Historic Weatherford Building in Emeryville Trades for $7.2MM at 5903-5909 Christie Ave
A single-story flex and office building in the heart of Emeryville has changed hands for $7.2 million, a transaction that highlights continued investor...
Swift Lists 838,000 SQFT Rosewood Commons Office Campus in Pleasanton with Residential Redevelopment Upside
Swift Real Estate Partners has tapped JLL to sell Rosewood Commons, the Tri-Valley's most heavily amenitized office campus, wagering that a reset cost...
R&M Properties Advances 21-Story, 222-Unit Senior Housing Tower Poised to Top Redwood City’s Skyline
R&M Properties has filed updated plans for a 258-foot senior living tower at 910 Marshall Street that would rise higher than any building...
Antioch Council Walks Away From $34.9MM Homekey+ Grant to Convert Hotel Into 84 Supportive Homes
In a 3-to-1 vote, Antioch's leaders turned down the largest state grant in the city's history, halting a plan to convert the former...
AI Now Fills 10% of San Francisco Office Supply as Bay Area Job Postings Jump 45%
JLL research lead Alexander Quinn says Bay Area office-job demand and San Francisco AI leasing are both climbing sharply, cutting against fears that...
Fortress-Tied Owner Sells 91-Unit 520 Geary Apartments in San Francisco for $18.475MM, Roughly Half Its 2018 Price
An entity tied to Fortress Investment Group has sold the 91-unit apartment building at 520 Geary Street near San Francisco's Union Square to...
Plank Closure Deepens Tenant Exodus at CIM Group’s Jack London Square in Oakland
The permanent closure of Plank after nearly 12 years marks the latest departure in a widening tenant exodus at Oakland’s Jack London Square,...
San Jose Drafts Uniform Data Center Standards With Nine Large-Energy Projects Under Review
San Jose has launched a formal process to write uniform development standards for data centers and other large energy-use projects, an emerging asset...
Norman Spencer, Hines Executive Behind 101 California Street, Dies at 83
Norman Allen Spencer, the Coldwell Banker broker who brought Hines the deal that became San Francisco's landmark 101 California Street and spent more...
Tesla Files San Francisco Permits for 124-Stall V4 Supercharger and Amenity Building at Alemany-Bayshore Cab Lot
Planning filings submitted to the City of San Francisco lay out a 124-post V4 charging station powered by 16 Tesla power units, ringed...
CalSTRS Clinches 13.9% Return, Lifts Funded Ratio to 79% as Real Estate Portfolio Regroups
The nation's largest educator pension fund posted its strongest annual investment gain in years, strengthening a long-delayed march toward full funding even as...
Hacienda Posts Continued Gains in Q2 2026
Hacienda, Northern California’s largest mixed-use development, continued to strengthen its market position during the second quarter of 2026, supported by improving occupancy, positive...
AI Now Fills 10% of San Francisco Office Supply as Bay Area Job Postings Jump 45%
JLL research lead Alexander Quinn says Bay Area office-job demand and San Francisco AI leasing are both climbing sharply, cutting against fears that...
San Jose Drafts Uniform Data Center Standards With Nine Large-Energy Projects Under Review
San Jose has launched a formal process to write uniform development standards for data centers and other large energy-use projects, an emerging asset...
Norman Spencer, Hines Executive Behind 101 California Street, Dies at 83
Norman Allen Spencer, the Coldwell Banker broker who brought Hines the deal that became San Francisco's landmark 101 California Street and spent more...
CalSTRS Clinches 13.9% Return, Lifts Funded Ratio to 79% as Real Estate Portfolio Regroups
The nation's largest educator pension fund posted its strongest annual investment gain in years, strengthening a long-delayed march toward full funding even as...
U.S. Workforce Shrinks by More Than 1 Million as Labor-Force Participation Hits Post-Pandemic Low
The share of Americans working or looking for work fell to its lowest level since the pandemic in July, as retirements, tighter immigration...
Bay Area Life Science Market Turns a Corner in 2Q26 as Absorption Swings Positive and Venture Funding Rebounds
The San Francisco Bay Area's beleaguered life science market posted positive net absorption and a rebound in venture funding in the second quarter,...
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When Culture and Strategy Integrate to Become Your Brand and Corporate Identity
By Jeff Bosshard, CPM®, President of Multifamily Operations, Woodmont Real Estate Services It would be convenient for me to start this article...
Continue ReadingAI Now Fills 10% of San Francisco Office Supply as Bay Area Job Postings Jump 45%
JLL research lead Alexander Quinn says Bay Area office-job demand and San Francisco AI leasing are both climbing sharply, cutting against fears that...
