Orange County Business Journal back issues from September 2007:
Is 'City Mag' On Way? From Watergate to Congo
Sep 03, 2007; ... OCInsider With Indianapolis-based Emmis Communications as new owner of Orange Coast, OC appears on the verge of getting its first true "city mag," a publication that adds in-depth profiles and investigative pieces to the lifestyle and society coverage that typifies Orange Coast, Coast ...
Con-Way Freight Trucks Out of Buena Park
Sep 03, 2007; ... TRANSPORTATION: Regional HQ moving; OC site staying When trucking company Con-way Freight Inc. started 24 years ago, it set up three independent anus to handle administrative decisions regionally, including one in Buena Park in 1994. But now parent Con-way Inc. of San Mateo wants ...
Quiksilver Headed to Trial Over Roxy Clothing Name
Sep 03, 2007; ... APPAREL: Suit stems back to 2002; both say they adopted the name first Huntington Beach surfwear maker Quiksilver Inc. is headed to court against a Los Angeles company in a dispute over its Roxy brand of clothes. Quiksilver is suing Kymsta Corp. over its Roxywear by Roxx clothing ...
Mexican Retailer Famsa Starts to Convert La Canasta's Stores
Sep 03, 2007; ... HISPANIC: April acquisition boosts Southland operation Expect more stores here from Mexico's Grupo Famsa SA de CV come fall. The Monterrey-based company, which runs the Famsa furniture, electronics and appliances chain in Mexico and the U.S., is adding nine stores after buying ...
Irvine's Gatekeeper: Backed by Brandes
Sep 03, 2007; ... Richard John "R.J." Brandes made a fortune in real estate finance in the 1990s. Since then, he's pursued a passion-horses-and a side project: wrangling shopping carts at Irvine's Gatekeeper Systems Inc. The company, which makes an electronic gadget that keeps shopping carts from leaving ...
Moving On
Sep 03, 2007; ... Options played a part in Broadcom's 2006 stock drop, but now Wall Street is focused on a rebound from the lingering chip slump After deliberating for five and a half days, a jury last month convicted the former chief executive of Sao Jose's Brocade Communications Systems Inc. of ...
Leading Tofu Maker Beefing Up Fullerton Factory Output
Sep 03, 2007; ... FOODS: Pulmuone bringing dozen jobs to automated plant at U.S. HQ Tofu maker Pulmuone Wildwood Inc. is combining operations from Northern California with its under-utilized Fullerton factory. The move comes less than a year after Pulmuone U.S.A., part of South Korea's Pulmuone ...
Irvine Co.: First Lease for Low-Rise Building
Sep 03, 2007; ... REAL ESTATE: Accounting firm taking Big Four's overflow clients Accounting firm White Nelson & Co. is moving its headquarters from Anaheim to an office development under construction in Irvine. The firm just signed a seven-year lease for about 23,000 square feet of space at ...
Likely Successor Ends Up Becoming Cooper Cos.' CEO
Sep 03, 2007; ... Masimo Signs Pact to Supply Devices to Apria; Eye Drug Maker Ista Expands Lease in Irvine HEALTHCARE When Cooper Cos.. the Lake Forest-based maker of contact lenses and women's surgical products, announced Chief Executive Tom Bender would leave this year, talk among company ...
Oracle Offshoot Pillar Data Opening Local Office
Sep 03, 2007; ... TECHNOLOGY: Larry Ellison wants to attract local customers A maker of data storage computers with a big backer is coming to Irvine. San Jose-based Pillar Data Systems Inc. is set to open a small sales office this month. Pillar, which strings together disk drives for data ...
Tub Maker Lasco Soaks in Tough Housing Market
Sep 03, 2007; ... British-Owned Manufacturer Renovates Anaheim Plant; Adding Products, Switching Tactics Lasco Bathware Inc. in Anaheim Hills is floating in rough waters. Lasco, like other home goods makers ;iiul stores, rode the housing boom of the past few yean. Now the maker of bathtubs, ...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Sep 03, 2007; ... This past week's news from www.ocbj.com and other sources TOP STORIES Taiwan's Acer Inc. is set to pay $710 million for Irvine-based computer maker Gateway Inc. Acer is offering 57% more than what Gateway shares were trading at before the deal. With Gateway, Acer is set to have ...
