Academy of Art Sells 43,400 SQFT 2300 Stockton for $18.3MM in San Francisco, Clearing Way for 70-Unit Conversion
The Russian Hill restaurateur’s affiliate paid roughly 12 percent above the $16.4 million asking price for a 43,400-square-foot Fisherman’s Wharf office building, the...
Bohannon-Built Belmont Apartment Complex Trades for $20.5MM as Schilling Family Resets Tax Position
Levin Johnston brokers $525,641-per-unit sale of 39-unit El Dorado Apartments to the Flaherty family in a 1031 exchange, capitalizing on the Mid-Peninsula’s deepening...
Menlo Land & Capital Buys 124,700 SQFT Lincoln Court in Campbell for $24.6MM in Campbell
Roger Fields’ Palo Alto firm picks up a Pacific Oak-owned office building at $197 per square foot through a lender-facilitated process that drew...
San Jose Bets on Visitors to Plug $50MM Budget Hole With June Hotel Tax Vote
Measure A would push the transient occupancy tax to 12 percent, generating $10 million annually as the city weighs deep cuts to police...
Sacramento Greenlights Study to Expand Land Park Zoo by 5.8 Acres, a 41% Footprint Jump
The non-binding MOU launches a five-month sprint to determine whether the century-old institution can stay put, or whether Sacramento risks losing one of...
Copart Billionaire Reopens Calistoga’s Clos Pegase as Centerpiece of $85MM Napa-Sonoma Winery Play
After acquiring five wineries out of Vintage Wine Estates’ bankruptcy, Jay Adair has poured millions more into a yearlong restoration betting on hospitality...
Contra Costa’s Measure A Tees Up a 25-Year Lock on 65% of County Land, Splitting Conservationists From Housing Bloc
Voters on June 2 will decide whether to extend the urban limit line through 2051, in a fight that pits one of California’s...
Mountain View Greenlights 140-Unit Castro Commons After $2MM Parkland Settlement
A decade-long entitlement push at the city’s downtown gateway clears its final hurdle in a 4-2 vote, with GPR Ventures securing a discounted...
$37MM Midtown Sacramento Rail Station Clears Path, Targets 2031 Debut After Decade of Delays
San Joaquin rail agencies have locked in a construction schedule for a Valley Rail stop at 19th and Q, reviving passenger service to...
Oakland Tourism Clears $740MM in 2025 as Hospitality Sector Fights Through Hotel Closures
Visit Oakland’s annual economic impact report shows 3.2 million visitors and 5,200 jobs supported, even as the city’s lodging inventory continues to shrink...
45,800 SQFT Single-Tenant Lucky Grocery Store in Hayward Listed for $17.6MM
The East Bay asset is being marketed by CBRE under a corporate-backed absolute NNN lease running through 2036 A freestanding Lucky California supermarket...
Leasing Activity Accelerates at Hacienda in Q1 2026
Pleasanton, Calif. – Hacienda, Northern California’s largest mixed-use development, entered 2026 with improving fundamentals, building on the stabilization that began in late 2025....
Menlo Land & Capital Buys 124,700 SQFT Lincoln Court in Campbell for $24.6MM in Campbell
Roger Fields’ Palo Alto firm picks up a Pacific Oak-owned office building at $197 per square foot through a lender-facilitated process that drew...
San Jose Bets on Visitors to Plug $50MM Budget Hole With June Hotel Tax Vote
Measure A would push the transient occupancy tax to 12 percent, generating $10 million annually as the city weighs deep cuts to police...
Sacramento Greenlights Study to Expand Land Park Zoo by 5.8 Acres, a 41% Footprint Jump
The non-binding MOU launches a five-month sprint to determine whether the century-old institution can stay put, or whether Sacramento risks losing one of...
Sacramento Lands $3.15MM in Federal Funding for 4-Acre Deck Park Over I-5, Joining Seattle in Race to Reclaim Freeway-Severed Downtowns
Rep. Doris Matsui’s Community Project Funding kicks off a $300MM-$400MM effort to stitch downtown Sacramento back to its riverfront, mirroring Pacific Northwest momentum...
