The women owned business, which has a total of 16 offices nationwide, has also acquired three of its competitors, since it opened its doors less than three years ago. In March of 2009, the firm acquired the assets of LandAmerica Assessment Corp. a LandAmerica Financial Group Inc. subsidiary which had filed for bankruptcy. Under the terms of the transaction, Partner received all of LAC’s accounts receivables, digital assets, existing environmental reports and LAC’s “best-in-industry” software systems. A month prior to that, Partner In February, the firm acquired the environmental site assessment practice of Loveland, CO-based US-Reports, a provider of Phase I Environmental Site Assessments to SBA Lenders across the US.

In July of this year, the company was hired to provide the Phase I Environmental Site Assessments for CB Richard Ellis Strategic Partners US Value 5, a fund managed by CBRE Investors LLC, in its recent $360-million acquisition of a 1.6-million-square-foot office portfolio in downtown Oakland. The portfolio of buildings, which comprises the Oakland City Center, includes 1300 Clay St., 499 14^th St., 501 14^th St., 505 14th St., 500 12th St., and a parking garage. The acquisition also included the LEED Gold Certified buildings 1111 Broadway and 555 12th St., which represent more than one million square feet in the portfolio. The buildings are located above the 12^th Street Bay Area Rapid Transit System which serves as the hub for the entire104-mile BART system which serves San Francisco, Alameda and Contra Costa counties.