Glitzy Belts Drive B.B. Simon; $13M in Yearly Revenue
Sep 03, 2007; ... Baby Bedding Maker CoCaLo Tries Hand at Kids Furniture; Mobile Edge's Flashy Laptop Bags SMALL BUSINESS Tustin's Belts By Simun, better known as B.B. Simon, knows how to bling up a belt. The company does more than $13 million in yearly sales making belts with Swarovski ...
Mozambique: Fine Steak, Smooth Wine, Unique Flavors
Sep 03, 2007; ... French 75 Does Prix Fixe 'Sunset Suppers'; Chat Noir Offering Chef's Five-Course Tasting Menu EXECUTIVE DINING Agriculturists, especially the artisanal ones, BK always striving to come up with a new crossbreed of mushroom, or whatever else their interest of the moment might be in ...
Landlords Lower Expectations With Debut of Office Towers
Sep 03, 2007; ... The developers of Orange County's latest batch of office towers are opening their doors with much lower leasing expectations than when they broke ground. Developers have just finished construction or are nearing completion on six office towers-totaling 85 floors and about 2 million ...
Turner Construction Company - Leaders in Building Green!
Sep 03, 2007; ... The realities of global climate change, energy and natural resource supplies and costs, and heightened health, safety and productivity concerns have propelled sustamability into the mainstream. Green building is changing the way people think about construction, and generating responsible action ....
Airport, Central Coast: Tight Vacancy Pushing Rents Upward
Sep 03, 2007; ... The airport/Central Coast area is composed of 2,735 office, retail and industrial buildings totaling more than 127 million square feet. Vacancy levels remain in the single digits for all property types, with the exception of office, which stands just over 10%. Industrial vacancy was ...
GIVING
Sep 03, 2007; ... Fundraisers and charitable donations from companies and people Dick and Marilyn Vitek of Dana Point donated $1 million to create the Vitek Institute for Robotic Surgery at Mission Hospital. Vitek is former chair and chief executive of Fotodyne. which was the first company to make ...
Green Building in Orange County: New Challenges for Commercial Projects
Sep 03, 2007; ... Global warming. Climate change. Greenhouse gases. Until a few months ago, those words invoked images of polar ice caps and shrinking rain forests. Now thanks to a confluence of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jerry Brown and Al Gore, those terms have added meaning and significance to developers, ...
Foundation 9 Buys UK-based Video Game Developer
Sep 03, 2007; ... Epicor Software Expanding in South America; Microsemi Sold Original Santa Ana Plant TECHNOLOGY Newport Beach-based video game developer Foundation 9 Entertainment added a British studio to its lineup. Foundation 9 bought Sheffield-based Sumo Digital Ltd.-its first buy on ...
Welcome to HBI Construction
Sep 03, 2007; ... Founded in 1978 HBI Construction has evolved into a multi-dimensional general contractor, providing construction services in California, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah. HBI Construction services many industries including retail, office, commercial, healthcare, institutional, ...
Pacific Sunwear: Props for Changes, Dissed for Costs
Sep 03, 2007; ... Freedom Ups Bid for More Online Advertisers; 360 Business Consulting Lands Software Client MEDIA & MARKETING Anaheim-based Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. has revamped stores in a bid to jump-start sales. Some on Wall Street are noticing. The company has ...
Walgreen Plans to Open Store in Closed Tower Records
Sep 03, 2007; ... Sushi Maker Fuji Foods Moving to L.A; Investor Radius Investments Makes First Local Buy REAL ESTATE It wasn't until the doors were locked and the music turned off that Walgreen Co. started shopping at Tower Records. The drug store operator bought Costa Mesa's distinctive ...
ROEL Construction - Delivering 90 Years of Construction Excellence to Orange County
Sep 03, 2007; ... This year ROEL Construction celebrates its 90-year anniversary and continues to thrive in the Orange County construction marketplace. The company attributes its continued success to people, relationships and trust. Having a 90-year reputation for expertly handling everything from small tenant ...
Superior Tree Care
Sep 03, 2007; ... Professional Trimming and Removal Services Most of Superior Tree Care's customers are homeowners like you. We understand your needs and hold strong beliefs on the level of service you require. We believe that trees are the signature of your home, adding to your home's exterior ...
