What Clint Reilly Holdings does

Clint Reilly Holdings is a privately-held diversified holding company headquartered in San Francisco's Financial District, founded in 1995 by Clint Reilly following his prior career in political consulting. The company operates through four core subsidiaries: Clint Reilly Landmark Properties (commercial real estate), Clint Reilly Communications (regional media and publishing), Merchants Exchange Productions (hospitality and event production), and Clint Reilly Philanthropies (charitable programs including Bay Scholars and Clinic by the Bay).

Its commercial real estate portfolio centers on architecturally significant Financial District landmarks — principally the Merchants Exchange at 465 California Street (241,106 sq ft, co-designed by Daniel Burnham, Willis Polk, and Julia Morgan), 235 Pine Street (164,405 sq ft LEED Gold Class A building designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill), and 340 Pine Street (Leidesdorff Place). The company recently divested 360 Pine Street (March 2026) and the Little Fox Theater at 535 Pacific Avenue (February 2024). Its hospitality division operates the Julia Morgan Ballroom and Merchants Exchange Club event venues plus Credo Restaurant, providing fully verticalized event production (planning, A/V, catering) to corporate, philanthropic, political, and social clients.

The communications division owns the 155-year-old San Francisco Examiner, SF Weekly, Nob Hill Gazette (controlled circulation of 64,094), and Gentry Magazine (combined circulation exceeding 100,000). Revenue derives from long-term Class A office leases (multi-year enterprise tenants), event venue bookings, restaurant operations, and advertising/subscription media revenue. The company employs approximately 150 professionals and its diversified portfolio was valued at approximately $400 million in 2017. Ownership is concentrated with the Reilly family, with no institutional or public-market participation.

Name

Clint Reilly Holdings

Legal name

Clint Reilly Holdings

Website

https://clintreilly.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Clint Reilly Holdings is a privately-held San Francisco holding company operating four divisions: commercial real estate (Merchants Exchange, 235 Pine Street), hospitality (Julia Morgan Ballroom, Credo Restaurant), regional media (SF Examiner, Nob Hill Gazette), and philanthropy, serving enterprise tenants, event clients, and Bay Area readers.

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akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Commercial Real Estate: Rental income from commercial office and retail spaces across San Francisco Financial District properties including Merchants Exchange, 235 Pine Street, and other owned buildings. Revenue derived from long-term office leases to tenants.
2. Hospitality and Events: Revenue from Julia Morgan Ballroom and Merchants Exchange Club event venues, hosting weddings, corporate events, nonprofit galas, and social celebrations. Also includes restaurant operations at Credo Restaurant.
3. Media and Publishing: Revenue from advertising, subscriptions, and publishing operations across San Francisco Examiner, SF Weekly, Nob Hill Gazette, and Gentry Magazine. Print media combined with digital content.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Clint Reilly Holdings is a privately-held diversified enterprise that owns, leases, and operates a portfolio of landmark San Francisco Financial District office buildings, hosts events at historic venues (Julia Morgan Ballroom and Merchants Exchange Club), runs Credo Italian Restaurant, and publishes regional media brands including the San Francisco Examiner, SF Weekly, Nob Hill Gazette, and Gentry Magazine.

Product overview

Clint Reilly Holdings is a privately-held diversified enterprise encompassing commercial real estate (Clint Reilly Landmark Properties), hospitality (Merchants Exchange Productions), media and publishing (Clint Reilly Communications), and philanthropy (Clint Reilly Philanthropies). The real estate portfolio includes four landmark San Francisco Financial District properties: Merchants Exchange (465 California), 235 Pine Street, 340 Pine Street (Leidesdorff Place), and 360 Pine Street (Credo Building). The hospitality division operates the Julia Morgan Ballroom and Merchants Exchange Club event venues, plus Credo Restaurant. The communications division owns the San Francisco Examiner, SF Weekly, Nob Hill Gazette, and Gentry Magazine, with a full-service print facility. The portfolio represents approximately $400 million in assets.

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Brands

• Julia Morgan Ballroom: Premier special event venue located in the Merchants Exchange building, known for hosting high-profile events and weddings.
• Merchants Exchange Club
• Credo Restaurant
• San Francisco Examiner
• Nob Hill Gazette
• SF Weekly

