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www.avalonorganics.com
Avalon Organics grows from a small Northern California startu...
www.avalonorganics.com
Avalon Organics grows from a small Northern California startup to become one of the most recognized brands in the natural cosmetics industry.
Mark Egide, the Founder of Avalon Natural Cosmetics, first met Mark Levin in 1986, prior to the formation of Avalon. At the time Mark Egide was operating Beauty without Cruelty Cosmetics and the San Francisco Soap Company. In 1989, at the startup phase of Avalon, Mark Levin's assistance was sought out to find Avalon’s initial premises, which was a combined office / warehouse space of just over 1,000 SF in Marin County, California.
With Mark's help, Avalon expanded twice in the same building as the initial premises.
New Facility Searches
We begin with the many individual criteria that need to be ach...
New Facility Searches
We begin with the many individual criteria that need to be achieved for a new location to be a long-term success. Next, we identify the most favorable possible locations for a companyís new facility. Finally, we conduct extensive due diligence review to determine the best possible site for the expansion or relocation.
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Lease and Sale Representation
With the experience gained through more than 25 years of completing lease and sales transactions valued in excess of $800 million, we provide comprehensive, experienced representation for our clients in all types of commercial real estate lease and sales transactions.
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Incentives Advisory and
 Sale Transaction & Industrial
Revenue Bond Financing
Alvarado Street Bak...Sale Transaction & Industrial
Revenue Bond Financing
Alvarado Street Bakery
76,000 SF
Natural Foods
Multiple Lease and Sale
Transactions, 1993-2002
Amy's Kitchen
245,000 SF
Natural Foods
Multiple Lease and Sale
Transactions, 2002-Present
Amy's Kitchen
415,000 SF
Natural Foods
Lease and Sale Transactions
Construction Advisory Work
Avalon Organics
108,500 SF
Natural Beauty Products
Lease Transactions
Lease Advisory Work
Fantastic World Foods
132,000 SF
Natural Foods
Lease and Sale Transactions
Investment Sale
Hydofarm
132,000 SF
Equipment Manufacturer
Sale
Focused on understanding our clients' business plans and growth projections to help with t...
Focused on understanding our clients' business plans and growth projections to help with the development and implementation of strategic long term plans and facilities requirements.
Making the right real estate facility decisions is essential for the success of growing manufacturing and distribution companies. Often a company's initial location is based on proximity to where the company's founder lives.
However, once a company reaches a certain size, location decisions need to take into account a much larger array of factors, including the markets that a company is selling to, freight and distribution costs, labor costs and availability, as well as real estate acquisition and leas
Sophisticated, experienced and comprehensive representation in a full range of commercial ...
Sophisticated, experienced and comprehensive representation in a full range of commercial real estate lease and sales transactions.
We have completed more than 3,500,000 square feet of lease transactions and $585M in commercial real estate sales transactions for our clients.
Extensive experience has included the representation of our clients in new acquisitions, new facility leases, lease renewals and expansions and build-to-suit transactions. With many years of structuring deals for the best interests of our clients, we especially enjoy creating deal structures that provide our clients with both the most economically favorable terms and the most flexible long term alternatives
www.zeiss.com
Carl Zeiss Vision is a worldwide leader in developing eyeglass lens de...
www.zeiss.com
Carl Zeiss Vision is a worldwide leader in developing eyeglass lens designs, coatings and materials.
In 1988, Mark Levin, Vice President of Voit Real Estate Services - Cypress Food Group, represented Sola Optical Company in a 94,000 square foot lease for its Northern California offices and R&D facilities. At the time, Sola, which has since been acquired by Zeiss, was one of the largest private employers in Sonoma County, in Northern California. This first deal with Sola required buying out a lease from a tenant that had just leased space in a new 120,000 square foot building, to create the necessary continguous premises for Sola's extensive Research and Development divis
www.tenfab.com
In three years, TenFab Designs expands from a 2,000 square foot store...
www.tenfab.com
In three years, TenFab Designs expands from a 2,000 square foot storefront to a 55,000 square foot high tech production facility where it produces state-of-the-art display graphics for Fortune 100 companies nationally.
In early 2009, Aaron Helfman and Mark Levin met for the first time in TenFab Design's storefront facility near the Northwestern University Campus in Evanston, Illinois. TenFab had recently been awarded the opportunity to create a exhibition piece from aluminum and fabric to be displayed at the Daniel Burnham Centenial to be held later that year in Millenium Park in Chicago. Aaron had a challenge, as he needed a 10,000 square foot facility with high ceil
www.pointblue.org
Point Blue develops its scientific research and education center adj...
www.pointblue.org
Point Blue develops its scientific research and education center adjacent to the Petaluma River and one of largest remaining areas of the San Francisco Bay's wetlands and tidal marshes.
Mark Levin, Vice President of Voit Real Estate Services - Cypress Food Group, was one of the owners of a parcel of land in a business park that adjoined the marshes and wetlands of the Petaluma River basin, located in Sonoma County in Northern California. A multi-tenant commercial condominium project for the site was advancing through the approval process, when Mark received a phone call from the facilities director at Point Blue. The facilities director had seen the parcel, the last re
http://www.hydrofarm.com
Started at the owner's kitchen table in Marin County, Hydro...
http://www.hydrofarm.com
Started at the owner's kitchen table in Marin County, Hydrofarm grows steadily over 35 years to become the largest manufacturer of hyrodponic equipment and high-intensity grow lights in the nation.
