Blackstone Mortgage Trust Covers Dividend Third Straight Quarter as Platform Pivots Toward Data Centers and Net Lease
The $19.7 billion CRE lender posted a GAAP net loss but distributable earnings cleared the dividend hurdle, signaling that a portfolio reset built...
Starwood Pulls the Plug on SREIT Redemptions, Slashes Distribution as Non-Traded REIT Reckoning Reaches Its Endgame
Barry Sternlicht’s $22.4 billion fund becomes the last holdout in a sector-wide liquidity crisis, betting that Sunbelt multifamily fundamentals will reward shareholders who...
AvalonBay Northern California Residential Revenue Climbs 3.9% as San Francisco Rents Surge 8.1%
The Bay Area is now AvalonBay’s strongest established region, with strength spilling from San Francisco and San Jose into the East Bay during...
San Francisco Peninsula Industrial Market Rebounds With 190,000 SQFT Absorption Swing in Q1 2026
Tech hardware and AI-related tenants fuel leasing momentum across the Peninsula as vacancy drops to 5.4 percent The San Francisco Peninsula industrial market...
Jackson Family Wines Lands Approval for 79-Room Inn at the Abbey in Saint Helena
A seven-year entitlement saga ends with Napa County clearing one of the valley’s rare rural hotel approvals, sharpening the wine giant’s pivot into...
Ace Pickleball Club to Open 31,000 SQFT Indoor Facility at Former Walmart Site in South San Jose
National franchise takes over long-vacant retail space on Monterey Road, adding 11 courts and 30 jobs as the South Bay’s experiential fitness market...
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...
Black & Veatch Lands 19,549 SQFT Direct Lease at Rockpoint’s Treat Towers in Walnut Creek
The global engineering firm’s commitment at the LEED Platinum-certified Class A complex marks one of Q1 2026’s largest direct deals in the North...
Kimley-Horn Subleases 21,611 SQFT at DivcoWest’s 2999 Oak Road Office Property in Walnut Creek
The transportation and design consultancy’s deal at the Contra Costa Centre BART-adjacent tower stands as the quarter’s largest office lease in the North...
WSC Developments Secures Approval for 213-Unit Mixed-Use Project in San Jose
The seven-story development near Diridon Station replaces a previously entitled hotel and adds density to one of Silicon Valley’s tightest rental markets A...
Northern California Carries Essex as Bay Area Tech Demand Outpaces Seattle, Los Angeles in Q1
The West Coast’s largest multifamily REIT beat expectations as cap rate compression and a $62 million stock buyback signaled a private-public valuation gap....
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....
Blackstone Mortgage Trust Covers Dividend Third Straight Quarter as Platform Pivots Toward Data Centers and Net Lease
The $19.7 billion CRE lender posted a GAAP net loss but distributable earnings cleared the dividend hurdle, signaling that a portfolio reset built...
Starwood Pulls the Plug on SREIT Redemptions, Slashes Distribution as Non-Traded REIT Reckoning Reaches Its Endgame
Barry Sternlicht’s $22.4 billion fund becomes the last holdout in a sector-wide liquidity crisis, betting that Sunbelt multifamily fundamentals will reward shareholders who...
AvalonBay Northern California Residential Revenue Climbs 3.9% as San Francisco Rents Surge 8.1%
The Bay Area is now AvalonBay’s strongest established region, with strength spilling from San Francisco and San Jose into the East Bay during...
San Francisco Peninsula Industrial Market Rebounds With 190,000 SQFT Absorption Swing in Q1 2026
Tech hardware and AI-related tenants fuel leasing momentum across the Peninsula as vacancy drops to 5.4 percent The San Francisco Peninsula industrial market...
Jackson Family Wines Lands Approval for 79-Room Inn at the Abbey in Saint Helena
A seven-year entitlement saga ends with Napa County clearing one of the valley’s rare rural hotel approvals, sharpening the wine giant’s pivot into...
Northern California Carries Essex as Bay Area Tech Demand Outpaces Seattle, Los Angeles in Q1
The West Coast’s largest multifamily REIT beat expectations as cap rate compression and a $62 million stock buyback signaled a private-public valuation gap....
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 ReadingAce Pickleball Club to Open 31,000 SQFT Indoor Facility at Former Walmart Site in South San Jose
National franchise takes over long-vacant retail space on Monterey Road, adding 11 courts and 30 jobs as the South Bay’s experiential fitness market...
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...
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,...
WSB Properties Buys 27-Unit Mixed-Use Property in Downtown Oakland for $8.1MM
(Editor’s Note: According to public records, the buyer is WSB Properties, out of Redwood City, and the seller is an entity affiliated with...
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)...
Apartment Titans AvalonBay and Equity Residential Eye $50B Merger That Could Redraw US Rental Map
The two largest US apartment REITs are in early-stage talks on a combination that would create a roughly 200,000-unit landlord and reignite REIT...
AllianceBernstein Lists 154,000 SQFT 2390 Mission College Blvd. in Santa Clara After Taking Title in $46MM Loan Loss
The Wall Street firm’s foreclosure on PCCP’s 2390 Mission College Boulevard now becomes a value-add test case in a Silicon Valley office market...
Affordable Housing Preservation Investors, AMG Land Development Win Approval for 193-Unit Affordable Housing Complex in San Rafael
The seven-story development across from Northgate Shopping Center will deliver 191 below-market-rate apartments in one of the Bay Area’s most expensive housing markets...
Rithm Pivots Paramount Portfolio Into Elecor With $250MM Amenity Blitz Across New York and San Francisco
Michael Nierenberg’s $63 billion alternatives firm rebrands its 16-building, 13.8 million-square-foot office platform and doubles down on hospitality-style upgrades to capture flight-to-quality demand....
Milpitas Unified School District Announces Groundbreaking on 12,500 SQFT Final Phase of Innovation Campus
Phase Three Adds Workforce Development and Early Childhood Education Research Center to First-of-its-Kind Learning and Career Training Hub MILPITAS, Calif, April 29, 2026...
Swinerton Selected as Builder for Landmark $145MM Fire Department Training Facility in San Francisco
New SFFD Division of Training campus will simulate real earthquake and urban emergency conditions to strengthen Bay Area preparedness. SAN FRANCISCO, April 28,...
CareTrust REIT Pays $61.7MM for Two East Bay Skilled Nursing Facilities Totaling 239 Beds
The Dana Point-based healthcare REIT acquired the 239-bed portfolio across Fremont and Pleasant Hill in all-cash transactions, pricing the combined deal at approximately...
Berkeley Design Review Committee Advances Final Review for Austin Group’s 66-Unit Apartment Project
The eight-story infill from The Austin Group will replace a 122-year-old Georgian Revival building half a block from the UC Berkeley campus The...
