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...
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...
San Jose Approves Urban Catalyst’s 645-Unit Icon/Echo Project on Former Chevron Site
A scaled-back version of Urban Catalyst’s long-planned Icon/Echo development in the city’s Civic Center neighborhood was approved during a San Jose Planning Director...
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...
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...
Panoramic Interests Lists 72-Unit, 188-Bed Panoramic Northside Student Housing Property in Berkeley at 89% Preleased
Panoramic Interests has brought Panoramic Northside, a seven-story, 188-bed purpose-built student housing building it delivered a short walk from the University of California,...
Stockbridge Pays $132MM for 172-Unit Alta Potrero in San Francisco’s Potrero Hill
Stockbridge's $767,000-per-unit purchase of Alta Potrero is the clearest signal yet that institutional buyers will pay a steep premium for newly built rental...
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...
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,...
TikTok Mandates Five-Day Office Return, Refilling Its Silicon Valley Desks
TikTok's move to end hybrid work for most U.S. employees in September will send its Mountain View and San Jose staff back to...
Sacramento Industrial Leasing Surges 70% as Sublease Space Contracts for the First Time in Five Years
Sacramento’s industrial market posted its strongest leasing quarter since the 2021 building boom stalled, with vacancy edging down, sublease space contracting for the...
Why the San Francisco Bay Area Is Missing From the 2026 Apartment Absorption Leaderboard
The San Francisco Bay Area was conspicuously missing from a national ranking of the strongest apartment markets for first-half 2026 net absorption, an...
WareSpace Targets San Francisco Expansion, Backed by Jadian’s $500MM Commitment
WareSpace, the small-warehouse platform backed by a newly enlarged $500 million commitment from Jadian Capital, has named San Francisco among its next expansion...
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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 ReadingBay 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,...
Hudson Pacific Lands 891,000 SQFT City of San Francisco Lease, Sells North San Jose Buildings as Bay Area Leasing Sets Record
Hudson Pacific Properties anchored the busiest leasing quarter in its history with a 24-year commitment from the City and County of San Francisco...
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...
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)...
Peninsula Building Materials-Affiliated Entity Sells Santa Clara Office Building for $29.65MM
A century-old Bay Area family business known for supplying stone and brick just sold one of its Silicon Valley real estate holdings for...
Bright Machines Leaves San Francisco for 60,000 SQFT Burlingame Headquarters to Chase AI Manufacturing Boom
The robotics startup, backed by Nvidia and Microsoft, is abandoning a cramped 10,000-square-foot Mission District office for six times the space in Burlingame's...
Raintree Partners Sells Historic 68-Unit Wilson Building at 973 Market Street for $19MM in San Francisco
A New York-based investor has acquired The Wilson, the 68-unit adaptive-reuse apartment building at 973 Market Street, from Raintree Partners for $19 million,...
TikTok Mandates Five-Day Office Return, Refilling Its Silicon Valley Desks
TikTok's move to end hybrid work for most U.S. employees in September will send its Mountain View and San Jose staff back to...
developUrban Advances 103,000 SQFT Mass-Timber Office Project at 1430 Chapin Avenue in Burlingame
San Mateo-based developUrban has cleared an early procedural hurdle for its proposed five-story, cross-laminated timber office building at 1430 Chapin Avenue in Burlingame,...
Pacific Cornerstone Brings 280,000 SQFT Piers 38 & 40 Waterfront Redevelopment to Market for Long-Term Lease in San Francisco
Two historic Embarcadero warehouse piers slated for a full renovation are being offered for long-term lease to major credit tenants, positioning up to...
Velo3D Leases 81,000 SQFT R&D Building at 2710 Lakeview Court in Fremont
A metal additive manufacturing company has secured a sizable Fremont research-and-development footprint, joining a roster of advanced-manufacturing tenants that drove Silicon Valley’s R&D...
Sacramento Industrial Leasing Surges 70% as Sublease Space Contracts for the First Time in Five Years
Sacramento’s industrial market posted its strongest leasing quarter since the 2021 building boom stalled, with vacancy edging down, sublease space contracting for the...