Pinterest Signs Long-Term Lease for 125,000 SQFT Sunnyvale Office Building
The visual search company is moving from subleased space in Palo Alto to the Central Station building at 285 Sobrante Way, acquired last...
San Francisco Planning Commission Approves Modified One Oak Tower With 541 Units, Adding 81 Homes to Previously Entitled Project
The 400-foot residential tower, now in its third entitlement iteration since 2017, advances through a zoning map amendment to accommodate a taller podium...
Las Vegas-Based Developer Proposes Roughly 940 Homes on 59-Acre Former Coast Guard Site in North Concord
Q Village LLC’s plan for 403 townhomes, 409 detached houses, 56 accessory dwelling units, and 72 affordable homes at 3295 Haleakala Street is...
Belmont City Council Unanimously Advances Four Corners Properties’ 542,000 SQFT Office and Life Science Campus at 1301 Shoreway Road
The developer’s rezoning proposal, paired with a $6.3 million community benefit package, clears its final public hearing hurdles as the Peninsula office market...
Barnes & Noble Eyes 19,200 SQFT Cupertino Bookstore as Part of Aggressive 60-Store National Expansion
The bookseller, once in steep decline, has filed a tenant improvement permit at 20740 Stevens Creek Blvd. as it enters one of the...
Sidley Austin Opens 53,000 SQFT Office at 101 California Street, Joining Elite Law Firm Migration to San Francisco Trophy Tower
The relocation from 555 California Street reflects a broader flight-to-quality trend reshaping the city’s legal real estate landscape, as premium buildings attract top-tier...
Google’s Planetary Ventures Completes Historic Restoration of Iconic Hangar One at Moffett Federal Airfield in Mountain View
The 8-acre, 350,000-square-foot landmark — one of the world’s largest freestanding structures — has received full EPA remediation clearance and National Park certification...
Walnut Creek Planning Commission Approves Signature Development’s 422-Unit Mitchell Drive Townhomes
Developer will demolish 11 office buildings dating to the 1970s and 1980s to deliver a two-phase townhome community with 55 affordable units and...
Tallen Capital Partners Targets $400MM Redevelopment of 50-Acre Sunrise Mall in Citrus Heights with Sports Complex Anchor
San Diego-based developer is in escrow to acquire the bulk of the long-struggling Sacramento County mall from Namdar Realty Group, with plans for...
Tourbineau Real Estate Partners Files Formal Plans to Convert 109,000 SQFT San Mateo Office Tower Into 144-Unit Residential Community
Developer revises earlier proposal, shifting from a mixed unit program to an all one-bedroom layout as it advances adaptive reuse of the 12-story...
Hayward Planning Commission Greenlights 83-Unit Townhome Project on Walpert Street
Waymark Development and nonprofit Arc of the East Bay partner to transform a 37,000-square-foot community center campus into 14 residential buildings as mid-density...
Occupancy Rises at Hacienda as Diverse Industries Expand in Tri-Valley
Pleasanton, Calif. – Hacienda, Northern California’s largest mixed-use development, recorded a modest increase in total occupancy to 6,581,927 square feet in March, up...
California Will Get $540MM for Water Projects, Trump Administration Announces
The Trump administration has allocated $540 million from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to fund critical water infrastructure repairs across California, with...
Port of Oakland Moves 163,254 TEUs in February as Exports Continue to Outperform Imports
Export volumes remain comparatively resilient, underscoring Oakland’s strength in agricultural and refrigerated cargo Oakland, Calif. – March 20, 2026: The Port of Oakland...
How Could Oakland Raise Billions in Revenue? New Report Suggests Removing Freeways
A recent analysis of urban highway impacts suggests Oakland sits atop an enormous untapped economic opportunity: the removal of freeways that consume some...
San Jose’s AI Center Targets Downtown’s Glut of Vacant Office Space
The City of San Jose and San Jose State University opened a public artificial intelligence education center on March 3 at the Dr....
AI Workforce Disruption Poses Existential Risk to Office Space Demand in Knowledge Economy
Research reveals theoretical replacement capacity far exceeds current adoption, but future commercial real estate contraction looms if automation accelerates Anthropic’s latest research mapping...
BMO Launches 145-Branch Expansion Across California and Arizona in Sweeping Westward Push
Canada’s third-largest bank by market value plans to grow its California footprint by more than 50 percent over five years, redeploying capital from...
Northern California Commercial Real Estate News
2026 Northern California CRE Rising Stars
Celebrating the Next Generation of Commercial Real Estate Excellence The Bay Area’s commercial real estate industry is driven by innovative, ambitious professionals...
Continue Reading
BrightAI Leases Full 26,891 SQFT Building at 1001 Page Mill Road in Palo Alto Following $51MM Series A
The infrastructure AI startup, founded by SmartThings creator Alex Hawkinson, plants its flag in Stanford Research Park as physical AI companies expand across...
