Presidio Bay Resubmits Plans for 670-Home, 713,000 SQFT Office Remake of Menlo Park’s Former USGS Campus
Presidio Bay Ventures has refiled its master plan to convert the 17.75-acre former U.S. Geological Survey campus at 345 Middlefield Road in Menlo...
Fairfield Residential’s 172-Unit Center Place South Clears Design Review in Walnut Creek
A seven-story, 172-unit apartment project proposed for a 1.32-acre infill site abutting one of Walnut Creek’s most-used public parks moved through its Design...
Port of Oakland Nears Finish on $80MM Dike Project Shielding OAK Airfield From Rising Seas and Earthquakes
The Port of Oakland is in the final months of an $80 million, two-phase reinforcement of the 4.5-mile dike that walls Oakland San...
Healthcare Hiring Becomes Sacramento’s Most Reliable Office Demand Signal as Vacancy Holds at 21.3%
A new Colliers report finds that aggressive hiring and construction by Sacramento’s largest health systems is stabilizing an office market still absorbing waves...
SummerHill Apartment Communities Plans 616 Apartments Across Two Adjacent North San Jose Parcels
SummerHill Apartment Communities has proposed a pair of mid-rise residential buildings on adjacent vacant parcels in North San Jose that would together deliver...
Lift Partners Acquires Vacant 7.17-Acre 651 Martin Avenue Site in Santa Clara for $25.8MM
Lift Partners has paid $25.8 million for a vacant three-building industrial site in Santa Clara, wagering that scarce yard space in the heart...
AI Wealth and Suburban Spillover Redraw the Northern California Retail Map in 2026
Northern California’s retail recovery is being driven from two directions at once: a Bay Area flush with AI-fueled wealth that is pulling tenants...
Bay Area Mayors and Lawmakers Map Path to Faster Housing Production at Bay Area Council’s Summit
Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan and Assemblymember Buffy Wicks told a gathering of regional business leaders that cutting development...
SummerHill Clinches Unanimous San Mateo Approval for 232-Unit Apartment Tower on El Camino Corridor
SummerHill Apartment Communities has won San Mateo’s green light to replace a low-slung office building near El Camino Real with a seven-story, 232-unit...
Bedford Affordable Housing Foundation Acquires 262-Unit Almaden Terrace in San Jose for $87.7MM
A Beverly Hills-based nonprofit has paid $87.7 million for a 262-unit apartment complex in one of San Jose’s most established residential neighborhoods, attaching...
San José’s Municipal Golf Courses Deliver $1.42MM in Rent for 2025, a 45.6 Percent Surge as Play Hits Top Revenue Tier
San José Municipal Golf LLC, the CourseCo affiliate that runs the city’s three public courses, pushed gross revenue past $14.3 million in 2025,...
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...
Port of Oakland Nears Finish on $80MM Dike Project Shielding OAK Airfield From Rising Seas and Earthquakes
The Port of Oakland is in the final months of an $80 million, two-phase reinforcement of the 4.5-mile dike that walls Oakland San...
Healthcare Hiring Becomes Sacramento’s Most Reliable Office Demand Signal as Vacancy Holds at 21.3%
A new Colliers report finds that aggressive hiring and construction by Sacramento’s largest health systems is stabilizing an office market still absorbing waves...
AI Wealth and Suburban Spillover Redraw the Northern California Retail Map in 2026
Northern California’s retail recovery is being driven from two directions at once: a Bay Area flush with AI-fueled wealth that is pulling tenants...
Bay Area Mayors and Lawmakers Map Path to Faster Housing Production at Bay Area Council’s Summit
Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan and Assemblymember Buffy Wicks told a gathering of regional business leaders that cutting development...
San José’s Municipal Golf Courses Deliver $1.42MM in Rent for 2025, a 45.6 Percent Surge as Play Hits Top Revenue Tier
San José Municipal Golf LLC, the CourseCo affiliate that runs the city’s three public courses, pushed gross revenue past $14.3 million in 2025,...
