Today Borelli Investment Company announced an exclusive air travel arrangement with Bay Area airplane charter company Silicon Valley Air Charter.  The charter company will move Borelli executives around the state on trips to conduct site inspections, client meetings, and other business.

Companies needing to reach multiple destinations in a single day rely on business aviation, because this type of itinerary is often impossible to keep using other modes of transportation. When using a business airplane, employees can meet, plan, work en route and discuss proprietary information in a secure environment and without fear of eavesdropping.

For more information, visit www.SiliconValleyAirCharter.com and then call Borelli at 408.453.4700 and speak with Buddy or Tom to learn how business travel is helping the business expand into new markets.

With the TEAM concept proven at Club Auto Sport, Borelli is now adding Junction Office Center and Fremont Business Park at Christy Street to the Building Business Network. TEAM Junction and TEAM Christy Street are already attracting a lot of interest from the owners and tenants in the two buildings.

Junction Office Center is a two-building, 77,400 sq. ft. complex containing 52 office condos, of which only four remain. Closeout pricing is being offered on the final four condo units, increasing buyer interest. TEAM Junction held its first meeting in March with more than one-third of the owners and tenants in attendance.

FremontBusinessParkis a three-building 120,000 sq. ft. complex near I-880 and Auto Mall Parkwayat the gateway to Silicon Valleyin southern Fremont. The office suites are tailored to the needs of smaller businesses, ranging in size from 400 – 10,000 sq. ft. and feature the fastest fiber optic Internet speeds in Fremont of up to 100 Mbps or more — with wireless connections. TEAMChristy Street will hold its first meeting shortly after its official re-opening in April following a $2 million renovation.

“It’s very easy to move into an office building with 50 or 100 fellow owners or tenants, and yet feel completely alone,” remarked Tom Purtell, chief operating officer at Borelli Investment Company. “TEAM Junction and TEAM Christy Street will help businesses in the two buildings establish connections and create synergy. Companies can market products and services to one another, participate in co-op advertising, and most importantly, learn from others in the group — emulating the successes and avoiding the failures.”

Added Borelli, “The businesses we’ve talked to at the three buildings are really excited about the concept,” he noted. “It seems so simple — and yet to our knowledge, it hasn’t been tried before inSilicon Valley. The Building Business Network is proving to not only be a big benefit for the participants, but also an important tool for us in marketing the space in our buildings.”

Borelli Investment Company is one of the oldest commercial real estate firms in the Santa Clara Valley. The company provides a full range of commercial real estate services—from development and construction management to land sales and consulting for sales and leasing. More information about Borelli Investment Company’s services may be obtained by calling (408) 453-4700 or visiting www.borelli.com.

Contact:
Buddy Parsons
Borelli Investment Company
2051 Junction Avenue, Suite 100
San Jose, CA 95131
Ph: 408.453.4700
Fax: 408.453.4636
E-mail: buddy@borelli.com
http://www.borelli-inv.com

Innovative, determined marketing  sees the 52-unit, 77,400 sq. ft. project through the challenges of the  Great Recession of 2008-2009

San  Jose, Calif., June 8, 2011 – When Borelli Investment Company acquired an REO  (bank-owned) two, building, two-story, 77,400 sq. ft. R&D/manufacturing  complex located on Junction Avenue near the Trimble Road exit on I-880 back in  2005, creating an office condo complex seemed simple enough.  But with the deepest recession in more than  three-quarters of a century lurking right around the corner, there would be  nothing simple about the Junction Office Center story.

With $10 million in debt and equity funding raised  from an investment group, the project started as expected.

Borelli completely renovated the two  buildings, converting them into high-quality office condos ranging from 750 to  3,000 sq. ft.  The refurbishing included  stunning glass lines with 48 new window openings, new roofs, new heating and  air conditioning units, extensive landscaping, awning covered entrances to  formal lobbies, completely redone interiors, large multi-stalled restrooms, an  on-site fitness facility, common conference room, all the necessary ADA  improvements, and well-appointed suites with carpeting, finished walls and  coffee bars.

