BGO Acquires 377,000 SQFT Rio Tech R&D Campus in San Jose for $164.3MM from Washington Holdings
The Sun Life Financial affiliate purchased the seven-building campus at a 3.3 percent discount to Washington Holdings’ 2021 acquisition price and a significant...
Kairos Lists 193,000 SQFT 550 Kearny in San Francisco as AI Recovery Reignites Value-Add Bets
Irvine investor flips to disposition mode less than two years after seizing the North Financial District tower at a steep loan-purchase discount, betting...
Larkin Street Youth Services Lands 19,350 SQFT Lease at Lighthouse Building at 1155 Market in San Francisco
The 91-month deal at 1155 Market Street relocates the homeless-youth nonprofit from 711 Van Ness, swapping into a Class A asset directly above...
KKR Completes $600MM Refinancing of 750,000 SQFT Mission Bay Complex in San Francisco
The New York-based investment giant replaced its original $600 million acquisition loan on the four-building Icona campus — purchased for $1.08 billion in...
Silicon Valley Industrial and R&D Markets Post Negative Absorption in Q1 2026 as Deliveries and Large Move-Outs Test Fundamentals
CBRE research shows industrial vacancy climbing to 5.4 percent and R&D vacancy reaching 13.8 percent, though leasing velocity and AI-driven demand signal underlying...
Walnut Creek Industrial Market Posts Negative Absorption as Vacancy Climbs to 4.4% in Q1 2026
Colliers report finds asking rents fell to $1.12 per square foot NNN amid softening tenant demand and elevated move-outs across the North I-680...
97-Unit Student Housing Complex Near UC Berkeley Hits the Market Following $25MM Foreclosure Acquisition
Cushman & Wakefield is marketing the North Berkeley property with 31 percent vacancy as a value-add repositioning opportunity three blocks from the nation’s...
Fifth Space Commits $30MM to Power Station Phase Two, Betting Big on Dogpatch Waterfront
The 29-acre Dogpatch redevelopment moves into its second and final infrastructure push as rival Bay Area megaprojects sit idle. Fifth Space is doubling...
California Affordable Housing Group Lists 181-Unit Fruitvale Portfolio for $33.5MM in Oakland
Owner markets four contiguous Foothill Boulevard and 26th Avenue apartment buildings as a single block-scale offering with assumable financing and rent upside. California...
Northern California Powers Essex Q1 2026 Beat as Bay Area Rents Outrun Coast and Seattle
The San Mateo-based REIT’s home region delivered 3.9 percent revenue growth and 5.6 percent NOI gains, with Santa Clara, San Mateo, and San...
Odd Fellows Home of California Closes $101.7MM Bond Series for Saratoga, Napa Senior Living Communities
CHICAGO, IL – APRIL 6, 2026 – Ziegler, a specialty investment bank, is pleased to announce the successful closing of Odd Fellows Home...
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....
Silicon Valley Industrial and R&D Markets Post Negative Absorption in Q1 2026 as Deliveries and Large Move-Outs Test Fundamentals
CBRE research shows industrial vacancy climbing to 5.4 percent and R&D vacancy reaching 13.8 percent, though leasing velocity and AI-driven demand signal underlying...
Walnut Creek Industrial Market Posts Negative Absorption as Vacancy Climbs to 4.4% in Q1 2026
Colliers report finds asking rents fell to $1.12 per square foot NNN amid softening tenant demand and elevated move-outs across the North I-680...
CASCO Financial Affiliate Lands 61-Unit Miramonte Gardens in Mountain View for $11.8MM
The Mountain View acquisition closes out a two-property, 107-unit Silicon Valley portfolio that came to market in February at $23.5MM in combined pricing...
Fifth Space Commits $30MM to Power Station Phase Two, Betting Big on Dogpatch Waterfront
The 29-acre Dogpatch redevelopment moves into its second and final infrastructure push as rival Bay Area megaprojects sit idle. Fifth Space is doubling...
California Affordable Housing Group Lists 181-Unit Fruitvale Portfolio for $33.5MM in Oakland
Owner markets four contiguous Foothill Boulevard and 26th Avenue apartment buildings as a single block-scale offering with assumable financing and rent upside. California...
Northern California Powers Essex Q1 2026 Beat as Bay Area Rents Outrun Coast and Seattle
The San Mateo-based REIT’s home region delivered 3.9 percent revenue growth and 5.6 percent NOI gains, with Santa Clara, San Mateo, and San...
Northern California Commercial Real Estate News
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...
Continue ReadingKairos Lists 193,000 SQFT 550 Kearny in San Francisco as AI Recovery Reignites Value-Add Bets
Irvine investor flips to disposition mode less than two years after seizing the North Financial District tower at a steep loan-purchase discount, betting...
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...
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,...
DivCore Capital, ICONIQ, and Sentral Launch $2.5 Billion Multifamily Investment Platform Targeting Major U.S. Markets
SAN FRANCISCO-DivCore Capital today announced the launch of a new residential investment platform, Sentral Strategic Partners, alongside ICONIQ and Sentral that is designed...
North American Life Sciences Sector Grapples With Supply Glut as 55% of Recent Lab Deliveries Sit Vacant
A pandemic-era construction wave has collided with cooling demand, leaving nearly 60 million square feet of new lab space struggling to find tenants...
AI Demand Propels San Francisco Office Leasing to Strongest Quarter Since 2014 as Market Absorbs Excess Supply
Subheading: Artificial intelligence firms led by OpenAI, Anthropic, and Databricks drove 3.8 million square feet of leasing activity in Q1 2026, though availability...
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)...
Luxxbox Establishes New Presence at Lakeville Business Park in Petaluma with 15,000 SQFT Lease
Innovation and sustainability drive expansion in the North Bay. Petaluma, CA (April 28, 2026) Basin Street Properties, a prominent real estate investment, development,...
Related California, SFHDC Top Out $72MM, 85-Unit 160 Freelon Affordable Project in San Francisco’s SoMa
Nine-story development on city-owned parcel will deliver family housing, permanent supportive units and HIV-priority apartments when it opens in early 2027 Construction has...
Walnut Creek Office Market Posts Strongest Leasing Quarter Since Mid-2024 as Vacancy Reaches Cycle High
Gross absorption topped 167,000 square feet in Q1 2026 along the North I-680 Corridor, but a 923,000-square-foot inventory reclassification pushed vacancy to 25.6...
Friendship House Boosts Supportive Housing to 36 Units in Revised Plans for The Village in San Francisco
Modifications to the six-story Mission District community center follow guidance from the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development to expand on-site affordable...
AMG & Associates Files Pre-Application for 132-Unit Workforce Housing Project in Antelope
Encino-based developer targets households earning 80 percent of area median income on a 5.12-acre site near active Lennar homebuilding A 132-unit workforce housing...
Alexandria Pivots Bay Area Pipeline Toward AI Tenants As Biotech Demand Stalls
Mission Bay flagship advances while REIT signals South San Francisco repositioning amid 30 percent regional vacancy. The San Francisco Bay Area’s life science...
Ballast Pays $48.5MM for 110-Unit “Three Sisters” Portfolio on Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco
The San Francisco-based multifamily operator acquired three historic 1928 apartment buildings from Flynn Investments affiliates and picked up five additional properties across Hayes...
Super Micro Computer Leases Four-Building Campus in San Jose Totaling 714,000 SQFT
Fourth SF Bay Area location will add hundreds of U.S. positions, expand domestic production to boost U.S. technology and AI infrastructure capacity (Editor’s...