San Francisco’s BUILD Act Slashes Transfer Tax on Large Real Estate Deals to Unlock Tens of Thousands of Stalled Housing Units
Mayor Lurie and Supervisor Mahmood introduce revenue-neutral legislative package aimed at rolling back Proposition I’s doubled rates, reducing per-unit construction costs by $32,850,...
Silicon Valley’s Innovation Engine Roars as Regional Growth Stalls and Inequality Deepens, 2026 Index Finds
Annual report from Joint Venture Silicon Valley reveals a region of stark contradictions: record venture capital and patent activity coexist with rising commercial...
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...
Kilroy Realty Corporation Announces Board Refreshment
LOS ANGELES–Kilroy Realty Corporation (NYSE: KRC) (“Kilroy” or the “Company”) today announced leadership changes on the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) and...
Jodi Contreras Appointed to IREM’s Northern California Board
Belmont, CA; February 2, 2026 –Woodmont Real Estate Services’ Jeff Bosshard, CPM,®President, Multifamily Operations, announced that Jodi Contreras, CPM,®ARM,® and Regional Vice President, was appointed to IREM’s...
Kidder Mathews Welcomes Industrial Team of John Kovaleski, David Buchholz, and Alex Kovaleski in Silicon Valley
San Jose, Calif. (January 28, 2026) – Kidder Mathews is pleased to welcome John Kovaleski, David Buchholz, SIOR, and Alex Kovaleski to the firm’s Silicon Valley office....
Avenue5 Residential Promotes Key Operations and Client Strategy Leaders in Northern California and Northern Nevada Regions
Wray and Goulas Will Support Client Success and Optimize Asset Performance in Avenue5’s Growing San Francisco Bay Area, Reno, and Sacramento Markets Seattle,...
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...
An Approval is Not a Building Permit
Why the hand-wringing over Google’s empty San Jose acreage misses the point entirely. By Billy the Broker (I just want to stay anonymous)...
Bounded by Sea, Strangled by Trusts
Every acre we preserve is an acre we can’t build on—and the housing math is catching up By Billy the Broker (I just...
Amazon’s Empty Chairs
By Billy the Broker (I just want to stay anonymous) To put the size of Amazon’s office downsizing in perspective, one of its...
Housing Handcuffs
As AI startups lease luxury apartments and offer proximity bonuses to keep workers steps from their desks, San Francisco’s hottest perk is starting...
The Morning After and How The Cycle Turned While You Were Sleeping
After two years of paralysis, capital is clearing its throat and deal volume is stirring — but this cycle rewards scalpels, not sledgehammers....
Forderer Family Acquires Clint Reilly’s 18,000 SQFT Mixed-Use Building at 360 Pine in San Francisco for $9.3MM
Off-market sale at $507 per square foot represents a new high-water mark as a sixth-generation San Francisco business family bets on the city’s...
Port of Oakland Moves 163,254 TEUs in February as Exports Continue to Outperform Imports
Export volumes remain comparatively resilient, underscoring Oakland’s strength in agricultural and refrigerated cargo Oakland, Calif. – March 20, 2026: The Port of Oakland...
Rialto Capital Pursues Foreclosure on 35,000 SQFT Mixed-Use Building at 580 Market in San Francisco After $15.7MM Loan Default
Special servicer targets early Q3 2026 completion after Paragon Co. affiliate defaulted on $15.7 million CMBS loan that matured in June 2025, as...
EastGroup Properties Sells 398,100 SQFT Shaw Commerce Center in Fresno for $37MM to Graceada Partners
The sale marks EastGroup’s full exit from the Fresno market as the REIT recycles capital into higher-growth Sun Belt markets, while the Modesto-based...
Meridian Group & Fenway Capital Poised to Take Ownership of Brookfield’s Mostly Vacant 640,000 SQFT Office Tower at 415 Natoma in San Francisco
The partnership acquired the outstanding debt on a $393 million construction loan and plans to reposition the Class A high-rise for artificial intelligence...
Morgan Stanley Lists 150,000 SQFT Hayward Warehouse Leased to Outform Group for Sale
The six-acre industrial property along the I-880 corridor, acquired by the joint venture in 2016 for $14.3 million, is fully leased to a...
Hotel, Apartment Complex Planned for South Natomas Vacant Lot Near Interstate 5
A mixed-use development project combining 112 hotel rooms and 160 residential apartment units is proposed for a vacant lot in Sacramento’s South Natomas...
Grosvenor Americas Lists 39,000 SQFT Bvlgari Building at 180 Post Street in San Francisco’s Union Square
The offering of the LVMH-anchored trophy asset marks the latest disposition by the international property group as it continues to unwind its Union...
