• Partners with Sandra Clark of Space Matters to form a new service line: Project Management

• Forms two new service lines - Mortgage Brokerage and Advisory Services - with key recruits from competitors
• Ranks number one in the total number of transactions (Source: San Diego Business Journal's 2007 Book of Lists)
• Ranks among "San Diego's Top 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies" by the San Diego Business Journal
• Hosts over 30 clients and their spouses to a Client Appreciation Trip in Napa Valley, CA
• Grubb & Ellis merges with NNN Realty Advisors, Inc.
• Forms the Capital Markets Group with key recruites from competitors to expand services
• Acquires new CFO / COO, Brent Rivard
• Downtown office relocates to a nearby, newly constructed building near PETCO Park
• Acquires El Cajon commercial real estate brokerage company, East County Properties, expanding our East County presence in San Diego County
• Forms a strategic partnership with Temecula-based, WestMar Commercial Brokerage, Inc., now operating as Grubb & Ellis|WestMar in South Riverside County

• Ranks number one (for the third year in a row) in the total number of transactions (Source: San Diego Business Journal’s 2006 Book of Lists)
• Ranks number 59 among San Diego’s Top 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies by the San Diego Business Journal
• Celebrates 20 years in business (formed October 1986 by 17 entrepreneurial brokers)
• Grew from 170 to 192 Professionals
• Implements its “Push to Excellence” Program for positioning the company has having the best trained professionals in the industry
• Carlsbad office relocates to a nearby, newly constructed, Class A office building, increasing office square feet by 50%
• Hosts over 30 clients and their spouses to a Client Appreciation Ski Trip in Deer Valley, UT

• Ranks number one in the total number of transactions (Source: San Diego Business Journal’s 2005 Book of Lists)
• Ranks among "San Diego’s Top 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies" by the San Diego Business Journal
• 24% Increase in Revenue
• Grows from 126 to 170 Professionals
• Hires a new Vice President of Client and Research Services
• Relocates and expands corporate headquarters, increasing office square feet by 135%
• Expands our market share in Southern California with the opening of a new office in Temecula (Riverside County) bringing the total number of BRE-owned offices to five
• Completes the Buy-Sell Agreement

• Ranks number one in the number of transactions (Source: San Diego Business Journal’s 2004 Book of Lists)
• BRE Affiliates with Grubb & Ellis Company to form Grubb & Ellis|BRE Commercial, elevating brand recognition
• Revenues surpass $30 million
• Launches new web-based General Ledger and Property Database Systems
• Strengthens client relationships by funneling investments into high-class client appreciation events
• Opens an office in Otay Mesa, CA; strengthening our market share in Southbay

• Acquires A.W. Arendsee Real Estate in Downtown San Diego, adding a third BRE office
• Plants the “BRE flag” in Phoenix by investing in one of the top brokerage operations previously owned by Grubb & Ellis, now operating as Grubb & Ellis|BRE Commercial, LLC—a broker-owned enterprise
• Establishes CFO position with Tatum Partners, Inc.
• Establishes Director of Marketing/Business Development Department

• John D. Frager joins BRE as the new President & CEO
• Recruits 15 new brokers from competing firms
• Office Division becomes the largest Office Specialty Group in San Diego County
• Corporate headquarters expands
• Expands brokerage services to include Financial Analysis
• Forms Creative Services Department to improve desktop and marketing support
• Hires new Market Research Director and doubles the staff count in Research

2001:

• Expands brokerage services to include Asset Management

2000:

• Revenues surpass $20 million

1998/1999:

• BRE enjoys strong growth from the highly active late-80s real estate market

1997:

• Company operates under new name: BRE Commercial

1996:

• Establishes reputation as the most dominate brokerage firm in North County

1995:

• Company joins NAI, one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive association of commercial real estate service providers

1994:

• Ted Phoenix joins the company as the new President

1993:

• New North County brokers become established and start hitting high production

1992:

• Large number of North County brokers are recruited
• Marc Doyle appointed as Senior Vice President and Managing Officer of the Carlsbad office

1991:

• North County presence established with the opening of an office in Carlsbad, CA
• James Stenderup is appointed President

1990:

• With financial health (debt-free), the firm weathers the start of the recession

1989:

• All loans are paid off, and the firm remains debt-free from here on
• John Rife is appointed President

1988:

• The firm has now doubled its number of agents from when it was founded

1987:

• The firm’s bank hosts a dinner honoring our one-year anniversary, a very important milestone for a start-up

• Business Real Estate Brokerage Company, Inc. is founded in San Diego by a group of 17 entrepreneurial brokers
• Rick Sanborn is appointed President