The Sky is Not Falling in Real Estate Capital Markets
Sep 03, 2007; ... Last May when I wrote an article for this section of the Orange County Business Journal, I talked about how the real estate markets were and had for some time been awash in capital. Lenders seemed to be getting more and more aggressive on rate, term and underwriting standards by the minute. I ...
Maguire Properties Focused on SoCal
Sep 03, 2007; ... Maguire Properties, Inc., a Southern California focused real estate investment trust, is one of the largest owners, managers and developers of first-class office properties in the Southern California market and has a significant presence in key sub- I markets located in Los Angeles County, ...
Helping you Build a Better Workplace
Sep 03, 2007; ... Interior Office Solutions Sets Fast Pace for Growth Through Teamwork When Brian Airth and Jesse Bagley launched Interior Office Solutions from Bagley's Costa Mesa garage in 2000, the young entrepreneurs had big ideas, but realistic expectations. They figured it would take them around a ...
Guthrie Development Company Sees Continuing Demand for Commercial/Industrial Buildings
Sep 03, 2007; ... The recent decline of the subprime lending market poses the question to the consumer: "What effect does that have on the commercial/ industrial buyer who is seeking debt to purchase a building?" There is a tendency to believe the hype that money is too expensive. That lenders are underwriting ...
KPRS Approaches a Decade of Success
Sep 03, 2007; ... Excellence, Innovation and Dedication As Brea-based KPRS Construction Services, Inc. approaches its first full decade of service, we are happy to announce our positive and influential role in Orange County's construction and development industry. KPRS principals Joel Stensby, Lev ...
PGP Partners Begins Construction on Ontario Airport Towers
Sep 03, 2007; ... 150,000 SF of Office and 10,000 SF of Retail Make Up the First Phase of What Will Be the Largest Class A Office Park in the Inland Empire PGP Partners, Inc., a diversified commercial real estate investment and development firm based in Lake Forest, California, along with its partner, the ...
Advanced Medical Giving $2.5M to UC
Sep 03, 2007; ... Advanced Medical Optio* Inc.. a Santa .Ana contact lens care and eye surgery company, has given $2.5 million Io the University of California, Irvine's ophthalmology department and its proposed eye institute. The money is earmarked for programs, technologies and clinical efforts to ...
Werdin Corporation, Partners, Develop Office Condominium Projects Offering Investment Potential, Easy Access, Affordability
Sep 03, 2007; ... Pacific Office Plaza Pacific Office Plaza, the newest ground-up commercial office condominium project developed in the City of Tustin by Werdin Corporation and its partner Saunders Properties is attracting a lot of attention from local service related business owners, legal and ...
Shaw Properties, Because Construction Matters
Sep 03, 2007; ... Shaw Building is more than a compilation of steel and concrete, glass and decorative lighting. It's an investment, an investment of your company's image and reputation. The quality of your building is representative of the quality of your business. The Building Industry Association ...
Drug Makers Post Modest Gain in Employees; Little Movement
Sep 03, 2007; ... HEALTHCARE: Allergan No. 1 again; Sicor biggest gainer Orange County's drug makers saw a modest gain in local workers during the past year, according to this week's Business Journal list. The list ranks companies that are based here or that have local operations by their OC ...
Lindora Expands Rite Aid Clinics for Basic Healthcare
Sep 03, 2007; ... South Coast Plaza Has Three Stores Opening; House of Imports Buys Building It Used to Lease MARKETPLACE It's the new thing: setting up healthcare clinics inside drugstores. CVS Corp., the largest drugstore chain, has been rolling out clinics from Minneapolishased ...
93% SURVEY
Sep 03, 2007; ... Business leaders say good manners are key to moving a person's career forward. The good news is that the overwhelming majority (93%) of senior executives and managers say that good manners are frequently practiced at work. Thirty-eight percent say that good manners are always practiced ...
Device Makers Post Worker Gains; Beckman Posts Decline
Sep 03, 2007; ... HEALTHCARE: Advanced Medical, ev3, Masimo biggest gainers Orange County's medical device companies saw employment rise 3% during the past year, according to this week's Business Journal list. The 26 largest medical device makers operating here added nearly 350 workers in the past ...
SPEAK
Sep 03, 2007; ... Quotes from this week's Business Journal "It's philosophical with me. I think a CEO can stay on a long time, but if you're not a founder, typically the rules are five years is enough. I certainly have been here a lot longer than that." On retiringfrom Cooper Cos. this ...
