Anthropic Expands Downtown San Francisco Footprint with 100,000 SQFT Lease at 400 Howard Street
Claude maker adds three floors at Foundry Square I just months after securing entire office tower across the street, pushing its citywide commitments...
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...
SSP Investments Acquires 27,200 SQFT Kaiser Permanente Medical Office in San Rafael for $9.2MM
Bay Area family office expands medical portfolio through 1031 exchange as national MOB investment volume surges 35 percent year-over-year San Jose-based SSP Investments...
Alex Mehran Is Betting the Family Legacy on Turning Bishop Ranch Into a Neighborhood
The third-generation CEO of Sunset Development is staking his tenure on a 2,510-home project that would transform his family’s suburban office campus into...
SFF Realty Partners Closes Oversubscribed $500MM Fund Targeting Bay Area Office and R&D
Formerly known as PSAI Realty Partners, the San Francisco-based firm raised its fifth value-add fund in 12 months as institutional capital returns to...
Build, Inc., Seeks Entitlement Extension for 495-Unit Tower San Francisco’s SoMa District
The long-delayed 27-story residential project, first proposed nearly a decade ago, remains a surface parking lot as the developer cites challenging market and...
132-Unit Apartment Complex Proposed on Nearly Five Acres in Granite Bay Adjacent to Senior Living Community
A Vancouver, Washington-based senior housing operator’s land holdings next to its retirement community could yield one of the area’s rare multifamily developments, with...
Foundation Work Advances on 70-Unit Affordable Housing Complex at El Cerrito Plaza BART Station
The six-story building is the first of six structures planned for a 743-unit transit-oriented master plan that will transform 6.5 acres of surface...
Berkland Foundation’s 222-Unit Mixed-Use Apartment Complex Wins Approval in North Berkeley
The entitled seven-story project directly across from the UC Berkeley campus will deliver 33 affordable apartments and ground-level retail on a half-acre corner...
Cloud Software Group More Than Doubles Footprint to 54,000 SQFT at Bishop Ranch in San Ramon
The enterprise technology company’s expansion follows its acquisition of Pleasanton-based Arctera and reflects a growing trend of tenant growth at the 585-acre East...
Trust for Public Land Secures $175MM Option to Buy Golden Gate Fields in Berkeley, Plans Massive East Bay Waterfront Park
The $175 million deal to acquire the 161-acre former horse racing track from the Stronach Group would create 8.5 miles of connected public...
Occupancy Rises at Hacienda as Diverse Industries Expand in Tri-Valley
Pleasanton, Calif. – Hacienda, Northern California’s largest mixed-use development, recorded a modest increase in total occupancy to 6,581,927 square feet in March, up...
Alex Mehran Is Betting the Family Legacy on Turning Bishop Ranch Into a Neighborhood
The third-generation CEO of Sunset Development is staking his tenure on a 2,510-home project that would transform his family’s suburban office campus into...
SFF Realty Partners Closes Oversubscribed $500MM Fund Targeting Bay Area Office and R&D
Formerly known as PSAI Realty Partners, the San Francisco-based firm raised its fifth value-add fund in 12 months as institutional capital returns to...
Trust for Public Land Secures $175MM Option to Buy Golden Gate Fields in Berkeley, Plans Massive East Bay Waterfront Park
The $175 million deal to acquire the 161-acre former horse racing track from the Stronach Group would create 8.5 miles of connected public...
The Great Migration: How Population Loss Is Reshaping Bay Area Commercial Real Estate
As census data reveals persistent out-migration, office landlords pivot strategies while housing supply tightens despite multifamily recovery. The San Francisco metropolitan area faces...
Lower Immigration, Cautious Consumers and Shifting Migration Patterns Reshape US Housing Outlook for 2026
John Burns Research and Consulting finds that capturing housing demand now requires surgical precision as demographic tailwinds weaken and buyer sentiment sours to...
Oakland’s Structural Shift: Healthcare Boom and Office Downturn Reshape Economic Landscape
Healthcare assets and stalled hiring define next phase for Bay Area’s largest port city. Oakland is entering a period of structural economic adjustment,...
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Port of Oakland Opens 2026 with Modest Cargo Growth in January
Import gains drive overall volume increase as vessel activity remains steady Oakland, Calif. – March 2, 2026: The Port of Oakland began 2026 with...
OpenAI Completes 280,000 SQFT Sublease at 1800 Owens Street, Pushing San Francisco Footprint Past 1 Million SQFT
The ChatGPT maker’s takeover of former Dropbox space at The Exchange in Mission Bay cements the AI giant’s dominance as the city’s largest...
San Francisco VC Funding Tops $43.8 Billion in Early 2026 After Record $116.94 Billion Year as AI Mega-Rounds Reshape Office Market
OpenAI’s $40 billion raise led the largest deal tally ever recorded while 2026 is already on pace to match prior-year totals, with $43.8...
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...
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....
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)...
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 Great Migration: How Population Loss Is Reshaping Bay Area Commercial Real Estate
As census data reveals persistent out-migration, office landlords pivot strategies while housing supply tightens despite multifamily recovery. The San Francisco metropolitan area faces...
Women’s March Madness Delivers 13,000 Hotel Room Nights to Sacramento, Signaling Growth Limits in Hospitality Market
NCAA regional games expose capacity crunch, fuel calls for new 300-400 room hotel development. Sacramento’s hospitality sector achieved rare full-capacity momentum during the...
Lower Immigration, Cautious Consumers and Shifting Migration Patterns Reshape US Housing Outlook for 2026
John Burns Research and Consulting finds that capturing housing demand now requires surgical precision as demographic tailwinds weaken and buyer sentiment sours to...
RK Properties Files Plans for 112-Room Hotel, 160-Unit Apartment Project in Sacramento’s South Natomas
A long-vacant site near Interstate 5 and West El Camino Avenue would gain a TownePlace Suites by Marriott and four residential buildings under...
Cloverleaf Corporation Proposes 70-Unit Condominium Building in Downtown Palo Alto
Spanish Revival-style project on 1.15-acre site would replace existing 24-unit apartment complex and include 20 percent affordable housing A six-story, 70-unit condominium building...
Karisa Ventures Acquires 100-Unit Cottage Bay Apartments in Arden-Arcade for $16MM
Karisa Ventures pays $160,000 per unit as local hospitality investors continue strategic shift into multifamily assets amid hotel industry headwinds A local hotel...
Blackstone Acquires 135-Room Stanly Ranch Luxury Resort in Napa Valley via Foreclosure Sale After $220MM Loan Default
The investment giant acquired the debt on the 700-acre Auberge-managed luxury resort before proceeding with a planned foreclosure, adding to a growing Bay...
Washington Holdings Could Bring Up to 2.5MM SQFT of Silicon Valley R&D Space to Market as State Pension Fund Eyes California Exit
The Seattle-based real estate firm controls seven R&D parks, two hotels, and a retail center across San Jose, Santa Clara, Milpitas, and Pleasanton...