“Our first office condo sales closed just before the  end of the year,” said Ralph Borelli, company chairman.  “The following two years were also strong, so  that by the end of 2007, we only had 15 or so units left.”

Responding to the Recession

But  off course, the recession arrived in 2008.   Borelli responded with innovative marketing programs designed to  maintain forward momentum, even if dramatically slowed.  Marketing included a creative mix of  traditional media – brochures, postcards, newsletters, and print ads – together  with “new” media such as a project-specific micro-web site, e-mail blasts, a  lighthearted informational blog that attracted a steady following, and TEAM Junction – a business-acceleration  group run by a certified chairperson from Vistage International, known as the  leading organization for CEOs in the world.           It took awhile and required adjusting condo sales  prices to conform to new market realities, but sales inched forward.  The final sale of a 1,943 sq. ft. unit closed  in May – approximately 5 1/2 years after the first sale.

“Many other developers might have walked away from  Junction Office Center,” Borelli remarked.   “We take our responsibilities seriously – both to our investors and to  the condo owners – to finish the project the way it was intended.  While the returns to investors were obviously  scaled back somewhat, with hard work, we brought the project to a successful  completion.”

For information about other office condo  opportunities through Borelli in Silicon Valley, contact Anna Mcquillan Rose,  at anna@borelli.com, or call (408) 770-1205.

$2.5 million renovation and aggressive marketing campaign stabilize aging asset in a down market – lifting occupancy from 35% to 95%

Contact
Ralph Borelli, Chairman
Borelli Investment Company
2051 Junction Avenue #100
San Jose, CA 95131
Ph: 408.453-4700
ralph@borelli.com

Fremont,Calif.,May 27, 2011- Borelli Investment Company has offeredFremontBusinessPark- a three-building, two-story, 120,000 sq. ft. office complex near the Pacific Commons shopping center in southernFremont- for sale for $13.4 million. Once a buyer is found and the transaction closes, that will complete a remarkable turnaround in today’s challenging economy for an asset that was significantly distressed just 18 months ago.

In mid 2009, company chairman Ralph N. Borelli convinced the office complex’s ownership group to invest additional capital at a time when few were taking that risk. The sweeping $2.5 million renovation modernized both interiors and exteriors and included professional entries with tiled floors, bright corridors with new carpets, upgraded restrooms with granite countertops, energy efficient and safer LED exterior lighting, an on-site fitness facility, common conference room, and creation of many new spaces including micro-offices as small as 375 sq. ft. Fremont Business Park also offers tenants an affordably priced, high-speed, fiber optic Internet service and free membership in TEAM Christy, business-acceleration and mentoring group led by Vistage International.

With the makeover complete, Borelli Investment Company launched an aggressive marketing effort that included a micro-web site with an active and well-read blog, marketing collateral, e-mail updates to prospects, a blog posting or e-mail each time a new tenant signed, and significant outreach to the city ofFremontand local brokers. Occupancy soared, with 60 transactions over an 18-month period, increasing from a low of 35% to the complex’s current 95%. Add in the complex’s prime location near I-880, shopping and services, and the Fremont Auto Mall – and suddenly,FremontBusinessParkis a hot property.

“We’ve worked hard to enhance and stabilize this asset in an exceedingly difficult environment,” said Borelli. “It required investor faith to provide an influx of funds – together with creative marketing and leasing – but it has allowed us to time the sales offering for when it looks like real estate may be ready to move again – rather than losing time trying to rejuvenate the property after the fact.” Borelli further noted that the $13.4 million sales price is 40% of what it would cost to build a similar complex from the ground up in today’s market.FremontBusinessParkis located at 42840 and42808 Christy Streetand42501 Albrae StreetinFremont.

For information related to the sale, contact Buddy Parsons, president of Borelli Investment Company, at buddy@borelli.com, or call (408) 453-4700.