Michael Brown is a founding member of Newmark’s San Francisco office and has been a Top Producer there since its inception in 2002. His creativity, tenacity and in-depth knowledge of the San Francisco market has made him one of the region’s leading real estate professionals. Brown advises clients on the development and implementation of high-level real estate strategy. With expertise in technology, financial services, and law firms, his clients range from startups to Fortune 500 companies.
Since the start of his career, Brown has been involved in more than 8.5 million square feet of transactions, many of which have been large and complex, for a total transaction value in excess of $6 billion.
Partial List of Lease Assignments
As a tenant representative:
- ServiceSource, various locations, 418,000 SF
- Zymergen, Various locations, 450,000 SF
- TriZetto Corp., Various locations, 150,000 SF
- Cisco/Meraki, 167,000 SF
- McCann Worldgroup, San Francisco, 112,000 SF
- Invitae, San Francisco, 103,000 SF
- Cooley, Inc., San Francisco, 101,000 SF
- Anderson Tax, San Francisco, 66,000 SF
- Planet Labs, San Francisco, 65,000 SF
- StumbleUpon, San Francisco, 60,000 SF
- GitHub Inc, San Francisco, 54,000 SF
- Mulesoft, San Francisco, 50,000 SF
- Venable, LLC, San Francisco, 38,000 SF
- Eleven, Inc. San Francisco, 30,000 SF
Partial Landlord Listings
- 500 Terry A Francois Boulevard, San Francisco: 305,260 SF
- 760 Market Street, San Francisco: 298,000 SF
- 901 Market Street, San Francisco: 211,000 SF
- 123 Townsend Street, San Francisco: 139,124 SF
- 444 De Haro Street, San Francisco: 138,430 SF
- 345 Brannan Street, San Francisco: 117,00 SF
- 731 Market Street, San Francisco: 93,107 SF
- 135 Townsend Street, San Francisco: 51,895 SF
Professional Achievements
- Hal Brown Memorial Award, 2015
- Top Producers Conference, Newmark, 2002-2015
- Top Producer, Newmark (NorCal), 2002-2012
- Most Creative Deal, Newmark San Francisco, 2010
- Most Creative Deal, Newmark (NorCal), 2003
- Real Estate Broker of the Year, San Francisco Business Times, 2000
Personal Affiliations
- Chairman, Marin Valentine’s Ball Foundation
- Active member, Olympic Club
- Former member, American Red Cross Board of Advisors
Education
Brown earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of California, Santa Barbara.