2009 SIOR Premier Broker Awards, representing 3,000,000 square foot of office, industrial and R&amp;D/flex buildings.]]></description>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.colliersparrish.com/BrokerProfiles/index.asp?logon=jfredericks&officeid=27&PageType=B&BlogID=158]]></link>
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   <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:18:40 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Where's My 18 Months of Free Rent?!?!]]></title>
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OK, nobody doubts that we are in the midst of a significant downturn in the economy, punctuated on the commercial real estate side by increasing vacancy rates and declining rents.  It's clearly a tenant's market.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:00:43 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Colliers Agents Host 12th Field Trip to Patchen Tree Farm]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[Under warm California sunshine this past Friday, approximately 40 volunteers from Colliers' San Jose and Redwood Shores offices hosted 165 second graders from Trace Elementary School at Patchen Christmas Tree Farm in the mountains of Los Gatos.  Trace is a Title 1 school with 700 of its 800 families living at the poverty level.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:09:58 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Colliers' Silicon Valley Deals of the Month]]></title>
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November was a good month for our Silicon Valley offices in San Jose, Redwood Shores and Gilroy, continuing a 5-month trend of increasing deal flow.  While brokerage company revenues are down throughout the industry, Colliers is encouraged that our number of completed transactions is only off by 6% from last year.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:37:22 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Fun Times and Great Charity at Colliers' Second Links for Life Poker Tournament]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[On November 19, 2009, our company's charitable foundation, Links for Life California, hosted its second Links for Life Poker Tournament at Villa Regusa in Campbell.  The successful event was attended friends and clients of Colliers’ Silicon Valley offices as well as by the company’s brokers and staff.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:46:32 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Colliers' Links for Life Cycling Team Raises $30,000 for Juvenile Arthritis]]></title>
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For the third time in four years, Colliers brokers cycled 525 miles from San Francisco to Santa Monica, riding for Team Links for Life, in the Arthritis Foundation’s California Coast Classic.  Jeff Fredericks and Steve Divney represented Colliers this year and along with David Strobelt they comprised the second leading fundraising team in northern California, raising over $30,000.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:41:40 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[How Do You Define a Great Week?]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[It's easy to gloss over yesterday's accomplishments when there is such a tremendous urgency in these times to continuously press ahead.  But this last week has been one of my personal best of the year, not just because of business success, but because it was so well-rounded in so many ways.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:32:31 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Silicon Valley Q3 Market Report - A Hint of Life]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[Silicon Valley's commercial real estate market is dealing with yet another quarter of double-digit unemployment in the midst of one of the worst economic downturns of all time. However, some promising signs that bode well for the foundation of a recovery did occur in Q3 in spite of the challenging market.]]></description>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.colliersparrish.com/BrokerProfiles/index.asp?logon=jfredericks&officeid=27&PageType=B&BlogID=131]]></link>
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   <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:00:09 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[What's Up With Confidential Lease Comps?]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[One of the peculiarities with the current commercial real estate market is the increase of "confidential comps".  With rents spinning downward, landlords are making deals they wouldn't have touched a few months ago.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:44:16 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[In Tough Times, Remember Others]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[At our Silicon Valley, Quarterly "All-Hands" meeting last week, we were presented with a unique opportunity by our founder, J.R.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:39:15 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Taking a Crack at Blogging]]></title>
   <description><![CDATA[As the leader of the troops at what is arguably the top commercial real estate firm in Silicon Valley, I have a pretty good 30,000' view of the business.  While our brokers have a better pulse of specific deals and requirements, I get the collective wisdom gained from being a part of all of our Group Meetings (Office, R&amp;D, Industrial, Retail and Investments) and talking day-to-day with all of our salespeople.]]></description>
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