Bezos’ Project Prometheus Signs 100,000 SQFT Manufacturing Lease in West Oakland
Jeff Bezos’ stealth AI startup has landed in West Oakland just as East Bay industrial landlords report renewed demand from the exact category...
MiTAC Locks Up All Six Buildings at Fremont’s 473,000 SQFT Campus at Bayside
A server-manufacturing unit of Taiwan's MiTAC Holdings Corp. has committed to the final three buildings at Fremont's Campus at Bayside, taking control of...
Nevada PERS Nears $62.2MM Acquisition of 62,500 SQFT 1400 Veterans Medical Office Building in Redwood City
A Nevada public pension fund is closing on a Peninsula medical office building as part of an all-cash push to double its real...
DivcoWest Closes on 47.5% of San Francisco’s 101 California Tower in ~$450MM Trophy Office Deal
DivcoWest has completed its purchase of a 47.5 percent stake in 101 California Street, finalizing San Francisco’s largest office transaction in more than...
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...
Redwood City Elevates Two Veteran Insiders to Lead Public Works and Sustainability Push
Redwood City has handed the keys to its sprawling public works operation to two longtime insiders, promoting Adrian Lee to services director and...
San Francisco Downtown Development Corp. Taps Housing-Finance Veteran to Lead Office-to-Housing Conversion Push
The San Francisco Downtown Development Corp. has recruited longtime Enterprise Community Partners director Geeta Rao as its first vice president of real estate,...
Port of Oakland Commissioners Hand Board Presidency to Stephanie Dominguez Walton as Cargo Volumes Claw Back
The seven-member panel that governs Northern California’s third-busiest container gateway, a 20-mile stretch of Oakland waterfront and a rebounding regional airport has installed...
Lurie Taps Real Estate Veteran to Run Port of San Francisco as Waterfront Development Pipeline Swells
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie has elevated Michael Martin from acting chief to permanent executive director of the Port of San Francisco, handing...
Berkadia Taps Veteran Multifamily Executive as Chief Revenue Officer to Unify Mortgage Banking and Investment Sales Platforms
Berkadia has appointed a veteran multifamily capital markets executive as its new Chief Revenue Officer, tasking him with unifying and scaling the firm’s...
McNellis: One House, One Spouse — A Guide to CRE Wealth Preservation
Why razor-thin overhead and the 'one house, one spouse' rule are the keys to preserving wealth in real estate and in life.
Watch Rents Rise
By John Cumbelich Our firm recently completed a Q2 survey of the region’s 25 flagship Power Centers, in which we reported that occupancy...
McNellis: In Denial Over the New Normal
By John McNellis Developers always crash and burn in the movies. The eternal bad guy, the developers’ heinous plans to pave a beach,...
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)...
Heron Power Leases 286,000 SQFT in Morgan Hill for First US Factory, Pledging $100MM and 600 Jobs
American power-electronics startup Heron Power has committed to a 286,000-square-foot building at 850 Jarvis Drive in Morgan Hill for Heron Factory One, its...
Longfellow Cedes 309,000 SQFT 210 Adrian in Millbrae to Lender as CBRE Markets Tower at $120MM
Longfellow Real Estate Partners handed its newly completed 210 Adrian tower in Millbrae back to its lender through a deed in lieu of...
U.S. Workforce Shrinks by More Than 1 Million as Labor-Force Participation Hits Post-Pandemic Low
The share of Americans working or looking for work fell to its lowest level since the pandemic in July, as retirements, tighter immigration...
Bay Area Life Science Market Turns a Corner in 2Q26 as Absorption Swings Positive and Venture Funding Rebounds
The San Francisco Bay Area's beleaguered life science market posted positive net absorption and a rebound in venture funding in the second quarter,...
Broadreach Lands $150MM Apollo Refinance for Google’s 1625 Plymouth in Mountain View
Google’s landlord next door to its own headquarters just swapped lenders on identical terms, locking in continuity on one of North Bayshore’s most...
American AgCredit Moves to Foreclose on Napa’s Signorello Estate Over $37MM Debt, Auction Set for Aug. 21
Lender American AgCredit has scheduled a dual trustee’s sale for one of Napa Valley’s most closely watched comeback stories, putting the rebuilt Signorello...
ECL Takes Entire 76,000 SQFT Building at 2175 Mission College Boulevard in Santa Clara
A data center company has taken over an entire Santa Clara research-and-development building, adding to the intense competition for space in a city...
Rockpoint, Oppidan Swap Manufacturing Plans for 152,676 SQFT Data Center in South San Jose
Rockpoint and Oppidan appear to have scrapped a long-dormant plan for a manufacturing building at 865 Embedded Way in favor of an 18-megawatt...
