Chawla Ventures Buys 58,000 SQFT North San Jose R&D Building Anchored by Lyten for $13.5MM
A North San Jose research and office building anchored by lithium-sulfur battery developer Lyten trades to a Palo Alto investor at a discount...
Rad AI Lands 11,500 SQFT Headquarters at 55 2nd St. in San Francisco’s Financial District
The remote-first radiology AI company nearly quadrupled its footprint at the KPMG Building, betting on in-person space to win the AI talent race....
Downtown Development Corporation Lands $14.5MM Powell Street Stake as First-Year Haul Tops $60MM
One year after launch, SF’s Downtown Development Corporation closes the funding gap on the $40.2MM Powell Street remake, capping a $60MM-plus push to...
Asia Live Lands 15,000 SQFT Anchor Slot at Westfield Valley Fair in Santa Clara
George and Cindy Wong-Chen’s pan-Asian successor to China Live takes over the shuttered iChina space as Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield doubles down on dining to defend...
U.S. Steel Affiliate Lists 445-Acre Pittsburg Data Center and Industrial Site for Sale
U.S. Steel Property Holdings markets the former USS-POSCO steel mill complex as a power-secured, port-served data center and heavy industrial campus six months...
Cal Poly Cuts Ribbon on $45MM John Madden Football Center in San Luis Obispo
Populous-designed, PCL-built training facility opens behind Spanos Stadium as Big Sky schools double down on athletics infrastructure. Cal Poly will cut the ribbon...
BKM Capital Partners, Kayne Anderson Pick Up Eight East Bay Properties Totaling 1.5MM SQFT as Part of $1.8B Light Industrial Portfolio Acquisition
Acquisition Adds 8.5 Million Square Feet Across National Platform, Positioning BKM and Kayne as one of the Largest Owner-Operators of Multi-Tenant Light Industrial...
AES Pitches 350-MW Jewelflower Battery Plant on 128-Acre Coyote Valley Farm in San Jose
Virginia-based AES is invoking AB 205 to push a 40-acre lithium-ion storage complex past San Jose planners, setting up a state-level showdown over...
ArtHaus Partners and Belay Investment Group Expand into San Francisco with Acquisition of 117-Unit The Terraces for $25MM
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — ArtHaus Partners, in partnership with Belay Investment Group, has acquired The Terraces, a 117-unit multifamily property in San Francisco’s...
Two-Building Greenbrae Medical Office Portfolio Hits Market at MarinHealth’s Doorstep, Spanning 35,562 SQFT
The two-asset offering tests buyer appetite in Marin County as outpatient cap rates compress and healthcare capital rotates back into the sector. A...
Mercy Housing, Openhouse File Demolition Permits for 1939 Market Street, Clearing Path for 188-Unit Tower in San Francisco
Mercy Housing and Openhouse advance a 15-story, $117MM affordable senior project on a Castro-area flatiron site, with construction targeted for late 2026. Mercy...
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 2025...
U.S. Steel Affiliate Lists 445-Acre Pittsburg Data Center and Industrial Site for Sale
U.S. Steel Property Holdings markets the former USS-POSCO steel mill complex as a power-secured, port-served data center and heavy industrial campus six months...
Cal Poly Cuts Ribbon on $45MM John Madden Football Center in San Luis Obispo
Populous-designed, PCL-built training facility opens behind Spanos Stadium as Big Sky schools double down on athletics infrastructure. Cal Poly will cut the ribbon...
AES Pitches 350-MW Jewelflower Battery Plant on 128-Acre Coyote Valley Farm in San Jose
Virginia-based AES is invoking AB 205 to push a 40-acre lithium-ion storage complex past San Jose planners, setting up a state-level showdown over...
John Burns Says Land Markets Enter “Selective Growth” Phase as Builders Push 73% of Lots Off Balance Sheet
Ken Perlman’s 2026 land playbook lays out a market split between A-and-B winners and C-and-D laggards, with land banking, attainable product and master-planned...
Bay Area Locks In 21MM SQFT of AI Office Leasing as VC Capital Concentrates
CBRE’s 2026 Tech Gateway report shows San Francisco and Silicon Valley dominating AI demand, with 21 million square feet leased since 2019 and...
Holman Fleet Management Lands 141,000 SQFT Lease at Southport Logistics Center in West Sacramento
The automotive parts distributor takes the majority of Buzz Oates’ newly delivered 189,916-square-foot industrial building, a notable absorption win in a Sacramento submarket...
