The Developers
Jim Apple, Orinda, CA has an extensive background in sales and marketing management as well as operations, including stints in the mining equipment business in Salt Lake. He spent thirteen years leasing office space and managing outsourced corporate real estate holdings. He joined with Walburg in 1994, purchasing Aspen Plaza Shopping Center in Sandy, UT at 9400 South, 900 East, and in 1995, purchasing Napa Town Center, in downtown Napa, CA. Both projects have been very profitably renovated and maintained. He developed a successful restaurant in San Francisco during 1999-2000 and is expanding to other locations. Apple received a BS in Engineering from Purdue University and an MBA from the University of San Francisco.

Al Walburg, Orinda, CA, has been a real estate developer since 1978, completing numerous office building and retail projects. He teamed with Apple in the above-mentioned projects and has also been working on the renovation of County Square Shopping in Sandy, UT at 8600 South and 1300 East since 1999. He previously was Chief Financial Officer at Grubb & Ellis Company and a CPA with Touche Ross. He graduated from the University of Michigan with a BBA and MBA.