US Public Pension Funds Deploy Over $4.7 Billion in Real Estate and Infrastructure Commitments
CalSTRS leads a wave of capital deployment as major retirement systems target industrial, multifamily, and value-add strategies heading into 2026. A string of...
Compass Quantifies $20MM in AI Savings, Setting a New Template for How Real Estate Talks to Wall Street
Following a record fourth quarter and the close of its Anywhere acquisition, Compass has turned vague AI promises into measurable margin expansion—and the...
McKinsey: Agentic AI Could Unlock Up to $550 Billion in Global Real Estate Value
A new report urges industry leaders to move beyond isolated AI pilots and instead redesign entire operational domains around human-agent collaboration. A March...
Public Storage and Welltower Forge Landmark Cross-Sector AI Partnership, Rewriting the REIT Playbook
The two S&P 500 REITs will cross-license proprietary data science models for capital allocation and operations, signaling a new era for technology-driven real...
Frangadakis Family Partnership Acquires 16-Unit Park Plaza Apartments for $4.36MM in San Jose
Levin Johnston of Marcus & Millichap arranges 1031 exchange transaction as investor demand for stabilized multifamily assets in Silicon Valley’s supply-constrained market continues...
Mayor Lurie’s Latest Affordable Housing Play: Kill the Rules That Kill the Projects
Proposed ordinance introduced by Mayor Lurie would exempt nonprofit builders from ground floor commercial mandates, expand temporary use authorizations, and streamline conversion of...
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...
2.3-Acre Residential Infill Development Site in San Francisco’s Bernal Heights Hits the Market
The 301 Alemany Boulevard offering represents one of the city’s rare large-scale infill development opportunities with in-place residential zoning and immediate highway access...
81,500 SQFT Fisherman’s Wharf Parking Garage at 350 Beach Street Listed for Sale in San Francisco
The 254-stall structured garage includes ground-floor retail occupied by Enterprise Rent-A-Car and has posted a 52 percent year-over-year NOI increase since transitioning to...
Dostart Development Lists for Sale Fully Leased 26,400 SQFT Mixed-Use Jewel Box in Downtown Los Altos
The three-story office and retail building is 100 percent leased to six tenants anchored by AI and technology firms A mixed-use property has...
61-Unit Multifamily Asset in San Francisco’s SOMA Brought to Market
The century-old warehouse conversion carries a non-rent controlled designation and a current net operating income of nearly $950,000 annually A 61-unit mixed-use multifamily...
Mountain House is a Thriving California City with New Amenities, Top-Rated Schools, Rapid Growth and New Communities on the Way
The City of Mountain House, one of the state’s newest and fastest-growing communities, is celebrating a season of momentum. Mountain House is enjoying...
US Public Pension Funds Deploy Over $4.7 Billion in Real Estate and Infrastructure Commitments
CalSTRS leads a wave of capital deployment as major retirement systems target industrial, multifamily, and value-add strategies heading into 2026. A string of...
Compass Quantifies $20MM in AI Savings, Setting a New Template for How Real Estate Talks to Wall Street
Following a record fourth quarter and the close of its Anywhere acquisition, Compass has turned vague AI promises into measurable margin expansion—and the...
McKinsey: Agentic AI Could Unlock Up to $550 Billion in Global Real Estate Value
A new report urges industry leaders to move beyond isolated AI pilots and instead redesign entire operational domains around human-agent collaboration. A March...
Public Storage and Welltower Forge Landmark Cross-Sector AI Partnership, Rewriting the REIT Playbook
The two S&P 500 REITs will cross-license proprietary data science models for capital allocation and operations, signaling a new era for technology-driven real...
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...
California Commercial Real Estate Enters 2026 With Stabilizing Fundamentals and Selective Momentum
The latest Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderson Forecast survey finds industrial and multifamily sectors outperforming while office recovery remains slow and uneven across the state’s...
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Buchanan Street Partners Announces Groundbreaking on 99,500 SQFT Self-Storage Development in Scotts Valley
Newport Beach, CA (February 9, 2026) – Buchanan Street Partners (Buchanan), a Newport Beach, CA-based real estate investment management firm, has announced the...
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,...
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....
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,...
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....
The Great Nashville-San Francisco Switcheroo
By Billy the Broker (I just want to stay anonymous) If you need proof that God has a sense of humor, consider this: Oracle can’t...
Vanderbilt’s Choice: A Win for San Francisco and the Bay Area
By Vladimir Bosanac, publisher of The Registry The hand-wringing over Vanderbilt University’s decision to establish its West Coast campus in Showplace Square rather...
California Commercial Real Estate Enters 2026 With Stabilizing Fundamentals and Selective Momentum
The latest Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderson Forecast survey finds industrial and multifamily sectors outperforming while office recovery remains slow and uneven across the state’s...
Figure AI Leases 64,000 SQFT R&D Building at 3939 N. First St. in North San Jose Expansion
Humanoid robotics firm doubles down on North First Street corridor, adding specialized lab and manufacturing space adjacent to its existing headquarters campus Figure...
Wells Fargo Economists Signal Disinflation Progress Is Stalling as February CPI Looms
Rising energy costs, tariff pass-through, and sticky shelter inflation are expected to keep consumer prices advancing at a pace well above the Federal...
Sharks Ice Gilroy Project Faces Funding Uncertainty as Construction Cost Estimates Nearly Double to $59MM
The City of Gilroy and Sharks Sports & Entertainment are working to close a widening budget gap on the proposed 100,000-square-foot, two-rink recreational...
Wood-Frame Construction Rises at Realtex Group’s 54-Unit Mixed-Use Project in South Berkeley
The six-story development at 2902 Adeline Street is advancing past its concrete podium phase, with completion set to bring housing and ground-floor retail...
West Oakland Church Site Clears Entitlements for 71-Unit Affordable Senior Housing Development
Richmond-based CHDC secures approvals to redevelop a church-owned corner in West Oakland into income-restricted housing for seniors A Richmond-based affordable housing developer has...
ArtHaus Partners Closes $17.25MM Cash-Out Refinance of 100-Unit Niles Station in Fremont
Oakland-based workforce housing operator executes debt reset on value-add property at a time when many peers from the same acquisition vintage are handing...
Nuvision Credit Union Lists Former 26,000 SQFT SafeAmerica HQ in Pleasanton for Sale
Credit union puts longtime Hacienda Business Park property on the market for the first time following February 2025 merger with SafeAmerica Nuvision Credit...
