CA RE License #01316611
Jesse Cardenas joined Newmark Knight Frank’s San Mateo office in January 2011 with nearly 10 years of commercial real estate experience. Cardenas specializes in industrial and R&D properties and has a working knowledge of the biotechnology industry having worked with Genentech, Inc. for over five years.
Prior to joining Newmark Knight Frank, Cardenas worked at Coldwell Banker Commercial West Bay Real Estate Group in Burlingame, where he the top producer at Coldwell Banker in 2002, 2009 and 2010 and a CoStar Power Broker in 2006 and 2009. To date, Cardenas has sold over 15 commercial properties totaling over 500,000 square feet and leased over 400,000 square feet of commercial property ranging from Biotech and R&D to industrial properties.
Some of Cardenas’s highlights include the lease and eventual sale of over 85,000 square feet of a food processing facility, the relocation of a biotech company headquarters from Michigan to California and the sale of a 200,000 square foot corporate headquarters for a Fortune 500 company in Florida with relocation to California.
Major Properties Represented
- 405 Victory Avenue, South San Francisco, CA: 210,305
- 274 Wattis Way, South San Francisco, CA: 50,000
- 229-233 Utah Avenue, South San Francisco, CA: 44,212
- 50 Adrian Court, Burlingame, CA: 35,400
- 332 East Grand Avenue, South San Francisco, CA: 35,000
- 1845 Rollins Road, Burlingame, CA: 35,000
- 303 Vintage Park Drive, Foster City, CA: 22,500
- 370 Adrian Road, Millbrae, CA: 22,000
- 955 North Amphlett Boulevard, San Mateo, CA: 15,000
- 111 Kimball Way, South San Francisco, CA: 15,000
- 332 Littlefield Road, South San Francisco, CA: 10,500
- 1100 Industrial Road, San Carlos, CA: 9,000
- 1120 Chess Drive, Foster City, CA: 8,200
- 831 Bransten Road, San Carlos, CA: 3,590
Partial Client List
- Abmaxis, Inc.
- Board Vantage
- Bowling Vaccine & Pharmaceutical, Inc.
- Catalytica Energy Systems, Inc.
- Epitomics
- LSG Sky Chefs
- MAP Pharmaceuticals
- MidPen Housing Group
- OnTrac
- Panalpina
- RCN Telecommunications
- Samaritan House
- iStar Financial
- Tangent Staffing
Education
Cardenas graduated from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology while obtaining a minor in biotechnology.