Tom Anderson
President, Commercial Retail Associates
Fresno, CA 93711
Phone (559) 650-1303
Property Types
Land, Retail
Markets
Stockton/Modesto, East Bay/Oakland, South Bay/San Jose, Fresno, Salinas
Bio
Thomas Anderson is the President of Commercial Retail Associates, Inc. Anderson specializes in all aspects of shopping
center leasing and sales, including site acquisition, site plan development, marketing strategies, development activities
and feasibility studies. Anderson has been involved in retail shopping center leasing and development since 1978 and has
been instrumental in the construction of over 65 shopping centers during that period, comprising over 6,000,000 square
feet.
Anderson, along with Kevin Tweed, originated Anderson-Tweed Commercial Associates, Inc. in November 1981 and sold
their real estate brokerage company to Grubb & Ellis Company in February 1984. Anderson previously served as Vice
President of the Commercial/Retail Department of Charles Tingey Associates, Inc. and was a Senior Marketing
Consultant for Grubb & Ellis Company.
Anderson has been involved in approximately 38 grocery store transactions, including multiple deals with Save Mart
Supermarkets, Vons, Safeway, Albertsons, Stater Brothers, Food 4 Less, Food Maxx and Lucky Store. He has also
completed 25 drug store deals with Payless Drug, Longs Drugs, Thrifty and Save On. Additional major tenant transactions
include two deals with Costco, Kmart and Super Kmart, Target, Wal Mart and Orchard Supply Hardware.
Shopping Center projects have been completed in Fresno, Bakersfield, Visalia, Clovis, Merced, Lathrop, Ripon,
Porterville, Atwater, Sanger, Lompoc, Selma, Delano, Reedley, Hanford, Tracy, Atascadero, Turlock, Ridgecrest,
Apple Valley, Victorville, Manteca, Tulare, Stockton, San Pablo and Lemoore during the past 30 years.
The following projects were ground up development and exceed 120,000 square feet in size:
1. Clovis and Kings Canyon Shopping Center, Fresno, California - Save Mart Supermarket (originally Vons), Orchard
Supply Hardware (originally Handyman), dd's Discount, McDonald's and Taco Bell. (197,000 sq. ft.)
2. Olivewood Center, Merced, California - Lucky Grocery Store (Save Mart), Gottschalk's Department Store, Clothestime
and Kids' Mart. (171,000 sq. ft.)
3. SWC Champlain and Perrin, Fresno, California - Save Mart and Longs Drugs. (140,000 sq. ft.)
4. SEC Nees and Willow, Clovis - Save Mart Supermarket, Longs Drug Store and McDonald's Co-Brand. (120,000 sq. ft.)
Shopping Center Investment Sales Include
1. Kings Mall, Hanford, California
2. Sunnyside Country Club Village, NWC Clovis and Kings Canyon, Fresno, California
3. SEC Kings Canyon and Clovis, Fresno, California
4. Fig Garden Village, Fresno, California
5. Rancho Viejo Shopping Center, Visalia, California