Copart Billionaire Reopens Calistoga’s Clos Pegase as Centerpiece of $85MM Napa-Sonoma Winery Play
After acquiring five wineries out of Vintage Wine Estates’ bankruptcy, Jay Adair has poured millions more into a yearlong restoration betting on hospitality...
Contra Costa’s Measure A Tees Up a 25-Year Lock on 65% of County Land, Splitting Conservationists From Housing Bloc
Voters on June 2 will decide whether to extend the urban limit line through 2051, in a fight that pits one of California’s...
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Silicon Valley Commercial Real Estate Market Expected to Thrive in 2026 and Beyond
By Scott Pritchett, CPM®, President Commercial Operations at Woodmont Real Estate Services The vastly improved commercial real estate market from the post-pandemic...
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Oakland Tourism Clears $740MM in 2025 as Hospitality Sector Fights Through Hotel Closures
Visit Oakland’s annual economic impact report shows 3.2 million visitors and 5,200 jobs supported, even as the city’s lodging inventory continues to shrink...
Colliers Secures Leasing Assignment of Kennedy Wilson’s 607,000 SQFT 601 City Center Office Tower in Oakland
601 City Center stands as the East Bay’s largest and newest Class A office tower. Oakland, California 05/07/2026 – Colliers is pleased to...
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...
Bland and Paraform Lead AI Office Leasing Totaling 69,000 SQFT at Jamestown’s Properties in San Francisco
—— Deals Anchor New Wave of AI & Tech Leasing Activity, Pushing Jamestown’s Northern Waterfront Portfolio Past 134,000 Square Feet of AI Office...
29 Tenants Seeking 100,000 SQFT or More as Silicon Valley Office Demand Reaches 8.6MM SQFT Amid AI-Fueled Recovery
Large-block requirements and a six-quarter vacancy decline are reshaping competitive dynamics across the region’s office market, with AI and technology firms accounting for...
DRA Advisors, Blue Rise Ventures List 636,000 SQFT Fremont and Milpitas Industrial Portfolio Along 880 Corridor
The eight-building package is 88 percent leased with in-place rents 25 percent below market and sits amid concentrated institutional ownership from Prologis, Blackstone,...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
Palo Alto Trims Tallest Tower 30 Feet in Negotiated Alternative to Redco’s Builder’s Remedy Project
City Council to weigh a 14-story compromise against the original 17-story plan at 156 California Ave. on May 18, with a vote that...
Santa Clara Investor Group Acquires 112-Room Hyatt Place Newark/Silicon Valley for $19.8MM
Ashok Goyal’s buying group acquired the 2023-built hotel at $176,300 per room — well below the $25.8 million debt the lender took back...
Ballast Lands 80-Unit Grosvenor Atrium in Pacific Heights for $35.3MM, Doubling Down on San Francisco
The San Francisco multifamily operator paid roughly $441,250 per unit for 1690 Broadway, its latest play in a neighborhood where it has spent...
California Exports Climb 4.2% in March as Persian Gulf War Rattles Trade Outlook
The state’s first-quarter export gains mask deeper turbulence as fuel costs surge, Gulf shipments collapse, and California’s share of national export trade slips...
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...
Weil Gotshal Signs 59,000 SQFT Lease Renewal at Hudson Pacific’s Towers at Shore Center in Redwood Shores
The early renewal anchors one of the Peninsula’s premier law-firm offices and removes a 2026 expiration overhang for Hudson Pacific. Hudson Pacific Properties...
Mirum Pharmaceuticals Expands to 56,000 SQFT at Hudson Pacific’s Metro Center in Foster City
The rare-disease drugmaker doubles down on its Foster City headquarters as commercial revenue from its lead therapy accelerates. Mirum Pharmaceuticals has renewed and...
San Francisco’s Tax Code Emerges as Biggest Drag on Downtown Recovery, New Report Finds
Bay Area Council Economic Institute study shows the city’s business tax burden dwarfs peer cities, with a hypothetical tech firm paying triple what...
