Texas Tea Expands Its Bay Area Onsite Automotive Service to Spieker Properties Tenants

13 December 2000
Texas Tea Expands Its Bay Area Onsite Automotive Service to Spieker Properties Tenants
   Tenants and Employees to Gain Free Time and Convenience Using Texas Tea

    SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 13 Texas Tea Inc., Silicon Valley's
premiere automotive, web-enabled service company, announced today that it has
added Spieker Properties, Inc. to its growing list of companies choosing
onsite automotive services as a tenant and/or employee benefit.  The first
Spieker property to offer Texas Tea Service in the Bay Area is The Concourse,
located at the San Jose International Airport.  Spieker Properties is
currently considering implementing these services at other projects in
2001.  West Coast-based Spieker Properties is one of the country's
largest publicly-traded real estate companies.  It owns and operates
approximately 40 million square feet of office and industrial space.
    "We are pleased to be able to offer our customers the convenience of an
onsite automotive service," said Lucy Moreno, project director for Spieker's
office portfolio in Silicon Valley.  "In today's fast paced world, we all are
looking for ways to increase our productivity.  This kind of service can be
done without disrupting the workday -- it makes great sense and should be well
received by our customers."
    Acting as an aggregator, Spieker can secure additional benefits for its
tenants' employees by providing specialty services, like Texas Tea, making its
leasing packages more desirable.  Spieker Properties' tenants use Texas Tea's
website to set up an appointment for an oil change or hand car wash or a
30,000-mile tune up.  Texas Tea provides Spieker tenant's a convenient way to
track and store vehicle service history online.
    Spieker Properties, Inc. principal objective is sustainable long-term
growth in earnings through the acquisition, development, and management of
high-quality office and industrial properties in select western United States
markets. http://www.spieker.com.
    Texas Tea offers automotive services to corporate campuses, giving
employees a simple and cost effective way to have their car serviced.  Bay
Area partner companies include:  3Com, Compaq, Microsoft, and Applied
Materials.  Texas Tea is funded by Sierra Angels, BH Equity, and Springboard
Angels.  Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., Texas Tea is currently in its
third year of operation.  http://www.texastea.com