SONOMA, CA-Nevada Gold & Casinos, Inc., a developer of gaming properties, increases its ownership of Dry Creek Casino LLC from 51% to 69%, allowing it to receive more than 20% of the casino's earnings.
ALAMEDA, CA-Due to the lack of demand for office space in today's market, Catellus wants to change part of its 215-acre Alameda redevelopment proposal from office use to retail use.
SAN FRANCISCO-The San Francisco 49ers were given the right to sell advertising for Candlestick Park but supervisors voted not to give the team naming rights for the stadium.
NOVATO, CA-A single-tenant net-lease manufacturing facility here has traded hands. Limar Realty sold the 20-year-old, 70,000-sf building to a Bay Area investor.
SAN FRANCISCO-Shortly after losing a multi-million-sf Microsoft account to Grubb & Ellis, Johnson Controls loses another big account after Sun Microsystem's selects Cushman & Wakefield to manage its 220-property, 11-million-sf portfolio.
NAPA, CA-TIG Specialty Insurance Solutions has signed a long-term lease with Bedford Property Investors for 21,000 sf at Carneros Commons, a 77,175-sf development located within Napa Valley Corporate Park.
OAKLAND-Entrust Administration has signed a long-term lease with Shorenstein Co. to occupy office space at 555 City Center, the newest building at Oakland City Center. The lease agreement is effective as of September.
SAN RAMON, CA-The Bishop Ranch Business Park signed a 10-year lease with ADP Claims Solutions Group for space in Bishop Ranch 1, the park's latest development.
SAN FRANCISCO-Gensler Architecture, a consultant for the Lucas Presidio design team, has signed a long-term lease to occupy 56,000-sf in SOMA's historic Hills Plaza. The seven-story mixed-use building includes 180,000-sf of office space and 25,000-sf of retail space.
SEATTLE-Corbis, a photo-archive company owned by Bill Gates, will relocate its headquarters from Bellevue to Seattle, having signed a 15-year lease to occupy space in the Dexter Horton Building.