336-Unit The Fay in San Jose Acquired for $175MM in Post-Foreclosure Bet
A discounted purchase paired with a city-subsidized leasing program aims to rescue a downtown tower that opened to acclaim, then nearly half-emptied. Two...
DPI Retail Buys 36,000 SQFT Museum Parc for $19.25MM in San Francisco’s SoMa District
JLL Capital Markets arranges sale of fully leased retail and office asset below luxury residences SAN FRANCISCO, May 26, 2026 – JLL Capital Markets...
Friendship House to Break Ground on Six-Story, $84MM Native American Housing Project in San Francisco’s Mission
The Village SF, a transitional housing and cultural hub at 80 Julian Ave., closes in on its capital target after a $31.4MM state...
Quarterra’s 500-Unit Emery in Emeryville Hits the Market as Part of 3,746-Unit National Listing
The former Sherwin Williams paint factory site is the largest asset by unit count in a 10-property portfolio JLL is marketing as Lennar’s...
Steel Bridge Capital Updates Plans for 16-Home Infill in Palo Alto
The updated proposal adds a unit to a previously filed plan and advances despite resident concerns about fire risk in the foothills A...
Bay Area Billionaires to Fund Half of $40MM Embarcadero Plaza Redesign in San Francisco
Crankstart and the newly formed Downtown Development Corp are pledging $20 million combined toward the public space overhaul, anchoring a public-private partnership that...
Align Doubles Down on Outer Richmond Safeway Play, Files Formal Application for 766,000 SQFT Mixed-Use Tower
Developer boosts affordable housing count 60 percent and expands retail footprint as it advances a six-property Bay Area grocery-to-housing pipeline Align Real Estate...
Strada Investment Group Proposes 286-Unit Residential Project at Palo Alto Life Sciences Site
The San Francisco-based developer is invoking state housing laws to replace a 60,000-square-foot lab building near U.S. 101 with apartments and townhomes Strada...
Eden Housing Opens 50-Unit Mitchell Park Place in Palo Alto With Half of Units Reserved for Adults With Disabilities
The Bay Area affordable housing developer partners with AbilityPath to deliver a fully leased project on East Charleston Road, blending deed-restricted apartments with...
San Francisco Hands Control of Hunters Point Shipyard Parks to City Agencies in 66-Year Pact
The Board of Supervisors clears the way for Rec and Parks and the Arts Commission to manage 26 acres of open space at...
Foster City Planning Commission Backs Gilead’s 800,000 SQFT Chess Hatch Biotech Campus
The commission recommended City Council approval of a rezoning, specific development plan, parcel map and parking agreement that clear Phase 1 of Gilead’s...
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...
San Francisco Hands Control of Hunters Point Shipyard Parks to City Agencies in 66-Year Pact
The Board of Supervisors clears the way for Rec and Parks and the Arts Commission to manage 26 acres of open space at...
Northern California Construction Splits: San Jose Adds 3,900 Jobs as Sacramento Sheds 3,700
The Bay Area’s AI-driven build cycle is concentrating construction hiring in Silicon Valley even as Sacramento posts one of the nation’s largest absolute...
Mentone, Manresa Bread Land Inaugural Leases at 68,000 SQFT Junction Project in Los Gatos
Michelin-recognized chef David Kinch and James Beard finalist Avery Ruzicka anchor the Spur Building with 7,170 square feet, validating Harmonie Park’s bet on...
JP Morgan Pulls Plug on $1.4B Core-Plus Real Estate Fund Just as Bay Area Office Finds a Bottom
The 24-year-old US Real Estate Income and Growth vehicle posts -9.7 percent three-year returns, forcing a three-year unwind even as San Francisco’s AI-led...
Sacramento Pulls Ahead as West Coast’s Tightest Industrial Market While Oakland Struggles to Find Footing
Northern California’s two largest industrial markets are heading in opposite directions in 2026, with Sacramento emerging as the West Coast’s least-vacant major metro...
California Added 28,700 Jobs in March as Unemployment Eased to 5.3%
State posted strongest start to a calendar year since 2022 as health services led gains while professional and business services pulled back, according...
Northern California Commercial Real Estate News
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 ReadingHelios Real Estate Partners Lists Cursor’s San Francisco HQ Less Than a Year After $9.5MM Buy
JLL is marketing the 35,562-SQFT North Waterfront building leased to the AI coding platform through December 2029. Helios Real Estate Partners is taking...
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...
Trophy Union Square Building Anchored by Bang & Olufsen’s Flagship Lists for Sale in San Francisco
A private Orinda investor is testing buyer appetite for one of Union Square’s most coveted luxury blocks, with a fully leased, freshly renovated...
Bay Club Acquires San Francisco City Block Totaling +150,000 SQFT for $65MM
After Nearly 50 Years as a Tenant, Bay Club Secures Permanent Ownership of Its Founding San Francisco Location SAN FRANCISCO, April 30, 2026...
Rubicon Point Partners Lands Shockwave Medical’s 200,000 SQFT Santa Clara R&D Campus for $87.2MM in Opening Salvo of Billion-Dollar West Coast Push
The San Francisco-based investment firm secures a four-building, 12.86-acre campus fully NNN leased to a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, signaling an aggressive new...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Epic Church Enters Agreement to Acquire 40,000 SQFT Historic Union Square Sanctuary in San Francisco for $15MM
The nondenominational congregation is betting on a spiritual revival to match San Francisco’s economic comeback, targeting a 1913 Reid Brothers landmark that has...
Northern California Construction Splits: San Jose Adds 3,900 Jobs as Sacramento Sheds 3,700
The Bay Area’s AI-driven build cycle is concentrating construction hiring in Silicon Valley even as Sacramento posts one of the nation’s largest absolute...
San José Clean Energy Holds $310MM in Cash After $25MM Customer Rebate, Q1 Report Shows
San José Clean Energy emerged from the first quarter of 2026 with $310 million in unrestricted cash and an $82 million rate stabilization...
Helios Real Estate Partners Lists Cursor’s San Francisco HQ Less Than a Year After $9.5MM Buy
JLL is marketing the 35,562-SQFT North Waterfront building leased to the AI coding platform through December 2029. Helios Real Estate Partners is taking...
Mentone, Manresa Bread Land Inaugural Leases at 68,000 SQFT Junction Project in Los Gatos
Michelin-recognized chef David Kinch and James Beard finalist Avery Ruzicka anchor the Spur Building with 7,170 square feet, validating Harmonie Park’s bet on...
Harvest Properties, Lone Star Recapitalize 360,000 SQFT 600 California Tower in San Francisco
A coordinated foreclosure-and-joint-venture play hands the long-troubled Financial District trophy to fresh sponsorship as the city’s top-tier office market stirs back to life....
JP Morgan Pulls Plug on $1.4B Core-Plus Real Estate Fund Just as Bay Area Office Finds a Bottom
The 24-year-old US Real Estate Income and Growth vehicle posts -9.7 percent three-year returns, forcing a three-year unwind even as San Francisco’s AI-led...
Private Investor Sells 61-Room Best Western Salinas Valley Inn & Suites for $9.99MM in Monterey County
The Highway 101-adjacent hotel near Historic Downtown Salinas traded at roughly $164,000 per room, well above the statewide median in a constrained California...
