Dean Chesnut and Jeff Duke began their working relationship as Equus Associates in 1995 with the goal of providing a higher level of service to a smaller selection of clients. As owners of our business, we have more time for each client, which allows us to develop better long-term business relationships.

We have at our disposal all of the means of providing the information our clients need to make the best decisions. These include:

Database of all available properties, including flyers and floor plans

Database of comparable transactions for leases and sales

Information on current vacancy rates and market trends

Databases of users of commercial real estate and their key contacts

in the area

Databases of all active brokers for quick e-mail communication

of needs and wants

We would like to have the opportunity to talk to you personally to see how we could best meet your needs or refer you to another resource.

Dean Chesnut

Since 1985, Dean Chesnut has experience in commercial real estate and has done a myriad of transactions. Dean has lived his entire life in the Bay Area and Graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Business Communications from San Jose State University. His previous affiliations in the brokerage community were Industrial Property Associates, Fox & Carskadon Commercial and Bishop Hawk.

Jeff Duke

Jeff Duke has, since 1981, assisted a wide variety of corporations and property owners in meeting their real estate objectives. He received his BA from City University of New York and his MA in Economics from New York University. Prior to Equus Associates he was a commercial broker at the San Jose office of Cushman & Wakefield. He has also worked as a lobbyist in Washington D. C., representing many large corporations on legislative and regulatory issues and as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Honduras.