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History
The following is a chronology of significant
events in the history of the Birtcher Family of Companies:
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1939 - 1969
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Birtcher emerged as a leading
Southern California regional construction and real estate
investment firm. |
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1970 - 1980
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A joint venture was consummated with
Southern Pacific Railroad with Birtcher serving as the
exclusive in-house real estate development company. Properties
owned and under development were located in 17 states
and included office, retail, industrial, R&D, mixed-use
and master-planned commercial communities. |
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1981 - 1988
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Birtcher evolved into a national real
estate construction, development and management service
company. It also created and marketed in excess of $200
million of public limited partnerships for real estate
investment and formed a substantial pension advisory fund
with Smith Barney. This activity resulted in Birtcher
broadening the scope of its asset and property management
business to encompass more than 20 million square feet
and instituting a new profit center responsible for portfolio
purchase and disposition for its own account as well as
for third parties, directed by Robert Anderson. |
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1989 - 1991
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Birtcher successfully implemented asset
and loan disposition programs for approximately $1 billion
of assets, which included office, retail, industrial,
hotel, apartment and recreational oriented projects. |
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1989
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Birtcher was named NAIOP "Real Estate
Developer of the Year." |
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1990
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The Birtcher family sold 50% of its development
and construction entities to Mitsui Bussan, one of the
largest trading companies in the world. The new company
was called Birtcher Real Estate Limited. The Birtcher
family retained sole control of a core group of real estate
assets as well as its various service businesses including
its acquisition and advisory services and asset and property
management. |
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1992
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Birtcher formed a company called Birtcher
Group, to focus on providing construction and development
services in Mexico. The Birtcher Group completed a number
of major projects for Mexican and multi-national clients
in Mexico City and Guadalajara.. |
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1993 - 1998
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While maintaining an interest in Birtcher
Real Estate Limited, under the leadership of Robert Anderson,
the Birtcher family consolidated its various real estate
activities under the family umbrella, providing loan work-outs,
development services, asset and property management, advisory
services, and acquisition and disposition programs. Specific
accomplishments include:
- Birtcher served as the advisor on
the purchased approximately 2.2 million square feet
of individual assets and portfolios valued in excess
of $300 million. Much of this real estate was purchased
on behalf of Asian clients, establishing Birtcher
as a strong provider of Southeast Asian capital management
services.
- Birtcher expanded to China with
the formation of the Birtcher Vantone Industry Co.,
Ltd. real estate and development Company which provided
the development and financing planning for a $1 billion
mixed-use project in downtown Beijing.
- The company became active in the
development and construction of office and industrial
projects in the Portland, Denver and Orange County,
California markets and received "Pursuit of Excellence"
award from the Portland BOMA for AmberGlen Business
Park.
- Birtcher accepted the Building Owners
and Mangers Association ("BOMA") award for Xerox Centre
in Santa Ana, California and International Office
Building of the Year ("TOBY") award for Palm Court
in Irvine, California.
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1999 - 2002
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Birtcher continued its real estate service
orientation with the development of nearly 300,000 square
feet of office and "flex" space near Portland; as well
as over 300,000 square feet of suburban office product
in Lake Forest, California, all on behalf of its institutional
real estate investment clients.
Birtcher also expanded its management and development
services presence in Arizona via the merger with Marathon
Management to form Birtcher Arizona, LLC, comprised of
a combined portfolio of 1.4 million square feet.
In addition to its service business, Birtcher rapidly
expanded its investment activity with the acquisition
of 2 million square feet of existing office and industrial
and retail property as well as over 200 acres of industrial
land in California, Arizona and Oregon, in joint venture
with various institutional and private capital partners.
In 2000 Birtcher was awarded Orange County Business Journal's
and California State-Fullerton's Family Business Council
"Family Owned Business Award" for its commitment to family
and to community.
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2003
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Birtcher Property Services became Birtcher
Anderson Properties in January 2003, recognizing Robert Anderson's
leadership in the company for the last 15 years. |
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2004
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Birtcher Anderson Realty, LLC was formed
by Arthur Birtcher and Robert Anderson to continue the investment
activity of Birtcher Anderson Properties. |
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2005
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Birtcher Anderson Realty, LLC and Birtcher
Anderson Properties, Inc. relocate their corporate headquarters
to historic San Juan Capistrano, California. |
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2006
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Birtcher Anderson Realty, LLC transacted
over $200 million dollars of acquisition, development
and disposition transactions of office, industrial and
retail properties in the California, Arizona and Nevada
markets.. |
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2007
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Birtcher Anderson Realty, LLC, acquired
over 700,000 square feet of office property valued at
over $180 million dollars and sold over 150,000 square
feet at a return to their investment partners of over
43% in California, Arizona and Nevada. |
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