Moritz cites Wing & Barrel Ranch as an example of Anderson’s approach. Development of the 1,000-acre, members-only shooting club near San Pablo Bay was a long and cherished ambition for Anderson. Moritz helped with the phase two development of the ranch’s clubhouse, and he marvels at Anderson’s dedication – and negotiation skills.

Sonoma laboratory works uses state-of-the-art equipment and proprietary methods to deliver the best test results for consumers and customers. The laboratory staff is a mix of highly qualified scientists, engineers, assistants and office workers who provide analysis, testing, research and development services to their customers Sonoma laboratory works Working side by side with clients to help new ideas grow beyond their beginnings as they find their way onto pharmacy shelves. Darius Anderson, CEO of Kenwood Investments, LLC, and other investors acquired the lab in January 2019.

Working closely with the Port, the San Francisco mayor’s office and the Board of Supervisors, as well as a myriad of federal, state and regional agencies and organizations, Darius helped save this landmark business.

When Larry Florin took over as the first Executive Director of the Treasure Island Development Authority in 1998, his priorities were clear – and basic. But shortly after assuming office, Florin agreed to take a meeting with a young developer: Darius Anderson.

A one-of-a-kind, first-class hotel and theatre along the San Francisco waterfront, located at the intersection of The Embarcadero and Broadway Street. The project consists of approximately 180 boutique rooms in a four-story hotel with a 25,000-square-foot theatre for Teatro ZinZanni. ZinZanni is an award-winning San Francisco and Seattle dinner theatre that has successfully operated in both cities for more than a decade. The return of ZinZanni in a permanent home is widely supported among neighborhood and civic groups, and approximately 60,000 guests per year are anticipated.

Gary Edwards and Darius Anderson are both long-time residents of – and champions for – Sonoma Valley. Edwards, a former City of Sonoma vice mayor, planning commissioner and councilman, runs Sage Marketing, a company that sources artisanal cheeses for both small specialty shops and large retailers such as Costco and Trader Joe’s.

Darius Anderson personally worked with noted California developer JMA Ventures, LLC, to help put together the partnership that acquired the land for the new Sacramento Kings basketball arena in downtown Sacramento. Anderson, working closely with Mayor Kevin Johnson and the NBA, succeeded at preventing the team’s move to Seattle. In 2016, the Sacramento Kings will open their new arena with JMA continuing to own the surrounding retail center.

“I met Darius in the mid-2000s through some mutual relationships with the Hearst Corporation, and I liked him immediately,” recalls Hanlon. “Darius does a lot of things, and one of them happens to be real estate. We both do a lot of entitlement work, and we started talking about collaborating on some deals together – including a certain hotel project in San Francisco.”

It was 2015. Anderson – an investor, developer, lobbyist, and publisher who maintains offices in Washington DC, Sacramento, and Sonoma as well as San Francisco – had launched La Prensa Sonoma, a new Spanish language media outlet for the North Bay. He was looking for someone to lead it, and Ibarra was applying for the position.

“We had to move out of Menlo Park, and we were in a real bind,” Olmsted recalls. “We needed a site with very specific amenities. It had to be geographically accessible to the larger Bay Area – we had 70 employees in Menlo Park at that time. We needed a large test kitchen, a good wine cellar, and plenty of test garden space. We needed everything, in short, that was emblematic of Sunset, that let us do what we’ve always done. And good luck finding a place like that – those are the kinds of requirements that can drive a real estate agent crazy.” That’s when Darius Anderson entered the picture.

Vicki Campbell worked with Darius Anderson on Ramekins, the Sonoma Valley culinary school that Anderson purchased in 2008. Ramekins was a widely respected food and wine academy, but its facilities needed updating and revenues had languished. Anderson brought in investors and provided the money needed to make the school’s physical assets and programs a match for its illustrious reputation.