They Say
Sep 03, 2007; ... Road Work As excerpted from a column in the Aug. 28 edition of the Wall Street Journal by Joel Kotkin Two years ago, as floodwaters overcame the tired defenses of New Orleans, American cities got a wake-up call about the dangers of inadequate infrastructure. But most urban ...
On Fire
Sep 03, 2007; ... Venture Funding of Device, Drug Makers Set for Strong 2007, Easily Outpacing Last Year Nearly $250 million was invested in Orange County device and drug makers during the first half of 2007. Figures from Ernst & Young LLP show that about $154 million was invested in local ...
Better Than Average
Sep 03, 2007; ... A Look at County's Device, Drug Makers Amid Wall Street's Change of Course Could Wall Street's downturn be good news for drug and device stocks? It 's an old adage that drug and device makers are safe havens for investors when the broader market starts faltering. Their ...
Are You a Commercial Real Estate Investor or Small Business Owner in Need of Financing for Your Commercial Property?
Sep 03, 2007; ... We at Uniti Bank have been helping real estate investors and business owners finance their commercial real estate purchases or refinance existing loans. We have been financing small to medium sized strip retail centers, motels, gas stations, car washes, small to medium sized apartment buildings ...
PEOPLE
Sep 03, 2007; ... Hirings, promotions and other moves at local businesses ACCOUNTING Lyndon Group LLC in Newport Beach added Gerrit Combrink of Nungu Trading as an associate. He will oversee Microsoft Dynamics AX Systems and Axapta programming for new international projects. Combrink is a South ...
Doti Runs Dollar Marathons, Too; Mortgage Rebound?
Sep 10, 2007; ... OC Insider Magic Johnson says he's bought a place in Laguna ...When one gets away from Jim Doti, he handles it graciously. The superfundraising Chapman U prez learned like everyone else-from news stories-that Santa Ana developer and Chapman alum Dale Fowler and his wife Sarah Ann made a ...
Cooper Cos. Largely Pulling Out of OC
Sep 10, 2007; ... New Chief Executive Moving Operations to Pleasanton It was a good run. Cooper Cos., a maker of contact lenses and women's surgical products, is ending its time as an Orange County-based company with the appointment of a new chief executive. "Yes, in fact, we will be ...
ZMI Sells $160M in Office, Industrial Space
Sep 10, 2007; ... REAL ESTATE: Two sales represent majority of its holdings Three Orange County offices and an industrial park are trading hands this month, as part of nearly $160 million in Southern California sales by Newport Beach-based investor ZMI Real Estate Inc. ZMl Real Estate, a privately ...
TTM Works on Turnaround, Wall Street Awaiting Results
Sep 10, 2007; ... TECHNOLOGY: Company's cut nearly half of debt from Tyco buy Santa Ana-based circuit board maker TTM Technologies Inc. is working to get back in Wall Street's good graces after a rocky first half of the year. Two analysts recently upgraded the printed circuit board maker, which ...
First American Cuts 1,300 Title Workers
Sep 10, 2007; ... Santa Ana-based First American Corp. said last week it plans to cut 1,300 jobs during the third quarter, primarily in its core title insurance business, as a result of the slumping housing market. First American already cut 600 jobs last quarter. The combined personnel reductions are expected to ...
Video Service Company SyncCast Bought by Thomson
Sep 10, 2007; ... Anaheim-based SyncCast Corp., which offers services for making video available online, has been bought by a unit of France's Thomson SA, a maker of consumer electronics and broadcasting gear. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed. Privately held SyncCast is set to be folded into ...
Japan's HKS Readies Push for Part to Make Cars Go Vroom
Sep 10, 2007; ... AUTO: Engine Supercharger set to sell for $6,500 in stores The Nissans and Infinitis racing around a makeshift course at the former El Toro Marine base during a recent weekend looked normal on the outside. Inside, they were anything but. The cars were fitted with ...
Shea, Cushman Gear Up As Legacy Park Gets Under Way
Sep 10, 2007; ... REAL ESTATE: Commercial project biggest yet for Shea The commercial development arm of Walnut's J.F. Shea Co. is gearing up for a busy next few years, even amid near-term uncertainty for Orange County's developers. The past week saw Shea Properties move into a new corporate ...
