WDG Ventures, Inc.
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WDG Ventures, Inc.
109 Stevenson Street, 5th Floor
San Francisco,
Ca 94105
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WDG Ventures, Inc. has been involved in a number of consulting assignments during the past several years, which have grown out of the need, that certain clients and client communities have expressed for “real world” advice on analyzing real estate issues. We bring to the table the perspective of a developer who is an owner, asset manager, and creator of value in a variety of commercial and residential projects. Our experience in managing tenants, analyzing specific supply and demand characteristics, selling and purchasing assets enables us to “sit in the shoes” of the user in order to offer solutions which make sense in a dynamic market.
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735 Market Street Historic Building Seismic Retrofit and Renovation
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735 Market Street is a six story, approximately 54,000 sq. ft. building on the northwest corner of Third and Market Street in San Francisco. The site is zoned C-3-R which allows office, retail, hotel and restaurant use. The building was designed by architect Willis Polk and was constructed in 1908. Though not on the national Register and located outside the national Register Historic District, 735 Market is a Category II or “B” building and is therefore considered an historically significant downtown building.
WDG Ventures, Inc. was retained by Millennium Partners oversee the renovation of the 745 Market Street building for office and retail use and general upgrade to a Type I building, including renovation of floors 2, 3, 4 and 6 for general office use with ground floor retail space. The renovation included architectural and structural elements and ADA compliance. The costs of the renovation of the building qualified for historic building investment tax credits.
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Hamilton
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For four years we were part of a consultant team to the Marin Continuum of Housing on various issues relating to the reuse of the Hamilton Army Airfield in Novato, California. The Continuum is a consortium of non-profit housing and homeless service providers. We were hired to advise them on land use issues, help them identify and acquire buildings and land at Hamilton that could be used for providing housing and services to the homeless and help them advocate for a high percentage of affordable housing in the reuse of the base housing stock.
We have also been retained by Homeward Bound of Marin, the homeless shelter operator, to act as owner’s representative and developer of a new 80-bed residential and job training center on land at Hamilton acquired through the reuse process.
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Presidio
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Prior to the formation of the Presidio Trust, WDG Ventures was brought on as part of a consulting team to the National Park Service to complete a range of analyses for re-use of commercial and residential buildings in the Presidio. The Park Service had been charged by Congress to determine the highest and best use for property in the Presidio with the goal of generating substantial annual revenue to support Park operations.
WDG Ventures researched the commercial market and recommended a fair market rate structure for buildings to be used as office space. We did a similar analysis of the residential market to create an asset management plan for the 1100 units of housing on the Presidio, which the Park Service sought to renovate and lease to targeted groups of potential lessees.
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Bayview Hunter's Point
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In 1997, the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency as a part of an overall planning team to develop a Concept Plan for the economic development of the Bayview Hunters Point community of San Francisco retained WDGV. The responsibilities of WDGV were to synthesize existing studies and reports focusing on market conditions, infrastructure, labor conditions general plan status, economic development goals and strategies. WDGV headed the economic development team whose duty was to identify and devise projects that would have a catalytic impact on the area.
WDGV coordinated the review and synthesis of existing economic consultant studies and reports, the Department of City Planning, SFRA (Hunters Point Shipyard and other initiatives), the light rail effort and the retail/stadium project at Candlestick Point. This information helped in the identification and formation of the proposed catalyst projects.
WDGV also coordinated the Catalyst/Economics Team in developing the Concept Plan including identify existing inventory of "catalyst" projects, developing a matrix and methodology for evaluating project effectiveness, identifying opportunities for rehabilitation and re-focusing existing resources.
WDGV also participated with the Bayview Hunters Point Project Area Committee in fostering community-wide education and coordination including tutorial programs and community workshops on housing, economic development, Third Street merchant opportunities, transportation, urban design, cultural resources, and the environment.
The Redevelopment Agency and other public development resources to guide future City-sponsored initiatives for community economic development will use the Concept Plan.
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