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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...
Continue ReadingRad AI Lands 11,500 SQFT Headquarters at 55 2nd St. in San Francisco’s Financial District
The remote-first radiology AI company nearly quadrupled its footprint at the KPMG Building, betting on in-person space to win the AI talent race....
Autodesk Exit Tests $850MM One Market Plaza Loan as San Francisco Office Recovery Builds
Rithm and Blackstone face a 109,000-SQFT vacancy at the waterfront trophy as the SASB loan inches toward a February 2027 modified maturity. The...
Juicebox Doubles Down on San Francisco With 43,700 SQFT Federal Street Expansion
The AI recruiting platform’s SoMA headquarters expansion signals a broader bet on the city’s continued rise as a hub for in-person innovation AI...
The Roxborough Group and Paceline Investors Close on $29.2MM Acquisition of 102,700 SQFT R&D Facility in San Jose
SAN FRANCISCO – May 5, 2026 – Affiliates of The Roxborough Group LLC (“Roxborough”) and Paceline Investors, LLC (“Paceline”) announce the acquisition of...
Rubicon Point Partners Lands Shockwave Medical’s 200,000 SQFT Santa Clara R&D Campus for $87.2MM in Opening Salvo of Billion-Dollar West Coast Push
The San Francisco-based investment firm secures a four-building, 12.86-acre campus fully NNN leased to a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, signaling an aggressive new...
Meta Pulls the Plug on 1.6MM SQFT Willow Village in Menlo Park, Halting Silicon Valley’s Most Ambitious Corporate Campus
The 59-acre Menlo Park mega-project, first envisioned a decade ago to house 7,000 employees, joins a growing list of casualties as the tech...
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...
Orange Buensuceso Promoted to Director of San Francisco at FPBA
Ferguson Pape Baldwin Architects (FPBA) has promoted Orange Buensuceso, AIA, LEED AP, to Director of San Francisco, a milestone that takes on added...
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...
The Buyer Who Wasn’t There
The record gap between home sellers and buyers reveals a tale of two Americas—Sun Belt markets drowning in oversupply while Northern cities with...
Feed the Machine: AI Could Unjam San Francisco’s 280-Day Permitting Nightmare
The city knows its building codes better than anyone. The problem is it takes 280 days to prove it. What if a computer...
Sacramento Developer Files Plans for Costco-Branded Gas Station, Self-Storage in Rocklin
Sacramento developer’s 13.2-acre mixed-use proposal would deliver the fuel station Costco’s Loomis warehouse was forced to drop in 2020. Veteran Sacramento developer Paul...
John Burns Says Land Markets Enter “Selective Growth” Phase as Builders Push 73% of Lots Off Balance Sheet
Ken Perlman’s 2026 land playbook lays out a market split between A-and-B winners and C-and-D laggards, with land banking, attainable product and master-planned...
Bay Area Locks In 21MM SQFT of AI Office Leasing as VC Capital Concentrates
CBRE’s 2026 Tech Gateway report shows San Francisco and Silicon Valley dominating AI demand, with 21 million square feet leased since 2019 and...
Holman Fleet Management Lands 141,000 SQFT Lease at Southport Logistics Center in West Sacramento
The automotive parts distributor takes the majority of Buzz Oates’ newly delivered 189,916-square-foot industrial building, a notable absorption win in a Sacramento submarket...
Class A+ Office Occupancy Nears 2025 Peak as Kastle Barometer Climbs to 78.6 Percent
Trophy buildings push toward full reoccupation while the broader Kastle index logs its strongest peak day since early March, signaling a widening gap...
California State Workers Weaponize CEQA to Block Newsom’s Four-Day Return-to-Office Order
A union of state attorneys is invoking California’s signature environmental law to halt a return-to-office mandate that would put 90,000 workers back on...
Lurie’s $16.85B San Francisco Budget Bets on Zoning, Permitting and Downtown to Reignite CRE
Mayor’s FY27-FY28 spending plan closes a $642MM deficit while pouring resources into City Planning, PermitSF, affordable housing and street capital — signals the...
Prime-Age Labor Force Participation Hits 83.8%, Undercutting Work From Home Job-Loss Narrative
Stanford economist Nick Bloom points to rising prime-age workforce participation and Fortune 500 hybrid adoption as evidence that remote work expands rather than...
