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Mr. James Van Sickle
AIMCO
San Mateo, CA
415.717.8276


AllWest was retained by AIMCO, upon the recommendation by the City of Fremont, CA, to provide structural design services. Working on a lump sum basis, AllWest engineered the seismic upgrade of 20 existing apartment buildings with tuck-under parking garages at the ground surface. Buildings were retrofitted with steel welded moment resisting frames in the longitudinal direction and steel braced frames in the transverse direction. AllWest was further retained to provide bid documents, to review contractor proposals and to provide shop drawing review and periodic construction inspections. Project activities occurred in 2008 and 2009.


Mr. Greg LeBon, AIA
AEG Administration
Los Angeles, CA
213 763 5439


AllWest was retained by AIG to provide on call technical services relating to water intrusion incidents during the construction of LA Live, a 57 story building housing a Ritz Carlton and JW Marriot Hotel as well as residential condominiums. Project activities occurred in 2009 and 2010.


Ms. Michelle Montz
Alecta USA
San Francisco, CA
415 321 6106


Alecta is a Swedish pension fund that invests globally in real estate. AllWest provides physical due diligence reviews for Alecta in both debt and equity scenarios. Projects in 2008-2009 include properties in San Francisco, Torrance, Phoenix and Texas.


Steve Jones, Esq.
Greenburg Traurig
Los Angeles, CA
310.586.7845


Since 1995 Mr. Jones has retained AllWest to provide environmental advice in concert with building acquisitions for such clients as Westbrook Partners, Rockpoint Group and Divco West Properties.


Mr. Perry Pinto
Walton Street Capital
Chicago, IL
312.915.2804


AllWest provides physical due diligence expertise to this active opportunity fund investor primarily for property acquisitions located west of Colorado. Recent project include office buildings and hotels in Los Angeles & Seattle, a regional mall in San Bernardino and a senior housing facility in Colorado Springs. In 2005 AllWest assisted Walton with their acquisition of 4 class A office buildings in Seattle, WA. 2006-2007 projects include office complexes in Menlo Park, CA and luxury hotels in Colorado, Texas and California.


Mr. Charles Koyama
General Manager
Los Angeles Center Studios
Los Angeles, CA
213-534-2356


AllWest oversees asbestos related activities at LA Center Studios, a 12 story high-rise immediately west of downtown Los Angeles. Formerly the Unocal headquarter buildings, the property has been transformed into an office/sound stage complex. AllWest has overseen nine floors of asbestos abatement for the building owner, the Bristol Group, of San Francisco.


Mr. Brian Thorton
Pacific Coast Capital Partners
San Francisco, CA
415.732.7649


AllWest has provided physical due diligence expertise to this very active, sophisticated lender in the form of environmental peer reviews, asbestos/mold surveys, property condition, structural reviews and ALTA surveys since their inception in 1999. In 2005 AllWest's services were mostly transactions funded by PCCP's Smart Growth Fund or peer reviews of other consultant reports. 2006 - 2007 projects include ESA/PCA/PML due diligence on office acquisitions in the Inland Empire and San Francisco, CA.


Ms. Hannah Green
Fowler Acquisition Partners
San Francisco, California
415. 925.3100


Over the past ten years AllWest has provided environmental expertise, primarily in the form of Phase I and Subsurface Investigations to Fowler Shore & Flanagan, FF Partners and now Fowler Acquisition Partners during their purchases of over one hundred apartment complexes and commercial facilities throughout California and Pacific Northwest. Many of the properties were securitized by Lehman Brothers, Daiwa and CS First Boston. Interesting sites include a missile research and development site in Rancho Cucamonga and a large industrial facility in Antioch, both located in California. In 2002 we were retained to manage the removal of asbestos and mold from a 206 unit apartment complex in Sacramento, CA prior to site redevelopment. AllWest assisted Fowler with their acquisition of the Land's End apartment complex in Pacifica, CA, a 260 unit,12 building apartment development perched on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Other project is 2005 included a retail center in Boise Idaho and office complex in Rancho Conejo, CA. 2006-2007 projects included sites in Oregon and Texas. 2008-09 projects included a dry cleaners site characterization and peer review of a post remedial Superfund site in Scotts Valley, CA


Karen R. Penhall, RPA
Asset Manager
Maguire Properties
Irvine, California 92612
949.428.8931


"Marc, You are fabulous! Thanks so much for expediting the report. We will review and let you know if we have any questions."


Edward J. Suharski
Executive Vice President
Grubb & Ellis Company
San Francisco, CA 94104
415.439.5077


"Bob, Marc has done incredible work for G&E with due diligence analysis. He can more fully explain his services. We would recommend him for those projects wherein you need third-party due diligence analysis."


Michael Strle
Senior Vice President
BT Commercial
Pleasant Hill, CA
925.621.3840


"The best in the business is AllWest Environmental in San Francisco. The contact person is Marc Cunningham 415.391.2510. I have used him for years. He is fast and not too expensive."


Eric Von Berg
Principal
Newmark Realty Capital
San Francisco, CA
415.956.9922


"My clients tend to choose third party consultants based on price alone. When my dollars are on the line, I use AllWest"


Ms. Julie L. DeShazo
South Bay Development Company
Campbell, CA 95008
(408) 379-0400


Marc, "I want to give you a big Thank You for getting the structural to me when you guys did. I am very appreciative of the extra efforts that were involved to do that." Thank you!!



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