SiTime Signs 13-Year Lease for 150,000 SQFT Former ServiceNow Campus in Santa Clara
The MEMS precision timing company, riding seven consecutive quarters of over 100% year-over-year growth in its data center business, secures a campus acquired...
Walnut Creek Posts 511 New Business Openings, Earns AAA Bond Rating as East Bay City Builds on Economic Momentum
The Contra Costa County hub reported a 20 percent drop in crime, $20.8 million in infrastructure investment, and continued retail strength in its...
San Francisco Hotels Poised to Lead Nation in Revenue Growth as Muted Supply and Major Events Fuel Recovery
Marcus & Millichap’s 2026 outlook positions the Bay Area for the fastest ADR and RevPAR growth among major U.S. markets, though occupancy remains...
Newmark Tapped to Market 63,000 SQFT Contemporary Jewish Museum Landmark at 736 Mission Street in San Francisco
The Daniel Libeskind-designed building, designated San Francisco Landmark No. 87, is expected to draw interest from a range of buyers as the nonprofit...
Bay Area Faces Up to $67 Billion GDP Loss From Immigration Enforcement, New Study Warns
A report from the Bay Area Council Economic Institute quantifies the economic risks of removing the region’s undocumented workforce, finding sweeping consequences for...
EOS Investors Acquires Debt-Distressed 189-Key Barnes Hotel in San Francisco’s Union Square
New York-based hospitality firm picks up its third San Francisco property in three years as the city’s hotel market continues its post-pandemic rebound...
Sekisui House U.S. CEO Maps National Expansion for Japan’s SHAWOOD Brand, Backed by 50-Year Business Plan
David Viger, the former Richmond American executive now leading Sekisui House’s combined U.S. operations, says the company’s earthquake-resistant, precision-engineered homes are headed to...
Planning Commission Unanimously Approves Prometheus’ 181-Unit Housing Development in San Mateo
Commissioners vote 4-0 to grant entitlements for the six-story project, citing alignment with the city’s general plan and housing goals despite neighborhood concerns...
Gilroy Approves 530-Unit Park 315 Development on 27.55 Acres Under Builder’s Remedy
The 877,661 SQFT multifamily project at 315 Las Animas Avenue will include 106 affordable units for lower-income households across 38 buildings on the...
Revised Plans Scale Back Brooklyn Basin’s 175-Unit Senior Housing Project on Oakland Waterfront
Updated proposal for Parcel E reduces unit count by 16 while increasing building size and amenity space within the 64-acre master-planned community Spokane-based...
South Bay Development Takes Ownership of 456,000 SQFT Life Science Campus in San Jose Through Foreclosure
The seven-building North San Jose office park, acquired by PCCP and Blue Rise Ventures for $144.5 million in 2018 and repositioned as a...
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...
Walnut Creek Posts 511 New Business Openings, Earns AAA Bond Rating as East Bay City Builds on Economic Momentum
The Contra Costa County hub reported a 20 percent drop in crime, $20.8 million in infrastructure investment, and continued retail strength in its...
San Francisco Hotels Poised to Lead Nation in Revenue Growth as Muted Supply and Major Events Fuel Recovery
Marcus & Millichap’s 2026 outlook positions the Bay Area for the fastest ADR and RevPAR growth among major U.S. markets, though occupancy remains...
Bay Area Faces Up to $67 Billion GDP Loss From Immigration Enforcement, New Study Warns
A report from the Bay Area Council Economic Institute quantifies the economic risks of removing the region’s undocumented workforce, finding sweeping consequences for...
Sekisui House U.S. CEO Maps National Expansion for Japan’s SHAWOOD Brand, Backed by 50-Year Business Plan
David Viger, the former Richmond American executive now leading Sekisui House’s combined U.S. operations, says the company’s earthquake-resistant, precision-engineered homes are headed to...
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...
California’s Wine Industry Faces a Reckoning as Oversupply and Shifting Demographics Collide
The state’s largest wine regions report the deepest pessimism in the SVB survey’s history, yet top-quartile producers are charting a path forward through...
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BrightAI Leases Full 26,891 SQFT Building at 1001 Page Mill Road in Palo Alto Following $51MM Series A
The infrastructure AI startup, founded by SmartThings creator Alex Hawkinson, plants its flag in Stanford Research Park as physical AI companies expand across...
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,...
Silicon Valley’s Innovation Engine Roars as Regional Growth Stalls and Inequality Deepens, 2026 Index Finds
Annual report from Joint Venture Silicon Valley reveals a region of stark contradictions: record venture capital and patent activity coexist with rising commercial...
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...
Excavation Launches at 95-Unit Affordable Senior Housing Project at 967 Mission Street in San Francisco’s SOMA Pilipinas District
The nine-story infill development, born from the 5M Master Plan, will deliver deeply affordable apartments to low-income seniors on a formerly vacant SoMa...
AvalonBay Communities Wins Unanimous Approval for 323-Unit Expansion at Mountain View’s 555 West Middlefield Road
The multifamily REIT’s parking-to-housing conversion, a decade in the making, clears its final council hurdle with a redesign that swaps underground garages for...
Gladstone Institutes Leases 105,000 SQFT at Alexandria’s 1450 Owens Street in San Francisco’s Mission Bay
The biomedical research nonprofit plans to hire 300 scientists and build 30 new labs as it expands its AI-driven drug discovery programs despite...
Arevon Begins Construction on $600MM Cormorant Energy Storage Project in Daly City
Cormorant advances local economic investment through jobs, tax revenue, and community partnerships, reinforcing Arevon’s position as a leading battery storage developer in the...
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...
San Francisco Clears Environmental Review for Major Marina Overhaul and PG&E Sediment Cleanup
Joint effort between Recreation and Park Department and PG&E advances toward spring 2027 construction start with three-year build-out plan The San Francisco Planning...
California’s Wine Industry Faces a Reckoning as Oversupply and Shifting Demographics Collide
The state’s largest wine regions report the deepest pessimism in the SVB survey’s history, yet top-quartile producers are charting a path forward through...
Private Credit’s $1.8 Trillion Surge Sets the Stage for a Real Estate Reawakening in 2026
As the four largest alternative credit platforms approach nearly $1.8 trillion in combined AUM, the asset class’s rapid maturation is reshaping capital flows...
