March / April 2009

Table of Contents
- Real Estate Roundup (February / March 2009)
- Nationally recognized manufacturing consultants (MANEX) Workshop May 7th
- Did you know?

Real Estate Roundup (February / March 2009)

CBRE (www.cbre.com)
- Building 678, Mare Island, Vallejo, CA – 25,000 SF lease to Praxair
- Building 497, Mare Island, Vallejo, CA – 12,508 SF lease to Murigenics
- Building 126, Mare Island, Vallejo – 10,240 SF lease to Integrated TurboMachinery, Inc.
- Building 853, Mare Island, Vallejo – 8,540 SF lease renewal to Park Management Corporation

Colliers International (www.colliersparrish.com)
- 363 Industrial Way, Benicia - ±100,000 SF lease to Santa Clara Warehouses, Inc.
- 360-A Industrial Court, Benicia - ±57,024 SF lease renewal to Napastyle, Inc.
- 533 Stone Rd., Suite C, Benicia ±16,896 SF lease to Custom Wine Services, Inc.
- 537 Stone Road, Suite E, Benicia ±14,080 SF lease Renewal to Bingo Vision & Gaming, Inc.
- 1891 Woolner Ave, #B, Fairfield ±12,768 SF sublease to Abbott Laboratories, Inc.
- 320 Campus Lane, # A &D Fairfield ±5,000 s/f expansion to Workforce Investment Board of Solano
- 424 Executive Ct N, #C&D, Fairfield ±3,584 SF lease to Your Body Works
- 4711 Mangels Blvd, Fairfield ±3,319 SF condo sale to Mahalay Engineering Corp
- 2333 Courage Dr, #F-2, Fairfield ±2,500 s/f Lease to Pride Industries
- 6180 B Egret Court, Solano County ±5,000 SF lease to ENV America Incorporated

Cushman & Wakefield (www.cushmanwakefield.com)
- 2339 Courage Drive in Fairfield – 12,000 SF lease to Meyer Cookware
- 2240 Cordelia Road in Fairfield – 8,975 SF lease to Meyer Solar
- 4820 Business Center Drive in Fairfield – 1,200 SF lease to Keyna Corp
- 2850 Cordelia Road in Fairfield - 3,840 SF lease to Global Securities
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Nationally recognized manufacturing consultants hold workshop in Solano County

Nationally recognized manufacturing industry consultants will highlight strategies for success during the recession in a summit meeting, 7:15 a.m. May 5 at the Hilton Garden Hotel in Fairfield. Michael Ammann, president of the Solano Economic Development Corporation, urged Solano County manufacturing firms to attend this event which has been organized by the Corporation for Manufacturing Excellence (Manex), a Bay Area consulting firm and the City of Fairfield.

“This is an excellent opportunity for manufacturers, distributors and logistical suppliers to gain insight and some tools for not only survival, but grown in the coming months,” Ammann said. The summit will feature experts from Manex, Moss-Adams LLP and the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Curt Johnston, economic development division manager with the City of Fairfield, said the summit will provide “…companies with planning (strategies) that will allow them to emerge stronger as the recession ends.” Both Solano EDC and the City of Fairfield are co-sponsoring the event. To register go to http://www.manexconsulting.com/ and click on “Event” or contact Wendy Linney at wlinney@manexconsulting.com. Cost is $20 per person.

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Did you know?

Q: What vegetable is grown, in the dark no less, in Rio Vista and nowhere else in the U.S.?

A: Endive lettuce is grown in complete darkness at California Vegetable Specialties the only endive facility in the country.

California Vegetable Specialties is a specialty farming company dedicated to the consistent production of highest-quality California Endive. With growing fields throughout Northern California, the company is headquartered in the town of Rio Vista, in the historically rich agricultural region of the Sacramento River Delta, producing white and red endive, as well as several specialty products for chefs, Endigia and Pissenlit.