Products and services

• Merchants Exchange (465 California Street) A historic 16-floor, 241,106 sqft office and retail building in the San Francisco Financial District that houses Class A office tenants and the Julia Morgan Ballroom and Merchants Exchange Club event venues. Designed by Daniel Burnham, Willis Polk, and Julia Morgan.
• 235 Pine Street A 25-story, 164,405 sqft LEED Gold Class A office building designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, featuring 8,500 sqft column-free floor plates. Leased to enterprise tenants such as Empire Distribution and MIT Technology Review.
• 340 Pine Street (Leidesdorff Place) A Neo-Romanesque office building with 7 floors plus penthouse and 7,000 sqft floorplates, designed by architect Louis Hobart. Named after the founding father of San Francisco.
• Julia Morgan Ballroom A premier special event venue in San Francisco offering 4,300+ sqft of unobstructed exhibit space, five breakout rooms, and a bar/lounge in a Beaux-Arts interior. Booked for weddings, corporate events, nonprofit galas, and social celebrations.
• Merchants Exchange Club An exclusive 6,000 sqft special event space featuring the Moya del Pino Bar and Lounge, with a divisible lower club for flexible configurations. Hosts corporate and private events.
• Credo Restaurant An Italian restaurant featuring rustic dishes made with fresh, house-made ingredients, set in a modern environment displaying 15 art panels with over 42,000 letters and 600+ quotations. Open for lunch and dinner service.
• San Francisco Examiner A 155-year-old San Francisco newspaper and one of the most storied brands in American journalism, distributed through print and digital platforms with associated commercial printing operations.
• SF Weekly An alternative weekly newspaper publication serving the San Francisco Bay Area through print and digital distribution.
• Nob Hill Gazette A 44-year San Francisco monthly magazine devoted to arts, culture, philanthropy, and society, with VAC-audited controlled circulation of 64,094.
• Gentry Magazine A 27-year luxury lifestyle magazine rooted in the San Francisco Peninsula, covering high-end lifestyle, society, and culture content.

Quantifiable outcome

• San Francisco Business Times named Clint Reilly 'Most Admired CEO' 2017
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered notable and minor.

• Forderer Cornice Works (Matt Fisher)notableOthers · 20 March 2026Acquired 360 Pine Street office and retail building from Clint Reilly. Matt Fisher, president of Hayward-based Forderer Cornice Works, represented the acquiring entity. Sale price of $9.2 million (~$500/sq ft) marked a premium in a weak office market.
• LoveFrom (Sir Jony Ive)notableOthers · 12 February 2024Creative collective led by former Apple chief design officer Sir Jony Ive acquired the historic Little Fox Theater building at 535 Pacific Avenue in San Francisco's Jackson Square neighborhood from Clint Reilly Landmark Properties. The three-story building had been part of the Reilly portfolio for decades.
• Black Press LTDnotableOthers · 17 December 2020Seller of San Francisco Examiner and affiliated publications (SF Weekly, SF Bay Guardian) to Clint Reilly Communications. Black Press LTD had owned the Examiner for 9 years and publishes 150+ titles across western US and Canada. Deal returned the 155-year-old Examiner to local ownership.
• Golden State CompanyminorOthers · 3 September 2020Seller of Gentry Magazine to Clint Reilly Communications. Owners of luxury lifestyle brands and digital media assets in Southern California. Gentry was sold to them in 2019 before being acquired by CRC.
• Lois LehrmannotableOthers · 4 August 2016Former owner/publisher of Nob Hill Gazette who sold the publication to Clint Reilly Communications in 2016. Lois Lehrman had built the Gazette as the definitive record of social and philanthropic activity in San Francisco for nearly four decades.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Jay Paul Company: Privately-held Bay Area commercial real estate developer and landlord with a portfolio of trophy office properties. Closely comparable in product type, geography, and privately-held structure.
• Kilroy Realty Corporation: West Coast-focused publicly-traded office REIT with significant San Francisco Bay Area holdings. Direct peer in Class A office ownership and operations across the same geographic footprint.
• Hudson Pacific Properties: Publicly-traded office REIT with deep concentration in San Francisco and Los Angeles, including tech and media tenants in trophy locations. Highly comparable to Clint Reilly's Financial District Class A office focus, though at substantially greater scale and with a media-studios vertical.
• Paramount Group: Publicly-traded office REIT focused on trophy and Class A properties in gateway markets including San Francisco. Direct comparable in product type and tenant profile to Clint Reilly Landmark's Financial District holdings.
• Swig Company: Family-owned San Francisco commercial real estate firm from which Clint Reilly purchased the Merchants Exchange building in 1995. Direct comparable as a multi-generational, private SF commercial landlord operating in the same downtown submarket.
• Embarcadero Media: Privately-held regional media company covering the San Francisco Peninsula and Bay Area with newspapers and lifestyle publications. Direct comparable to Clint Reilly Communications' regional publishing portfolio (SF Examiner, SF Weekly, Nob Hill Gazette, Gentry Magazine).

Broad incumbents

• Tishman Speyer: Global real estate investor and operator of high-profile office, life-sciences, and mixed-use properties. Comparable in trophy-asset orientation and vertically-integrated operating model, though at a vastly larger scale and international footprint.
• Hearst Corporation: Major diversified media conglomerate that previously owned the San Francisco Examiner before selling to Black Press LTD. Comparable as a diversified, family-controlled holding of media, information services, and real-estate-adjacent assets.
• Boston Properties (BXP): Largest publicly-traded office REIT in the U.S., with a trophy-asset investment strategy closely aligned to Clint Reilly Landmark's Class A approach. Comparable in product class but operates at substantially greater scale and geographic breadth.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

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Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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