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. He is currently responsible for the leasing of nearly 2,000,000 square feet in downtown San Francisco. Under his direction, the firm opened offices in Seattle and Bellevue where CAC leases and manages 3,000,000 square feet. 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, Clarion Partners, Equity Office Properties, Boston Properties, and Pacific Waterfront Partners. Noteworthy corporate clients include Morrison & Foerster, Keker & Van Nest, Severson & Werson, Allen Matkins, The RREEF Funds and URS.

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.

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INVESTMENT SALES TRANSACTIONS: 
 
211 Main Street 
Thornhill 
370,000 sf 
 
650 California Street 
Levine Investments 
492,00 sf* 
 
50 Beale Street 
Beacon Capital Partners 
650,000 sf 
 
100 California Street 
RREEF 
290,000 sf 
 
33 New Montgomery 
Legacy 
225,000 sf 
 
SF Design Center 
Bay West Group 
500,000 sf 
 
EOP Portfolio 
Equity Office Properties 
1,615,000 sf* 
(201 Mission Street / 301 Howard Street / 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 Street (Land) 
Barker Pacific Group 
Land Assembly 
 
* Leasing Market Adviser 
SAN FRANCISCO PROJECT LEASING ASSIGNMENTS: 
 
50 Fremont Street  
TIAA CREF 
800,000 sf 
 
221 Main Street  
Beacon Capital Partners 
365,000 sf 
 
600 California Street  
Beacon Capital Partners 
313,000 sf 
 
Ferry Building  
Equity Office Properties  
175,000 sf 
 
750 Battery Street 
95,000 sf 
 
The Piers  
Pacific Waterfront Partners  
66,000 sf 
 
50 Hawthorne Street  
Boston Properties 
50,000 sf 
 
SEATTLE PROJECT LEASING ASSIGNMENTS: 
 
Columbia Center  
Beacon Capital Partners  
1,500,000 sf 
 
Wells Fargo Center  
Beacon Capital Partners  
945,000 sf 
 
Plaza Buildings Bellevue Beacon Capital Partners  
650,000 sf