Pro-Dex Expands Operations with Bigger Lease in Irvine
Sep 10, 2007; ... MANUFACTURING: Sales up, but company aims to boost profits Pro-Dex Inc. is leaving its Santa Ana headquarters for a bigger facility in Irvine. The manufacturer of small industrial motors signed a 10-year lease for a 28,000-square-foot building at 2361 McGaw Ave. The deal is ...
Pacific Sunwear Sales Surge; Wet Seal Up
Sep 10, 2007; ... August sales at Anaheim-based mall store operator Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. surged a surprising 9.6% last month, while the county's other major retailer. Foothill Ranch-based Wet Seal Inc., was up 1.7% last month. Pacific Sunwear said it benefited from a later start in back to ...
Buyout Consultant Expands Into SoCal Through Local Acquisition
Sep 10, 2007; ... Denver-based buyout consultant Headwaters MB LLC is buying its way into Orange County, despite plenty of concern that private equity deals are on their way out. Headwaters, which bought Costa Mesa's ISI Capital Partners, plans to tap into some strong sectors here: software makers and the ...
School District Selling Four Sites for $88 Million
Sep 10, 2007; ... REAL ESTATE: Big-name builders once eyed the land, but nixed buys Fountain Valley School District is wrapping up several years of selling closed school sites-deals that will bring the school district about $88 million. The sales haven't come easy for the district, which has seen ...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Sep 10, 2007; ... This past week's news from www.ocbj.com and other sources TECHNOLOGY Irvine computer maker Gateway Inc. is selling its struggling business of selling computers and services to businesses for $90 million, ahead of its own $710 million sale to Taiwan's Acer Inc. Idaho's MPC Corp., ...
Cal State Fullerton Holds 50th Party; Courting Alums
Sep 10, 2007; ... California State University, Fullerton, is throwing a bash for its 50th birthday. Suggested gifts: cash. This month, the university kicks off its 50th anniversary celebration. The goal: showcase the growing school's gains of the past 50 years and drum up support from alumni, executives ...
Bristol Medical Group Buys in Tustin for HQ
Sep 10, 2007; ... HEALTHCARE: Company says it makes more sense to own than rent Bristol Park Medical Group, a longtime Orange County group medical practice, paid $ll.2 million for a 51,588-square-foot building in Tustin that's slated to be its headquarters. Bristol Park's new building is at 2742 ...
Orange County United Way: Impacting Our Community and Improving Lives
Sep 10, 2007; ... What is the one common thread we all share? We all either live, work and/or play in Orange County. We are raising our families, operating businesses and pursuing educations here. We marvel over the landscape and are spoiled by the weather. With all the fortunes many of us are blessed with, there ...
United Way Improving Lives
Sep 10, 2007; ... At only 25, Jorge Pereira has spent a majority of his life in and out of trouble with the law. Becoming involved in gangs at a young age and then consumed by the lifestyle, Jorge first found himself in jail at the age of 14. The vicious cycle of gang activity continued with Jorge never out of ...
AROUND THE COUNTY
Sep 10, 2007; ... Projects, developments and other activity in cities across OC HUNTINGTON BEACH Ranco Huntington Investments LLC is in escrow to buy two closed school sites totaling nearly 21 acres. Ranco Huntington plans to build slightly more than 100 homes once the zoning for the land is ...
Get Involved
Sep 10, 2007; ... Is your business looking for a team-building activity, a way to engage employees outside of the normal office setting? Orange County United Way's Volunteer Solutions will not only build leadership traits among employees, encourage camaraderie and re-energize staff, but also enhance your ...
Role of Women in Grocery Evolves Along With Business
Sep 10, 2007; ... July Auto Sales Drop 10%: Even Toyota Down; Lexus, BMW See Gains, Mercedes Off 20% MARKET PLACE Sue Klug, senior vice president of marketing and merchandising working out of Fullerton for Albertsons LLC, recently was named one of the "Top Women in Grocery" by Progressive Grocer, ...
Older Medical Office Buildings Draw Buyers' Interest
Sep 10, 2007; ... Little Development, Scant Available Space Drives Sales of Existing Buildings Near Hospitals Investors continue to buy older medical office buildings near Orange County hospitals. The latest example: Los Angeles-based Placentia Medical LLC's $4 million buy of the Linda Vista ...