Hydrofarm, during the 35 years of its existence, has always taken a disciplined approach to growth. As with most manufacuring businesses in competitve industries, keeping operating costs under control is always of critical importance. When Mark Levin, Vice President of Voit Real Estate Services - Cypress Food Group, first began working with Hydrofarm, their Northern California operation was in 26,000 square feet of leased premises, which was too small, yet a number
www.fantasticfoods.com
From its origins as a startup in Marin County, Fantastic Worl...
www.fantasticfoods.com
From its origins as a startup in Marin County, Fantastic World Foods, a pioneering natural foods company grows to become one of the leading company for packaged organic grains nationwide.
Jim Rosen, the Founder of Fantastic World Foods, first met Mark Levin, Vice President of Voit Real Estate Services - Cypress Food Group, in 1986 when he was looking for about 10,000 square feet of additional warehouse space for his new company, then called "Fantastic Foods". The primary concern in addition to a low rental rate was having clear height space in excess of 30' high, as pallets were stacked four high to make the warehouse space operate as effieciently as possible.
amyskitchen.com
Amy's Kitchen tremendous growth continues as it becomes the leading ...
amyskitchen.com
Amy's Kitchen tremendous growth continues as it becomes the leading company for organic vegetarian meals nationally, expands its facilities in Northern California and establishes new manufacuring plants in Oregon and Idaho.
In 2002, Amy's Kitchen and Mark Levin, Vice President of Voit Real Estate Services - Cypress Food Group, worked dilgently on creating a new 400,000 square foot food manufacturing and distribution facility in Sonoma County, California on a beautiful 80 acre site. However, a number of obstacles, including potential traffic impacts and the possibility of the site being located in habitat where the Califonia Tiger Salmander, a protected species, is fou
amyskitchen.com
Amy's Kitchen grows from a startup making one product, vegetarian po...
amyskitchen.com
Amy's Kitchen grows from a startup making one product, vegetarian pot pies, to become the leading company for frozen vegetarian meals in the nation with hundreds of products in various food categories.
Andy Berliner, the Founder of Amy’s Kitchen first met Mark Levin, Vice President of Voit Real Estate Services - Cypress Food Group, in 1993 when Amy’s was looking to expand their start-up organic food manufacturing company in Sonoma County, California. At that time, Amy’s had sales of less than $5M annually and was operating from several warehouse spaces, each less than 5,000 SF. Andy requested Mark’'s advice on a build-to-suit for Amy’s that had been proposed by a local
During more than twenty-five years as a commercial real estate broker, consultant and advi...
During more than twenty-five years as a commercial real estate broker, consultant and advisor, Mark Levin has focused on contributing to the successful growth of the many companies he has represented.
As Vice President of the Voit Real Estate Services - Cypress Food Group, Mark's primary business objective is to provide his clients with the most insightful, informed and skilled representation possible in all of the various aspects of often complex commercial real estate transactions.
Mark has a very thorough understanding of how critical the decision of where to locate a new manufacturing or distribution facility can be to a company's future. During the site selection process, he will of
www.alvaradostreetbakery.com
Alvarado Street grows from “Food for People not for P...
www.alvaradostreetbakery.com
Alvarado Street grows from “Food for People not for Profit” movement to become one of the largest worker owned companies in the food insustry.
Alvarado Street Bakery is a global supplier of certified whole grain breads and bagels, which are made with natural wheat. Alvarado started producing whole grain organic baked goods for the local community in 1979, with roots tracing back to the “Food for People, not for Profit” movement in the San Francisco Bay Area.
In 1981, five workers from the "Food for People, not for Profit" group decided to form a worker cooperative. They purchased the bakery and formed a Bakery Food Cooperative naming the business Alvara
Mark Levin of Voit Real Estate Services - Cypress Food Group represented Amy’s Kitchen Restaurant Holdings, LLC, in the purchase of the two Rohnert Park land parcels.
ROHNERT PARK — Amy’s Kitchen brought the convenience of frozen vegetarian meals to the...
ROHNERT PARK — Amy’s Kitchen brought the convenience of frozen vegetarian meals to the grocery aisle 25 years ago, and now the Petaluma-based packaged-foods company wants to do the same for the fast-food drive-through.
Two of the issues critically important to site selectors — work force and incentives —...
Two of the issues critically important to site selectors — work force and incentives — came into sharp relief in December, thanks to a Michigan governor and a New York Times reporter.
 John Mackey, Whole Foods Market co-CEO, writes on “conscious capitalism” in his newly ...John Mackey, Whole Foods Market co-CEO, writes on “conscious capitalism” in his newly co-authored book Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business. Conscious capitalism is good. Health care reform is fascist. The wisdom of John Mackey. I’m listening.
The organic industry continues to grow worldwide. Here are some statistics regarding this...
The organic industry continues to grow worldwide. Here are some statistics regarding this burgeoning market.
 From macaroni to milk to supplements, here are four nutrition companies making waves in th...From macaroni to milk to supplements, here are four nutrition companies making waves in the public market this year.
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