San Francisco Brewing Co. Opens 17,000 SQFT Brewery and Restaurant at Kilroy’s 100 Hooper in Mission Bay
San Francisco Brewing Co. is betting its largest project yet on Mission Bay, opening an 18,680-square-foot production brewery, restaurant and first-ever distillery inside...
San José Unified School District to Explore Acquisition of All 337-Unit Tower for Employee Housing
Facing a teacher retention crisis that ground-up development alone can’t solve fast enough, San José Unified has retained CBRE to evaluate a bulk...
20-Unit Burlingame Apartment Building Sells for $12MM at Record Price Per Unit
A 20-unit apartment building steps from Burlingame Avenue changed hands for nearly $12 million, with the deal setting the highest per-unit price for...
Disney Streaming Services Nears 76,000 SQFT Lease at One Market Plaza, Nearly Doubling Its San Francisco Footprint as Owners Race to Refinance $850MM Loan
As Rithm Capital and Blackstone race to refinance $850 million in debt on One Market Plaza while pouring money into a sweeping amenity...
Emeryville Planning Commission Discusses Sutter Health’s $1B+ Hospital Project in Study Session
Sutter Health’s $1 billion-plus proposal to build a 330-foot hospital tower on the former Emery Yards campus in Emeryville cleared its first public...
KB Home’s California-Led West Coast Bucks the Slump on Orders as Prices Retreat
KB Home’s West Coast region, anchored by its core California markets, was the lone bright spot for new orders in a difficult second...
California Never: A New City That Keeps Changing Its Mind
Five identities in three years, zero houses, and one very nervous neighbor. Opinion by Billy the Broker (I just want to stay anonymous)...
Lane Partners Flips the Script at Parkline, Refiling Menlo Park’s Former SRI Campus for 1,082 Homes and Far Less Office
Lane Partners and SRI International have filed a substantially revised master plan for the 63-acre former SRI campus at 333 Ravenswood Avenue in...
AI Boom Set to Drive Silicon Valley Apartment Vacancy to Decade Low as Rents Near $3,600
A surge of artificial intelligence investment is tightening Silicon Valley’s apartment market faster than developers can respond, with CoStar projecting vacancy will fall...
San Jose City Council Approves Rezoning of Former Downtown College Prep Campus to Attract New Commercial or Industrial Tenant
San Jose City Council has approved the rezoning of the former Downtown College Prep campus at the southeast corner of Monterey Road and...
Holland Partner Group Acquires 218-Unit Meridian at Midtown in San Jose from Essex Property Trust for $105.3MM
Holland Partner Group’s acquisition of Meridian at Midtown from Essex Property Trust captures the peculiar math of Bay Area multifamily in 2026 —...
Hacienda Sees Three Months of Occupancy Growth and Leasing Gains
Pleasanton, Calif. – Hacienda, Northern California’s largest mixed-use development, opened 2026 with strengthening fundamentals, extending the leasing momentum established in late 2025 and...
KB Home’s California-Led West Coast Bucks the Slump on Orders as Prices Retreat
KB Home’s West Coast region, anchored by its core California markets, was the lone bright spot for new orders in a difficult second...
California Never: A New City That Keeps Changing Its Mind
Five identities in three years, zero houses, and one very nervous neighbor. Opinion by Billy the Broker (I just want to stay anonymous)...
AI Boom Set to Drive Silicon Valley Apartment Vacancy to Decade Low as Rents Near $3,600
A surge of artificial intelligence investment is tightening Silicon Valley’s apartment market faster than developers can respond, with CoStar projecting vacancy will fall...
Eight Midwestern Universities Plant a Flag in San Francisco’s South Park With Third Coast Foundry
A consortium of eight major Midwestern research universities has opened Third Coast Foundry at 625 Second Street, betting that a shared base in...
AI Data Center Market on Track to Hit $810.6B by 2033 as Enterprises Pour Capital Into Computing Infrastructure
A new Grand View Research study forecasts the global AI data center market will more than quintuple to $810.6 billion by 2033, with...
California Sends $11.25B Housing Bond to November Ballot, with $5.1B Aimed at Multifamily Development
California’s governor and legislative leaders have struck a deal to ask voters for $11.25 billion in housing borrowing this November, channeling the single...
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Balanced Demand Across Industries Supports Ongoing Momentum at Hacienda
Pleasanton, Calif. – Hacienda, Northern California’s largest mixed-use development, entered 2026 with improving fundamentals, building on the leasing momentum established in late...
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San Francisco Brewing Co. Opens 17,000 SQFT Brewery and Restaurant at Kilroy’s 100 Hooper in Mission Bay
San Francisco Brewing Co. is betting its largest project yet on Mission Bay, opening an 18,680-square-foot production brewery, restaurant and first-ever distillery inside...
Data Center Vacancy Hits Near Zero as AI Demand Outruns Power and Permitting
With vacancy at essentially zero and tenants signing leases three years before space delivers, Digital Realty Chief Executive Officer Andy Power and CBRE’s...
