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Uber’s Otto Takes 130K-SF at Pier 70

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Uber’s self-driving truck company, Otto, is expanding into 130,000 square feet at San Francisco’s Pier 70. The 300,000 square feet of historic waterfront buildings, formerly the headquarters of Union Iron Works and Bethlehem Steel, is under redevelopment by Orton Development.

The Emeryville, CA-based developer is reportedly investing $120 million into the renovation, with tenants expected to occupy by the end of 2017. The surrounding Dogpatch neighborhood has evolved into a mixed-use community, with office, light-industrial, retail and residential.

Orton’s Pier 70 renovation is the initial phase of a larger 2.5-million-square-foot waterfront redevelopment plan. Forest City is working to secure entitlements for an additional phase of work.

The Otto lease is one of San Francisco’s largest of 2017, and brings the building to 85% leased. Other tenants at Pier 70 include Restoration Hardware, Tea Collection and Obscura Digital.

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About Dennis Kaiser

Dennis Kaiser is Vice President of Public Relations and Communications for Connect Creative. Dennis is a communications leader with more than 40 years of experience including as a journalist and in corporate and agency marketing communications roles. He is responsible for Connect Creative’s agency client services and is involved in a range of initiatives ranging from public relations and content strategy, communications and message development, copywriting, media relations, social media and content marketing services. Prior to joining Connect Media in 2015, his most recent corporate communications roles involved leading a regional public relations effort across Southern California for CBRE, playing a key marketing role on JLL’s national retail team, and directing the global public relations effort at ValleyCrest (BrightView), the nation’s largest commercial landscape services company. He has worked on marketing communications assignments for such CRE companies as Blackstone/Equity Office, Carlyle, Caruso, Disney Resorts, GE Capital, Irvine Company, Hines, Howard Hughes Corp., Jeffries, Lennar, MGM, Marcus & Millichap, Prologis, Raleigh Studios, Simon, Starwood, Trammell Crow Company, Transamerica, UBS and Wynn Resorts. Dennis has also worked on communications and launch strategies for a number of consumer electronic, media and tech brands including SlingMedia, Channel Master, Deluxe Media Entertainment, BeIn Sports, EchoStar and Sprint. Dennis’s agency background included firms such as Off Madison Ave., Idea Hall and Macy + Associates. He has earned an outstanding reputation with organization leaders as a trusted advisor, strategic program implementer, consensus builder and exceptional collaborator. Dennis has developed and managed national communications programs for Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, both public and private. He’s successfully worked with journalists across the globe representing clients involved in major-breaking news stories, product launches, media tours, and company news announcements. Dennis has been involved in a host of charitable and community organizations including the American Cancer Society, Easter Seals, Boy Scouts, Chrysalis Foundation, Freedom For Life, HOLA, L.A.’s BEST, Reach Out and Read, Super Bowl Host Committee, and the Thunderbirds Charities.

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