Richard Collins, a Sacramento native and graduate of the Agricultural and Managerial Economics program at the University of California, Davis, founded the company in 1983 as Rebel Farms. He chose the name in response to the many naysayers who deemed him foolish for trying to grow endive for the U.S. market. Today, California Vegetable Specialties is the only U.S. producer of endive, and dominates the market west of the Mississippi, selling nearly 4 million pounds of endive each year.

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The Solano Economic Development Corporation’s mission is to enhance the economic vitality and quality of life in Solano County communities through the attraction, growth and retention of business and industry.

Solano EDC Team

Mike Ammann, President (mike@solanoedc.org)
Sandy Person, Vice-President (sandy@solanoedc.org)
Pat Uhrich, Office Manager (pat@solanoedc.org)
Andy Turba, Special Projects (andy@solanoedc.org)

Solano Economic Development Corporation
360 Campus Lane, Suite 102, Fairfield, CA 94534
Phone: (707) 864-1855 Fax: (707) 864-6621
Website: www.solanoedc.org

Learn how to turn the data and analysis into guideposts for Education

Join the experts from Collaborative Economics as they guide participants on how to get the most benefit out of Solano County’s valuable information resource “The Index of Economic and Community Progress”

This Workshop has specifically been designed for
Solano Educators and interested Community & Business Leaders

Date: Thursday, May 7, 2009
Time: 9:00 – 11:00 am
Location: Solano County Office of Education
5100 Business Center Drive
Fairfield CA 94534

No charge. To Reserve your seat, call Pat or Sandy at Solano EDC 864-1855

Nationally recognized manufacturing consultants Hold workshop in Solano County

Nationally recognized manufacturing industry consultants will highlight strategies for success during the recession in a summit meeting, 7:15 a.m. May 5 at the Hilton Garden Hotel in Fairfield.

Michael Ammann, president of the Solano Economic Development Corporation, urged Solano County manufacturing firms to attend this event which has been organized by the Corporation for Manufacturing Excellence (Manex), a Bay Area consulting firm and the City of Fairfield.

“This is an excellent opportunity for manufacturers, distributors and logistical suppliers to gain insight and some tools for not only survival, but grown in the coming months,” Ammann said.

The summit will feature experts from Manex, Moss-Adams LLP and the UCLA Anderson School of Management.

Curt Johnston, economic development division manager with the City of Fairfield, said the summit will provide “…companies with planning (strategies) that will allow them to emerge stronger as the recession ends.”

Both Solano EDC and the City of Fairfield are co-sponsoring the event.

To register go to www.manexconsulting.com and click on “Event” or contact Wendy Linney at wlinney@manexconsulting.com. Cost is $20 per person.

Transportation issues discussed at Economic Development event

The current and future outlook for transportation improvements in Solano County will be updated April 23 in Fairfield. The event is held by the Solano Economic Development Corporation and will feature local transportation officials.

Daryl Halls, executive director of Solano Transportation Authority (STA), County Supervisor Jim Spering, chair of the STA; and Michael Ammann, Solano EDC president, will serve on the panel.

Ammann said the transportation needs of Solano County are critical, and vital to the economic future of the county.

"We are growing, and so is the entire region,” Ammann said. “Our freeways and highways are thoroughfares to two of the world’s largest centers, Sacramento and the Bay Area. We all must collaborate and work toward public awareness and acceptance that our transportation needs must be served.”

“With the recent economic crisis and state budget cuts to transportation,” said Supervisor Spering, “it is imperative that we in Solano County discover even more innovative ways to deliver travel safety and mobility.”

The event is sponsored by Congresswoman Ellen O. Tauscher, and CSI Career College.

The event will be held at 7:30 a.m. at the Courtyard by Marriott, 1350 Holiday Lane, Fairfield. Cost is $25 for Solano EDC members and $35 for non-members. For information call 707 864-1855.

The monthly breakfast series is underwritten by the EDC circle members: Touro University, Solano Garbage Company and Potrero Hills Landfill.