John Cecconi

John Cecconi is a Founder and Principal of The CAC Group. John is one of the leading office building real estate experts on the West Coast. Under his direction, the firm opened offices in Seattle and Bellevue where CAC leases and manages 3,000,000 square feet. He is currently responsible for the leasing of nearly 2,000,000 square feet in downtown San Francisco. Throughout his career, John has negotiated over 15 million square feet of lease transactions and has been involved in over $2.0 billion in property sales.

John's major landlord clients are Beacon Capital Partners, TIAA-CREF, AEW Capital Management, Equity Office Properties, and Pacific Waterfront Partners. Noteworthy corporate clients include Morrison & Foerster, Keker & Van Nest, Severson & Werson, The RREEF Funds, URS, and MD Beauty.

John graduated from Loyola Marymount University in 1975 with a Bachelor of Science, cum laude, and has a Master of Arts degree from California State University, Los Angeles. After graduating from Loyola, John taught high school for three years in Los Angeles. He began his real estate career in 1978 in commercial property finance with Mason McDuffie Co. in Berkeley. In 1980, John joined the San Francisco office of Coldwell Banker (now CB Richard Ellis) where he spent ten years in office leasing and investment sales.

John is a member of Lambda Alpha International and NAIOP. He is a regent of the Catholic Cathedral of Christ the Light in the Diocese of Oakland, a trustee of Christendom College in Front Royal, Virginia and is on the Advisory Board of Presidio Bank. In 2008, John was appointed a Knight of the Order of Saint Gregory the Great by Pope Benedict the XVI.

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INVESTMENT SALES TRANSACTIONS: 
 
211 Main Street - Thornhill 
370,000 sf

650 California Street - Levine Investments  
492,000 sf*

50 Beale Street - Beacon Capital Partners  
650,000 sf

275 Battery Street - Boston Properties  
400,000 sf*

100 California Street - RREEF 290,000 sf

Caleb Chan 
290,000 sf

33 New Montgomery Street - Legacy 
225,000 sf

SF Design Center - Bay West Group  
500,000 sf

215 Fremont Street - Equity Office Properties  
250,000 sf

405 Howard Street - Hines / Sterling American  
503,000 sf*

1,300,000 sf* - Hines 
(50 Fremont/601 California Street/505 Montgomery Street)

EOP Portfolio - Equity Office Properties  
1,615,000 sf* 
(201 Mission Street/301 Howard/ 405 Howard Street/580 California Street)

535 Mission Street (land) Beacon Capital Partners development site

560 Mission Street (land) DN&E Walter Company development site

100 First St (land) - Barker Pacific Group land assembly 
 
*Leasing Market Adviser

SAN FRANCISCO PROJECT LEASING ASSIGNMENTS: 
 
50 Fremont Street - TIAA CREF 
740,000 sf 
 
50 Beale Street - Broadway Partners  
638,000 sf 
 
Rincon Center - Beacon Capital Partners  
240,000 sf 
 
600 California Street - Beacon Capital Partners 
313,000 sf 
 
650 California Street - AEW Capital Management  
460,000 sf 
 
Ferry Building - Equity Office Properties  
175,000 sf 
 
The Piers - Pacific Waterfront Partners  
66,000 sf 
 
SEATTLE PROJECT LEASING ASSIGNMENTS: 
 
Columbia Center - Beacon Capital Partners  
1,500,000 sf 
 
Wells Fargo Center - Beacon Capital Partners  
945,000 sf 
 
Bellevue - Beacon Capital Partners  
650,000 sf