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Charlie McCabe has specialized in Northern California investment sales for over 30 years. During this time, he managed the acquisition or disposition of more than 7.6 million square feet of commercial properties, in addition to over 20,000 acres of vacant land.

Mr. McCabe was previously with Cushman & Wakefield, at which he worked a total of six years. Additionally, for thirteen years he was with CBRE and had been its top San Francisco agent, as well as the firm's number one investment-property specialist for the entire Bay Area region.

Multiple pricing records for Northern California real estate have been set by Mr. McCabe, when exclusively representing sellers. These include the highest prices per square foot (PSF) ever achieved for office, retail, hotel, and parking garage properties. He was the first (and second and fourth) person to sell commercial properties for over $1,000 PSF, and also recently facilitated the highest ever sale price.

In addition to selling buildings to high net-worth investors (including those on the Forbes 400 list), Mr. McCabe was one of the earliest to locally complete transactions with investors based in the Middle East, Asia, and Europe. Familiar with international capital sources, Mr. McCabe's travels span over 45 countries on five continents.

With close community ties, Charlie volunteers time with such philanthropic organizations as The Guardsmen, which raises funds to send the most disadvantaged children to summer camp and pay for educational opportunities. As both a seventh-generation San Francisco Bay Area resident and an Oakland public schools (start to finish) alumnus, he has a long-standing and balanced regional civic engagement.

No one does a better job or puts in more effort. Continuously working since age 12 (initially for the Oakland Tribune), during junior high he cut sheet metal and acted in television commercials, bagged groceries and worked at a motorcycle dealership throughout high school, and washed dishes and worked at a stock brokerage in college.

Mr. McCabe then received his Economics degree from the University of California at Berkeley. At Cal, he was a member of AIESEC—a non-profit Dutch organization in consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council. He has two adult children.

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