Welcome!
Thank you for visiting the Silicon Valley web pages of Cresa. With offices in San Jose and Palo Alto as well as additional regional offices in San Francisco and Emeryville, we are the Bay Area’s largest corporate real estate advisory firm specializing in tenant representation.
Despite these times of continued economic uncertainty, our local offices continue to flourish. As a real estate services partnership, we offer tenants a stable, dedicated advocate that has no debt, increasing revenues, and a growing talent pool.
Our Advantage
Our team provides strategic and customized real estate solutions for tenants, implemented through our global platform. Since we exclusively represent tenants, not landlords, we avoid potential conflicts of interest. Also distinguishing our firm is our commitment to corporate real estate services such as strategic planning and project management, which we integrate with transaction management. Compared to most commercial real estate firms in the area, we have an unusually high ratio of project managers to brokers.
We value our clients equally and have the flexibility to scale our services to meet their needs. Through our customized approach and comprehensive suite of corporate services, we provide the resources necessary to implement solutions, ranging from one-time local real estate transactions to management of entire global real estate portfolios.
Our clients, with portfolios ranging from 1,200 square feet locally to 12 million square feet globally, typically view our advisors as an extension of their internal resources.
Our Experience
Our team averages in excess of 15 years' experience within the real estate industry. We have expertise in numerous industries with the following areas of specialization:
- Technology
- Internet
- Life Science/Biopharmaceutical/Drug Discovery
- Insurance
- Healthcare
- Law and Professional Services
- Consumer Products
- M&A/Restructuring
- Nonprofits
Our Market
The epicenter of the seventh largest economy in the world, the Bay Area/Silicon Valley is home to some of the region’s most innovative and transformational companies, such as HP, Apple, Google, Intel, IBM, Facebook, Genentech, Oracle, Symantec, Adobe, Juniper Networks, Network Appliance, and Yahoo!
Our office market, consisting of over 200 million square feet, has generally rebounded since the recession. As space tightens in submarkets such as Mountain View, Cupertino, Palo Alto, and South of Market in San Francisco, rents in these areas are increasing, and Internet and social networking companies are expanding their workforce. At the same time, inventory is still high in San Jose’s CBD, suggesting that this may be a good time to invest in space downtown. Overall, leasing activity has increased as tenants that have put off necessary business decisions are now more focused on leveraging market conditions, exploring options for upgrades, and locking in at still-favorable rents. For more details regarding our local market, please the San Jose Tenant’s Guide.
Our Company
Cresa is an international corporate real estate advisory firm that exclusively represents tenants and specializes in the delivery of fully integrated real estate services, including: Transaction Management, Project Management, Strategic Planning, Workforce and Location Planning, Subleases and Dispositions, Portfolio / Lease Administration, Capital Markets, Sustainability, Industrial / Supply Chain, and Facilities Management. With almost 60 offices, Cresa is the largest tenant representation firm in North America.