MARK O. SWEENEY
Senior Managing Director
CA RE License #00576828
Newmark Cornish & Carey
4305 Hacienda Drive
Suite 300
Pleasanton, CA 94588
mark.sweeney@newmarkccarey.co
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T 925.460.1012
F 925.467.0911
Years of Experience
Mark O. Sweeney is a senior managing director at Newmark Cornish &
Carey’s Pleasanton office. He has 38 years of commercial real estate
experience and specializes in land entitlement and the land sale
process.
Prior to joining Newmark Cornish & Carey, Mr. Sweeney worked with
Sammis Development Company, where he was responsible for the
acquisition, leasing and sale of land parcels, office buildings and
shopping centers. He helped develop successful projects, including the
Crossroads, an office and retail complex in Pleasanton and Westgate
Mall in San Jose. Mr. Sweeney previously served as a sales manager
and partner at CPS (now Cassidy Turley), where he worked to lease
and sell approximately 2.0 million square feet of office/R&D and retail
projects in the Tri-Valley market. Mr. Sweeney was also a leasing and
sales specialist at Coldwell Banker Commercial, where he worked
exclusively on shopping center leasing and sales and worked with
Safeway Stores on the development of 55 Liquor Barns in California.
PARTIAL LIST OF TRANSACTIONS:
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Working with Ponderosa Homes, the City of Pleasanton and various
stakeholder groups, the successful entitlement of a 92-acre mixeduse development, including more than 500 dwelling units, a 172-unit
senior citizen affordable housing project and a 6-acre church.
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The sale of a 30-acre parcel of land in Morgan Hill, which was
rezoned from public/institutional to medium-density residential. Upon
the successful entitlement for 108 single-family homes, the parcel
was sold to Meritage Homes.
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Working with South Bay Development Company and Arcadia
Homes, the rezoning and entitlement of a 26-acre parcel in
Pleasanton, which includes a 10-year development agreement, a
growth management agreement and a planned unit development
approval for a 307-home project.
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Working with RREEF, the rezoning of an approximately 18.5-acre
industrial property in Fremont and assistance with the entitlements
and sale to KB Home.
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Representing both the buyer and the seller, the successful rezoning,
entitlement and sale of 16 acres of land located in Hacienda
Business Park, originally zoned for office buildings and re-entitled for
high-density residential. These parcels are slated to house two
apartment complexes with more than 500 units.
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The rezoning and sale of 12 acres of Pleasanton office land to
Safeway Corporation for the new Pleasanton Gateway Shopping
Center.
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In 1987, Mr. Sweeney founded Hacienda Marketing & Sales
38 Years
Areas of Specialization
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Land Entitlement
Land Sales
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Corporation to market the remaining undeveloped land in Hacienda
Business Park on behalf of the Prudential Insurance Company of
America. He finalized negotiations with the city of Pleasanton for a
General Plan Amendment and the rezoning of 105 acres of office
land for residential uses. He also successfully renegotiated
Prudential’s development agreement with the city of Pleasanton to
cap future obligations and allow flexible land uses on the remaining
Hacienda land, including residential and retail uses. Mr. Sweeney
effectively processed numerous complex development projects in
Pleasanton through public approvals. These efforts resulted in the
sale of 430 acres of land over 13 years to BART, Boehringer
Mannheim, PeopleSoft, Security Capital Pacific Trust, Shaklee
Corporation and Signature Properties.
Mr. Sweeney earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from San
Diego State University.
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