Downtown Mountain View Office Vacancy Tops 31 Percent as City Bets Economic Vitality Strategy Can Reverse the Slide
Mountain View’s downtown office vacancy climbed to 31.5 percent in the third year of a 10-year revitalization push, even as falling retail vacancy...
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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 ReadingHealthcare Hiring Becomes Sacramento’s Most Reliable Office Demand Signal as Vacancy Holds at 21.3%
A new Colliers report finds that aggressive hiring and construction by Sacramento’s largest health systems is stabilizing an office market still absorbing waves...
Stockbridge Lands $700MM Refinance on Roblox-Anchored 1MM-SQFT Bay Meadows Campus in San Mateo
Stockbridge lands a $700MM floating-rate refinance on its Roblox-anchored Bay Meadows office campus in San Mateo.
Downtown Mountain View Office Vacancy Tops 31 Percent as City Bets Economic Vitality Strategy Can Reverse the Slide
Mountain View’s downtown office vacancy climbed to 31.5 percent in the third year of a 10-year revitalization push, even as falling retail vacancy...
New 1.4-Acre Heritage Park Opens at Bishop Ranch in San Ramon
San Ramon, Calif. (May 21, 2026) – Today, San Ramon city officials, Sunset Development Company executives and community leaders christened Heritage Park at...
San Francisco Captures 80% of U.S. AI Venture Capital as Office Leasing Snaps Back
AI tenants leased 10.6 million square feet in San Francisco since 2019, equivalent to roughly 15 Salesforce Towers, pushing net absorption to 3.2...
Lone Star Funds Wins Bid for Washington Holdings’ Assets in Portfolio Deal, Outbidding Brookfield and Hines
Dallas-based opportunistic investor clinches the Seattle platform’s entire real estate book in one of the largest captive-pension dispositions in recent memory. Lone Star...
Suffolk Taps Armond Balaian to Scale Work and Expand New Office in Silicon Valley
Strategic hire strengthens Suffolk’s local leadership as infrastructure needs accelerate across Silicon Valley SAN FRANCISCO – Suffolk, one of the most innovative and...
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...
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...
Bayspring Pays $9.75MM for DaVita-Anchored 17,170 SQFT Mission District Building in San Francisco
A Miami owner has sold its renovated, DaVita-anchored mixed-use building on San Francisco’s 16th Street to San Francisco-based Bayspring Real Estate Partners for...
SummerHill Homes and Cypress Equity Investments Plan 446-Unit Transit-Adjacent Residential Community in San Jose
A pair of Bay Area developers are moving to convert a vacant Silicon Valley office site into a 446-unit mixed-income residential community steps...
KKR and TMG Partners Surrender 535,000 SQFT Clorox Building in Oakland to Lender Heitman Capital
One of downtown Oakland’s most recognized office towers has been surrendered to its lender through a deed in lieu of foreclosure, marking a...
South Bay Development Lists 409,000 SQFT The Quad @ Tasman in Santa Clara for Sale
South Bay Development has put its seven-building Quad at Tasman office and R&D campus in Santa Clara back on the market, testing investor...
Beam Reach Clinches Entitlements for 265-Unit Apartment Tower at 1215 Bordeaux Drive in Sunnyvale
Texas-based Beam Reach has won final approval for an eight-story, 265-unit apartment complex at 1215 Bordeaux Drive in Sunnyvale, converting a low-slung Moffett...
McLellan Company Files Formal Application for 202-Unit Apartment Project at 4095 Pacific Boulevard in San Mateo
McLellan Company has moved its 202-unit San Mateo apartment proposal from concept to a filed permit application, locking in entitlements protections and refining...
Pulte Homes Targets 140-Condo Project on Former Industrial Site at Fremont’s Warm Springs BART Station
One of the nation’s largest homebuilders is moving to replace a contractor’s yard near Fremont’s Warm Springs BART station with 140 for-sale condominiums,...
Elk Grove Bets on “Automall: NEXT” Dealership District to Future-Proof Its Top Sales-Tax Engine
Elk Grove has opened a long-term planning effort to modernize its Auto Mall, the dealership district that supplies roughly a third of the...
