“KGW
Real Estate did a very good job handling our corporate headquarters relocation.
We had been working with another group which were not able to meet our
expectations. KGW Real Estate took over and was able to locate an ideal
facility that met all of our needs. KGW Real Estate negotiated a a great
package that included all of the existing furniture, a very competitive
market rental rate and an excellent tenant improvement allowance. KGW
Real Estate then guided us through the bidding of contractors and helped
us manage costs along the way. The end result is beautiful work environment
and a lot of very happy Apptrigger employees. I would highly recommend
KGW Real Estate”
Chris Todd
President & CEO
APPTRIGGER, Inc
www.apptrigger.com
“Redback
Networks is a publicly traded company and a national leader in networking
solutions for IP based services and communications. With offices worldwide,
managing our facility needs for maximum profitability is a major task.
KGW Real Estate has done a great job on our real estate requirements.
Unlike other firms, KGW does not represent buildings so there is no clouded
judgement on which facilities will best suit our needs. In addition, it’s
always the same team handling every Redback project. They understand how
we like things done and never pass the project off to a local agent who
has no true ownership in the outcome of the project. Most recently, KGW
Real Estate did an excellent job handling a key regional facility for
Redback in Reston, VA. Reston is a very competitive market but KGW Real
Estate was able to locate a great facility, negotiate a below market rental
rate and secure a substantial tenant improvement allowance for Redback.
KGW Real Estate then helped us select architects, contractors and furniture
vendors. I would recommend KGW Real Estate to anyone interested in improving
corporate profitability through good real estate strategies!”
Paul Yocke
Director, Corporate Services
Redback Networks, Inc
"SyChip,
Inc a Bell Labs spinout and now a wholly owned subsidiary of Murata Manufacturing
Company of Japan, is a world leader in Chip Scale Radio’s and Wireless
Connectivity solutions for the Mobile device market. As our current lease
was coming to a close we quickly turned to KGW Real Estate to drive the
process. We had tremendous historical success when working with KGW’s
leadership when SyChip began to rapidly expand in 2002 and needed to find
more space that could economically accommodate our expansion. KGW Real
Estate began by analyzing our current lease obligation and our projected
space needs for the next several years. KGW Real Estate surveyed the market
thoroughly and came up with several good facility alternatives. Meanwhile,
they launched negotiations with our existing landlord. KGW Real Estate
was successful in getting our existing landlord to tear up our old lease,
draft a new lease at far lower rental rates, provide us a substantial
tenant improvement allowance and rent abatements and assure us expansion
rights for future growth. It was a tremendous success and we highly recommend
KGW Real Estate.”
George J.
Barber
CEO & President
SyChip
“KGW
Real Estate did a great job handling the relocation of our corporate headquarters.KGW
Real Estate took a lot of time understanding our needs and goals prior
to launching a very thorough survey of available properties. Once Kraton
chose a favorite property, KGW Real Estate negotiated a below market rental
rate and an above-market tenant improvement allowance as well as many
other benefits for our firm. KGW Real Estate then guided us through selection
of architects, contractors and furniture vendors and helped us manage
costs along the way. The end result is an absolutely gorgeous new headquarters
facility at a conservative cost and a lot of very happy Kraton employees.”
Richard A. Ott
Vice President of Americas
Global HR/Communications
Kraton Polymers
"Sipera
Systems, Inc., the leader in pure security for VoIP, mobile and multimedia
communications, enables enterprises and operators to protect end users
and network infrastructures from potentially catastrophic attacks, misuse,
and abuse of real-time, session-based protocols. Being aware of our significant
growth plans and space constraints, our VC board members recommended that
I contact KGW Real Estate. We were very impressed by KGW’s like-mindedness
on driving profitability through good real estate decisions so we hired
them immediately.KGW Real Estate began by analyzing our current lease
obligation and our projected space needs over the next several years.
KGW surveyed the office market and uncovered several good facility alternatives.
At the same time, they began negotiating with our existing landlord. KGW
Real Estate was successful in negotiating a great rental rate, substantial
tenant improvement allowance and excellent expansion space for current
and future growth. It was a tremendous success and we highly recommend
KGW Real Estate."
Seshu Madhavapeddy
President and Chief Executive Officer
Sipera Systems
“BenefitMall
has grown to become the largest General Agency in the country with locations
in 12 states and 30+ markets. KGW Real Estate has done an outstanding
job representing us from coast to coast. Our requirements have included
new lease negotiations, lease assignments due to acquisitions, lease buy-outs
and subleases. Most recently, KGW Real Estate did a great job handling
the relocation of our east cost regional office in Maryland. After a lengthy
survey of available properties provided by KGW Real Estate, BenefitMall
chose a building in Towson, Maryland. KGW Real Estate negotiated a below
market rental rate and a substantial tenant improvement allowance for
BenefitMall. I would highly recommend KGW Real Estate to any organization.”