San Jose and San Francisco Claim Top Two Spots in National AI Ranking as Bay Area Office Demand Roars Back
A new Hubble ranking of the 20 most AI-ready U.S. metros places San Jose first and San Francisco second, cementing the Bay Area...
Neighbourgood Sells 12-Room Sutter Mansion Boutique Hotel in San Francisco for $7.3MM
San Francisco – June 3, 2026 – CBRE has arranged the $7.3 million sale of Sutter Mansion, a 12‑room boutique hotel at 1409...
Lone Star Funds Wins Bid for Washington Holdings’ Assets in Portfolio Deal, Outbidding Brookfield and Hines
Dallas-based opportunistic investor clinches the Seattle platform’s entire real estate book in one of the largest captive-pension dispositions in recent memory. Lone Star...
City of San Francisco Expands 1455 Market St. Lease by 502,000 SQFT in $1B-Plus Deal, the Region’s Largest Since 2018
San Francisco has committed to its largest office lease since 2018, expanding the city government’s footprint at Hudson Pacific Properties’ 1455 Market St....
Suffolk Taps Armond Balaian to Scale Work and Expand New Office in Silicon Valley
Strategic hire strengthens Suffolk’s local leadership as infrastructure needs accelerate across Silicon Valley SAN FRANCISCO – Suffolk, one of the most innovative and...
Newmark Hires Drew Petersen as San Francisco Market Leader
San Francisco, CA (May 18, 2026) — Newmark today announces that the Company has hired industry veteran Drew Petersen as Executive Vice President...
Basin Street Properties Announces Three Leadership Promotions
RENO, NV (April 14, 2026) – Basin Street Properties announced the promotions of Elaine Nelson to Vice President of Operations, Stephen Biehle to...
Bay Area Council Announces Libby Schaaf as New President and CEO
The Sobrato Organization CEO Tony Mestres Elected Board Chair to succeed Kristina Lawson as her term ends The Bay Area Council today (April...
CBRE Elevates Mike Taquino and Kyle Kovac to Lead San Francisco Bay Area Office Capital Markets
The team has advised on more than $30 billion in commercial real estate transactions San Francisco – March 18, 2026 – CBRE announced...
California Never: A New City That Keeps Changing Its Mind
Five identities in three years, zero houses, and one very nervous neighbor. Opinion by Billy the Broker (I just want to stay anonymous)...
The Art of the Quiet Exit, A Hudson Pacific Story
Hudson Pacific’s COO resigned with the usual boilerplate denial attached—but after a $572 million annual loss, a scrapped dividend and a stock down...
The Data Center Bargain: What Every Town Should Demand
Free power. Free heat. Clean water. The bargain every town should be demanding. By Billy the Broker (I just want to stay anonymous)...
Bed Bath & Boomerang
By Billy the Broker (I just want to stay anonymous) In August 2025, Marcus Lemonis, the executive chairman of Beyond, Inc.—which is to...
McNellis: F*** Real Estate?
Publisher’s Note What began over a decade ago as a series of candid, sharp-witted articles written for The Registry has grown into one of the...
March’s Jobs Report and the Art of Misdirection
Behind the rosy March employment headline, a quiet exodus: nearly 400,000 Americans gave up on the job market in a single month. By...
Brookfield Clinches San Mateo Approval for 847-Unit Housing Overhaul of Concar Shopping Center
Brookfield Properties has secured key city approvals to demolish most of San Mateo’s Concar Shopping Center and replace it with 847 homes, pivoting...
Heitman Lists 887,130 SQFT Pacific Commons Open-Air Retail Center for Sale in Fremont
Pacific Commons, the dominant open-air retail destination in Fremont anchored by Costco, Lowe’s, and a forthcoming 100,000-square-foot H Mart flagship, has been brought...
Costco Lands Exclusive Negotiating Rights for 23-Acre Warehouse on Former Oakland Army Base
After two decades of stalled redevelopment schemes, Oakland has secured an exclusive negotiation agreement with Costco to plant a warehouse store and gas...
Eight Midwestern Universities Plant a Flag in San Francisco’s South Park With Third Coast Foundry
A consortium of eight major Midwestern research universities has opened Third Coast Foundry at 625 Second Street, betting that a shared base in...
Academy of Art University Lists Vacant 99,600 SQFT 60 Federal Street Building in San Francisco’s South Park
Academy of Art University has placed its five-story, 99,600-square-foot building at 60 Federal Street in San Francisco’s South Park district on the market...
Truebeck Construction to Build Replacement Cal Fire Station No. 59 in Pescadero Using Mass Timber Design
San Mateo County has tapped Truebeck Construction to deliver a ground-up replacement for Cal Fire’s Pescadero Fire Station No. 59, relocating one of...
Entitled 787-Unit American River One Project in Sacramento’s River District Listed for Sale or Equity Partnership
Colliers is marketing the land and entitlements for American River One at 450 and 500 Bercut Drive, where owner Steve Ayers is seeking...
Safehold Closes $45MM Ground Lease for Pacific Companies’ 256-Unit Affordable Project in Soquel
Safehold deployed its land-ownership model into one of the nation’s costliest rental markets, closing a $45 million ground lease that helps capitalize a...
