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Clint Reilly, Political Operative Turned $400MM San Francisco Property Owner, Dies at 79

Clint Reilly, who parlayed a career as one of California’s most influential campaign strategists into a nine-figure San Francisco real estate and media...

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Yoda PLC Secures 113,000 SQFT of Leasing at Transamerica Pyramid Center After $692MM San Francisco Acquisition

Four months after paying nearly $692 million for San Francisco's most recognizable tower, Cyprus-based Yoda PLC has signed more than 113,000 square feet...

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San Francisco Neighborhood Retail Thrives Under 5% Vacancy as Focus Shifts Downtown, Maven’s DeRose Says

San Francisco’s neighborhood shopping corridors have filled to near capacity after five years of decentralization, and with high-traffic streets under 5 percent vacancy,...

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San Francisco’s Office-to-Housing Pipeline Clears 300 Units as AI Rebound Squeezes Conversion Candidates

After a decade with almost nothing to show, San Francisco is set to receive applications for three office-to-residential conversions totaling more than 300...

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San Francisco Warns Developers: Build Stalled Office Projects or Forfeit Prop M Allocations

San Francisco’s planning chief has moved to reclaim dormant office development rights from developers sitting on long-stalled downtown projects, threatening to strip their...

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Presidio Bay & Bridges Capital Close on $70MM Debt Buy at 208,000 SQFT 301 Battery in San Francisco, Move to Foreclose on RFR

Presidio Bay Ventures and Bridges Capital have closed on the nonperforming $100 million loan secured by San Francisco’s former Federal Reserve Bank building...

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Muni’s Weekend Ridership Tops Pre-Pandemic Levels, Signaling Downtown San Francisco’s Turn

San Francisco’s transit numbers just cleared a psychological threshold that landlords and civic boosters have been chasing for five years, with weekend Muni...

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San Francisco Office Leasing Hits 6.1MM SQFT in H1 2026, Best First Half Since 2000 as Vacancy Slides to 30.1%

San Francisco’s office market has strung together its strongest first-half leasing performance in a quarter century, with AI-driven demand pulling vacancy and sublease...

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Assort Health Secures 62,400 SQFT Lease at One Market Plaza’s Spear Tower in San Francisco

A healthcare AI unicorn with 20x revenue growth and $222 million in fresh capital commits to three upper floors of One Market Plaza’s...

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Gensler’s City Pulse 2026 Splits the Bay Area: San Francisco Lands Top-Tier Stickiness as San Jose Trails

The Bay Area’s two largest downtowns diverged sharply in Gensler’s largest-ever global study of urban experience, with San Francisco ranking among the nation’s...

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Bay Area Transit Ridership Surges to Post-COVID High as BART, Muni and Caltrain Refill Ahead of November Funding Vote

Bay Area transit agencies are posting their strongest ridership since the pandemic, with BART recording its best four-month stretch since the 2020 shutdowns...

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Weekday Workforce in San Francisco’s Financial District Climbs 18% as Return-to-Office Gains Momentum

New cell phone mobility data from JLL shows weekday worker activity across San Francisco’s downtown core jumped 18 percent year-over-year, with the North...

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