Mission West Properties, Inc.

Type: Public
On the web: http://www.missionwest.com
Employees: 6
Employee growth: 0.0%

For Mission West Properties, California's Silicon Valley is a pot of gold. The self-administered real estate investment trust (REIT) acquires, leases, and manages commercial real estate -- primarily single-tenant research and development (R&D) facilities and office properties -- to bigwig high-tech companies, such as Microsoft and Apple. Mission West owns and manages more than 110 properties, primarily in the Silicon Valley, totaling some 8 million sq. ft. of rentable space. The REIT's operations are closely allied with CEO Carl Berg's real estate development operations; the company buys R&D, office, and light industrial properties that the Berg Group has developed.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2011:
Sales: $104.9M
One year growth: 5.5%
Net income: $9.3M
Income growth: 9.5%

Officers:
Chairman and CEO: Carl E. Berg
President, COO, Secretary, and Director: Raymond V. (Ray) Marino
VP Finance and Controller: Wayne N. Pham

Competitors:
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
Digital Realty
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