Jeffry J
Lewis
Vice-President of Accounting/Controller/HR
BenefitMall
"ClearCube
Technology is the global market leader in PC Blade solutions. Due to our
rapid growth mode, we quickly outgrew our current space with over two
years remaining on the lease. We were also locked in at very high rental
rates. One of our board members from Austin Ventures recommended KGW Real
Estate to help us in our space needs. KGW went to work analyzing our current
lease obligation and our projected space needs for the next several years.
They launched a thorough market survey and came up with several great
opportunities while at the same time beginning negotiations with our existing
landlord. The end result was a great success. KGW Real Estate got our
existing landlord to tear up our old lease, draft a new lease at far lower
rental rates, provide us a tremendous tenant improvement allowance and
assure us preferential expansion rights throughout the entire building
so that we would always have ample space for growth. We would certainly
recommend KGW Real Estate to anyone requiring the best professional help
available in commercial real estate. "
Donald F.
Neville
Chief Financial Officer
ClearCube Technology
"KGW
Real Estate provided NewsStand with excellent service in our recent corporate
headquarters relocation. NewsStand is in a rapid growth mode and needed
a much larger space immediately. KGW Real Estate was able to survey the
market and locate a fantastic property that met our requirements. KGW
Real Estate then negotiated a very attractive financial package for our
firm and expedited the build-out of our new space. We would definitely
recommend KGW Real Estate to anyone wanting top-notch commercial real
estate services."
Kit Webster
President & CEO
NewsStand
"Paragon
is a fast-growing, IP-based broadband wireless equipment company. Last
year, we were in need of a new U.S. headquarters facility and asked Austin
Ventures who they would recommend to help us in this search. They recommended
KGW Real Estate based on the great job they had done in helping numerous
other AV portfolio companies. We were on a tight time frame but KGW Real
Estate did a comprehensive property search and located a great facility
very quickly. They successfully negotiated a below market rental rate
on a brand new space and worked with the architect to create a custom
built facility for our specific needs. KGW Real Estate then located new
furniture at great prices and coordinated our furniture and phone installation.
KGW Real Estate’s team allowed us to focus on our core business
with little distraction during our headquarters project. We would highly
recommend KGW Real Estate to any organization.”
Jie Lang,
Ph. D.
Paragon Wireless
"K2
Capital Management, LLC. was founded in 2004 by the Partners of Hill Oil.
Needing to consolidate operations into a more central location, we sought
the advice of KGW Real Estate. The KGW team quickly guided us through
a process that strategically pinpointed the most ideal location for our
new Dallas office. Through their advice, K2 Capital and Hill Oil now office
in a Class A building off N Central Expressway adjacent to Uptown’s
NE corridor. This property has provided our firm with a unique finish-out,
a wonderful workplace environment and adequate room for future growth.
The location has also allowed for easy ingress / egress to both Central
Expressway and Knox Street offering easy commutes to the CBD and Preston
Center. Our relationship with the KGW Real Estate will continue through
the years.
Z. Hunter Hill, President
Hill Energy Companies
K2 Capital Management, LLC
"tekVizion
Labs is the first interoperability certification lab of its kind. tekvizion
was growing and needed to stay located within the Telecom Corridor®
in Richardson, Texas. The KGW team was instrumental in locating alternative
facility options and in doing so, created a competitive landlord environment
that allowed us to aggressively re-negotiate and renew our corporate headquarters
location. The team’s process and negotiation strategy saved us time,
money and allowed us to create needed flexibility for future growth.”
Terri Albers
Griffin,
President and COO
tekVizion
"Sorcity.com
is an Internet hosted business-to-business procurement service for buyers
and sellers of direct and indirect (MRO) items, services, and commodity
groups. As an expanding high-tech strategic sourcing company, we were
in need of an effective workplace environment with very specific configuration
requirements. Upon the hiring of this team, they quickly assessed our
needs, devised a strategy and evaluated the Dallas real estate market.
The team carefully targeted, negotiated, and oversaw the build-out of
our new Dallas headquarters. We were very pleased with the services, professionalism
and responsiveness!”
Wes Guillemaud
Founder & CEO
Sorcity Strategic Sourcing