The General Plan 2025 was adopted by the City of Walnut Creek to support and manage the growth that is expected to increase in the Walnut Creek community in the coming years. This plan concentrates on building on the open spaces within the downtown area, capitalizing on BART and bicycle-friendly roads for residents who can commute to the city or around the East Bay. In Walnut Creek, city and community leaders recognized that fact when creating the General Plan 2025…

The Colliers East Bay Office Team recently completed the lease-up and sale of Civic Executive Park in Concord, a seven building 140,000 square foot project acquired in 2012 by local investor owners which was not performing and plagued with high vacancy.

Real estate investors can remain confident in their acquisitions and refinancing due to the attractive options in the debt markets. 2015 is predicted to be a healthy market given strong domestic and international investor demand for commercial real estate, a wave a loan maturities, low interest rates and continued improvement of property fundamentals. Lenders expect a robust debt market in 2015 with ample credit and aggressive underwriting to meet the large amount of borrower demand. Interest rates continue to remain at historic lows. While there is chatter of rising interest rates, economists predict that there will be minimal uptick during 2015.