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Confidentiality, Trust, Experience
North Bay Commercial Real Estate (NBCRE) is a trusted boutique commercial real estate firm headquartered in Santa Rosa, California. We specialize in commercial property sales, leasing, property management, and investment consulting, offering clients a level of integrity, responsiveness, and personal attention that’s often missing from larger firms. With decades of experience and a deep understanding of regional market dynamics, our team brings both precision and discretion to every transaction.
Our primary service area spans the San Francisco North Bay Area, including Sonoma, Napa, Marin, and Solano Counties. Within this region, we actively represent clients in cities such as Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Cotati, Healdsburg, Windsor, Sebastopol, Novato, and San Rafael. In addition to our California operations, we maintain a strong presence in Maricopa County, Arizona, providing commercial real estate services throughout the Phoenix metro area, including Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe, and Chandler, as well as neighboring East and West Valley communities.
NBCRE’s founder and principal broker, Dale Dockins, is a Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM). This designation reflects advanced expertise in financial and market analysis. Through this affiliation, we assist investors nationwide with high-value commercial acquisitions and dispositions. We provide advisory services for office, industrial, and retail investments ranging from $5 million to $150 million, as well as single-tenant NNN (triple net) properties starting at $2 million. Our clients benefit not only from our localized knowledge but also from a national referral and collaboration network built on professionalism and trust.
At NBCRE, our mission is to add value to every transaction. Whether we’re managing a multi-tenant building, negotiating a lease, or marketing an investment asset, we work with a singular focus on client success. We tailor our marketing programs to fit each property, leveraging proven tools, direct outreach, and deep market insight to ensure a smooth and strategic transaction process.
Above all, trust, transparency, and a commitment to results are what set us apart. We invite you to contact us to learn how we can help you succeed in your next commercial real estate venture.
What is a CCIM?
A CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member) is a recognized expert in the commercial and investment real estate industry. The CCIM lapel pin is earned after successfully completing a designation process that ensures CCIMs are proficient not only in theory, but also in practice. This elite corps of CCIMs includes brokers, leasing professionals, investment counselors, asset managers, appraisers, corporate real estate executives, property managers, developers, institutional investors, commercial lenders, attorneys, bankers, and other allied professionals.
A CCIM is part of a global commercial real estate network with members across North America and more than 30 countries. This professional network has enabled CCIM members to close thousands of transactions annually, representing more than $200 billion in value. As a result, the experts who possess the CCIM designation are an invaluable resource for commercial real estate owners, investors, and users.
CCIMs have completed a designation curriculum that covers essential CCIM skill sets including ethics, interest-based negotiation, financial analysis, market analysis, user decision analysis, and investment analysis for commercial investment real estate. CCIMs have completed a portfolio demonstrating the depth of their commercial real estate experience. Finally, they have demonstrated their proficiency in the CCIM skill sets by successfully completing a comprehensive examination. Only then is a designation candidate awarded the coveted CCIM pin, joining the ranks of highly skilled commercial and investment real estate experts.
More than 13,000 commercial real estate professionals have earned the designation. Currently, 3,000 professionals are pursuing their CCIM designation.
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Client Testimonials
I have been doing business with North Bay Commercial Real Estate since 1992. I’ve Had the opportunity to work with Dale Dockins on many projects. His professionalism and attention to has made our working relationship very successful. I would recommend North Bay Commercial Real Estate to anyone.
Dale brokered the purchase of our first commercial property, a bank owned REO sale. Dale did a wonderful job protecting me as a buyer, as he navigated the lengthy legal contract from the bank and provided me with the peace of mind to close the transaction. Dale is a hands on, responsive broker with an expert level of knowledge.
I have work for Dale and Jennifer as a signing agent on multiple occasions. Their interactions with clients is outstanding. They are professional, friendly and organized. When handling large groups of investors I am always impressed with the comfort and ease on both sides.