FEBRUARY 2015 San Diego Office Rents METRO at Historic High MOVERS PG.12 2015 PG.14 GIVE DAD THE GIFT OF DONOVAN’S WORLD CLASS SERVICE OPEN 3PM - 9 PM, SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 2013. FEBRUARY 2015|Issue 1 |Volume 30 Our mission is to always pro- vide quality journalism for our readers by being fair, accurate and ethical and a credible resource for our advertisers. Chairman | CEO Robert Page COVER STORY
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[email protected] 2014 ended as the strongest commercial real estate market since 2006. In the San Diego County region, 5.7 million square feet of office, lab and in- Managing Editor dustrial space came off the market on a net basis. Just to put that in per- Manny Cruz spective, that would be as if all the office space in UTC was vacant at the
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[email protected] Metro Movers 2015 Photography/Illustration Introducing the Metro Movers for the year — Eric Peters 14 David Rottenberg men and women who have made outstanding contributions to their professions and who are poised to add to their achievements in 2015. Pic- Contributing Writers tured is Mark Paul Arabo, an American business- Jim Holtzman man, San Diego community leader, and global David Marino humanitarian He is a human rights activist for the Eric Peters Chaldean Catholic community. Martin Kruming Advertising Insurance Outlook SALES & MARKETING DIRECTOR 18 Jeff Cavignac, president and principal of Cav- Rebeca Page ignac & Associates, give us some perspective Get in the loop with SD Metro’s Daily on where the insurance industry is today and Business Report.