TMC CURRENT

As published in The Registry, June 2010 issue:

Nose Above Water

SBA data show Bay Area small-business real estate borrowers are faring better than their U.S. peers.

By David Herbert

“Thousands of Bay Area small businesses that have borrowed to buy real estate for their own use though a federal program have outperformed their nationwide peers during the recession. But proposed changes to Small Business Administration rules to make the program more flexible could go a long way toward relieving the stress of falling commercial property values, experts on the program say. Those declines in some cases are harming small companies that otherwise might survive.

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Transportation, Moving & Storage

American Royal International, Inc. – San Carlos

Bay Area Kenworth (trucking) – Sacramento

Bay Porter Express – South San Francisco

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Technology

American Probe & Technologies, Inc. – San Jose

Bay Technology – Livermore

Betatron, Inc. – San Jose

Blackbag Technologies, Inc. – San Jose

Biosearch Technologies, Inc. – Novato

Bradford Technologies, Inc. – San Jose

Coastland Civil Engineering, Inc. – Santa Rosa

Comtel Systems Technology, Inc. – Sunnyvale

DocuStream, Inc. – San Leandro

Elim Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. – Hayward

Guardian Computer Support, Inc. – Livermore

Helio Solutions, Inc. – Santa Clara

HT Precision Corporation – San Jose

Hurricane Electric (internet service provider) – Fremont

Kelytech Corporation – San Leandro

Myntahi Corporation – Fremont

Nick’s Machining – Santa Clara

Primitive Logic, Inc. – San Francisco

Quality Assurance Engineering – Oakland

Saitech, Inc. – Fremont

Siegeworks, LLC – Livermore

Sierra Tech Research, Inc. – San Jose

Sky + Ltd. Engineering Technologies – American Canyon

Tech Soft America, LLC – Berkeley

Twinsoft, Inc. – San Jose

Versatronics – Campbell

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Retail

Abbey Carpets – San Francisco

Asia Mart – Santa Rosa

Bamboo Reef Enterprises, Inc. (diving centers) – San Francisco

Bellach’s Leather for Living – San Francisco

Berkeley Bowl Produce – Berkeley

Browns Valley Cleaners – Vacaville

Campus Liquor, Wine & Food – Sacramento

Captain Aqua’s Full Service Dive Center – Hayward

Castaneda’s Marketplace – Windsor

City Carpets – Cotati

City Lights Books – San Francisco

Clay of the Land Pottery – Berkeley

Cottage Industry – San Francisco

County Square  Market – Antioch

Danny Thomas Party Rentals, LLC – Sunnyvale

Dixon Hardware – Dixon

Downtown Cellular – Los Angeles

Ethan Allen Home Interiors – Fairfield

Farinelli Fine Antiques – San Francisco

Fit-Tech Service Inc. – Fairfield

Habite – San Francisco

Ifshin Violins – Berkeley

Jessup Cellars – Napa

Lexann Pharmacy – San Jose

Lola’s Market – Santa Rosa

Memphisto (shoes) – Walnut Creek

Music Lovers, Inc. – San Francisco

Midnight Sun – Healdsburg

National Furniture Liquidators, Inc. – San Lorenzo

Rincon Latino, Inc. (grocery) – Richmond

Simayof, Inc. (jeweler) – San Francisco

Styler’s Floor Covering, Inc. – Lost Altos

Ted Levine Drum Co. – South El Monte

The Sports Basement, Inc. – San Francisco

Urban Ore, Inc. – Berkeley

Victoria Jewelry & Gifts – Hayward

Wheelchairs of Berkeley – Berkeley

Wilderness Trail Bikes – Mill Valley

Zuma Jay’s – Malibu

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Restaurants, Bars & Food Services

A Black Tie Affair (catering) – South San Francisco

Andy’s Bar-B-Que - Santa Clara

Arby’s Roast Beef – Vacaville

Back Forty Texas BBQ – Pleasant Hill

Bakery Express Cafe – Palmdale

Barbara Llewellyn Catering & Event Planning – Oakland

Basil Thai Restaurant – San Francisco

By the Bay Baking – Oakland

Caffe Roma Roasting Company – San Francisco

Children’s Choice – San Jose

Classical Catering – San Jose

Coffee Klatch – Upland

Continental Caterers – Palo Alto

Dragon City, Inc. – South San Francisco

Elixir – San Francisco

Fina Estampa – San Francisco

Firehouse Grill and Brewery – East Palo Alto

Golden Pacific Brewing Company – Berkeley

Hockey Haven – San Francisco

House of Prime Rib – San Francisco

Jessie et Laurent (home delivery) – San Rafael

Korea Garden – Las Vegas, NV

Manressa Restaurant – Los Gatos

Marin Cheese Company – San Rafael

Nagano Sushi Restaurant - San Francisco

O’Reilly’s Holy Grail – San Franciso

Original Joe’s – San Francisco

Original Mel’s – San Francisco

Orson – San Francisco

Paragon Restaurant & Bar – San Francisco

Pasta Sonoma – Rohnert Park

Popeye’s Chicken – San Pablo

Sandbox Bakery – San Francisco

Savoy Catering – Oakland

Shalizaar Restaurant – Belmont

Slanted Door – San Francisco

Sonoma French Bakery – Vallejo

Swiss Louis Restaurant, Inc. – San Francisco

Thai Issan Restaurant - Sebastopool

The Cheese Steak Shop – Hercules

The Spinnaker Restaurant – Sausalito

Vesuvio’s – San Francisco

Voila! juices – Oakland

Zuni Cafe – San Francisco

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Real Estate Services

Balch Enterprises – Hayward

Castle View Realty – San Jose

C.C. Lending – San Mateo

Century 21 Mancheno Realty – Richmond

Cornerstone Real Estate and Homes Loans – Napa

Dwyer & Associates – San Francisco

Fidelity Brokers – Newark

Five-Star Mortgage, Inc. – San Jose

Hilltop Financial Mortgage – Sacramento

Home Investment Realty & Mortgage – San Jose

I Realty – Henderson, NV

Interstate Investment Brokers – Fresno

Mauri Financial Services Corp. – Brentwood

Meacham/Oppenheimer, Inc. - Campbell

Platinum Mortgage Lending Corp. – San Jose

Success One Financial – Fairfield

The Houghton Financial Group – San Jose

The Loan Experts – Saratoga

Thompson Brooks, Inc. – San Francisco

Thompson | Dorfman Partners, LLC – Mill Valley

U.S. First American Mortgage Banker Corp. – West Covina

Unifi Group, Inc. – Alameda

Welcome Home Staging & Design, LLC – Dublin

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