Raintree Partners Lists 84-Unit 1122U Apartment Community in Berkeley for Sale
The 2010-vintage mixed-use property on University Avenue hits the market as transaction volume accelerates across the East Bay multifamily sector. Raintree Partners has...
Align Real Estate Proposes 396-Unit, 60,600 SQFT Mixed-Use Project in San Mateo
A seven-story development would replace an existing Safeway store with new housing and retail along El Camino Real Redevelopment activity along the El...
Consumer Spending Shows Early Signs of Caution as Income Strength Meets Emerging Headwinds
A modest gain in January spending masks slowing discretionary activity, while rising gasoline prices tied to the Iran conflict threaten to weigh on...
Architecture Firms Close Out 2025 With Billings in Decline for 12th Consecutive Month
The AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index registered 48.5 in December as project delays, stalled work, and cancellations weigh on the industry heading into 2026....
Multifamily Surge Lifts January Housing Starts But Falling Permits Signal Sluggish Outlook
A 29.9 percent jump in multifamily starts masked underlying weakness in single-family construction, with total permits declining 5.8 percent year-over-year to open 2026...
Sac Golf and Fun House LLC Plans Entertainment Conversion for 9,600 SQFT Warehouse in Sacramento
A 1952 warehouse on Elvas Avenue will trade its luxury car showroom tenant for golf simulators, miniature golf, a children’s playground and a...
San Francisco Bay University Leases 4,000 SQFT San Jose Space for First “Neighborhood Campus”
The Fremont-based institution is adopting a satellite model to bring classes and mentorship closer to students across Silicon Valley, with Oakland on deck...
Databricks Expands to 240,000 SQFT at One Sansome as AI-Fueled Leasing Drives Record Absorption in Downtown San Francisco
The data and AI company adds 90,000 square feet to its Financial District headquarters roughly one year after committing to the tower, as...
122,400 SQFT Gilroy Crossing Community Center Brought to Market for $24MM in South Santa Clara County
The nationally anchored retail center in Gilroy draws more than 5 million annual visitors and is positioned adjacent to Costco and Walmart along...
Golden Gate Bridge District Advances $80MM+ San Rafael Transit Center Relocation to Create North Bay Regional Hub
The project, which has secured $25.6 million in federal grant funding and $33 million in bridge toll revenue, aims to consolidate bus and...
San Francisco Office Market Posts Record 1.8MM SQFT of Net Absorption in Q1 2026 as AI Demand Surges
AI companies account for 60 percent of leasing activity and 38 percent of total tenant demand, pushing vacancy down two percentage points and...
New Homes Now Selling at The Lakes in Mountain House, CA
– Model Homes Available to Tour – Campelli at Lakehaven to Hold a Grand Opening Event on April 18 – The Lakes at...
Consumer Spending Shows Early Signs of Caution as Income Strength Meets Emerging Headwinds
A modest gain in January spending masks slowing discretionary activity, while rising gasoline prices tied to the Iran conflict threaten to weigh on...
Architecture Firms Close Out 2025 With Billings in Decline for 12th Consecutive Month
The AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index registered 48.5 in December as project delays, stalled work, and cancellations weigh on the industry heading into 2026....
Multifamily Surge Lifts January Housing Starts But Falling Permits Signal Sluggish Outlook
A 29.9 percent jump in multifamily starts masked underlying weakness in single-family construction, with total permits declining 5.8 percent year-over-year to open 2026...
Databricks Expands to 240,000 SQFT at One Sansome as AI-Fueled Leasing Drives Record Absorption in Downtown San Francisco
The data and AI company adds 90,000 square feet to its Financial District headquarters roughly one year after committing to the tower, as...
San Francisco Office Market Posts Record 1.8MM SQFT of Net Absorption in Q1 2026 as AI Demand Surges
AI companies account for 60 percent of leasing activity and 38 percent of total tenant demand, pushing vacancy down two percentage points and...
California’s Data Centers Should be Models of Affordable, Clean Electricity
By Sam Uden and Matthew Freedman, Special for CalMatters This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California’s sky-high...
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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....
California’s Data Centers Should be Models of Affordable, Clean Electricity
By Sam Uden and Matthew Freedman, Special for CalMatters This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California’s sky-high...
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...
Prometheus Real Estate Group Secures $145MM Refinance of 360,000 SQFT The Towers at Cupertino City Center
CUPERTINO, Calif. (March 16, 2026) — Northmarq’s San Francisco Debt + Equity team led by Nathan Prouty, Andrew Slaton and John Holt has...
Lennar Posts Q1 Revenue Miss as Geopolitical Risks and Institutional Buyer Pullback Cloud Nation’s Largest Homebuilder
The company’s $6.62 billion quarter fell 13 percent short of the prior year, with management flagging a widening set of macro risks even...
UC Berkeley Breaks Ground on $443MM, 23-Story Student Housing Tower to Address Critical Bed Shortage
The 276-foot Bancroft-Fulton Student Housing project will become one of Berkeley’s tallest buildings and deliver 1,625 new beds for undergraduates by summer 2028....
Redco Development Acquires 13-Acre Former UPS Facility for $42MM in Sunnyvale, Plans 275,000 SQFT Industrial R&D Building
The acquisition at 1245 Hammerwood Avenue, located on Tasman Drive near Highway 237 and Lawrence Expressway, would deliver Silicon Valley’s first new ground-up...
Preliminary Permits Filed for 41-Unit Townhouse Development in Santa Clara
A roughly two-acre abandoned parcel between Bowers Avenue and Calabazas Boulevard could deliver 41 attached townhomes and 1,800 square feet of commercial space...
Lincoln & Bridge Investment Group Celebrate Opening of 175-Unit RiverRow Apartments in Santa Cruz
RiverRow features 175 units in a fully amenitized community overlooking the San Lorenzo River SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (March 16, 2026) – Lincoln Property...
