Post Investment Group Acquires 130-Unit Cherry Creek Apartments in San Jose for $34.2MM
The Beverly Hills-based affordable housing investor expands its San Jose portfolio to seven properties and more than 1,000 units with back-to-back acquisitions of...
N17 Development Clears Environmental Milestone for 8-Story Project at 875 Sansome in San Francisco
The eight-story infill development at 875 Sansome Street moves closer to construction as the project sponsor signs its Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program...
96,000 SQFT Office Building at 417 Montgomery Hits the Market in San Francisco’s North Financial District
The value-add offering in the heart of San Francisco’s top-performing office submarket arrives as citywide leasing activity surpasses pre-pandemic levels and AI-fueled demand...
Wells Fargo Forecasts Modest Housing Recovery in 2026, but Affordability Remains at Historic Lows
A new Wells Fargo Economics report projects incremental gains in home sales and price appreciation, even as the national home price-to-income ratio remains...
BASIS Independent Schools Proposes 89,400 SQFT High School Campus at Vacant San Jose Office Building
Private school operator plans adaptive reuse of 72,700 square foot building at 525 Race Street that has sat empty since Avenues: The World...
California’s Factory-Built Housing Sector Needs Policy Overhaul to Unlock Scale, Terner Center Report Finds
A new UC Berkeley study outlines more than 40 policy levers that could help industrialized construction reach the scale needed to meaningfully reduce...
Steel Peak Properties and Tarsadia Investments Target $500MM IOS Portfolio Across Western U.S.
The Encinitas-based firm, founded just two years ago by former brokers, has already acquired 11 properties and is now scaling rapidly with institutional...
U.S. Manufacturing Holds Expansion Streak as Prices Paid Surge on Steel, Aluminum, and Tariff Pressures
The ISM manufacturing index posted back-to-back expansionary readings for only the second time since 2022 U.S. manufacturing activity remained in expansion territory for...
Onyx Investment Group Files Plans for 370-Unit Affordable Housing Complex in Sacramento’s North Highlands
Yusi Commons would bring nine three-story buildings, 21,000 square feet of commercial space, and income-tiered units to a nine-acre undeveloped site on Watt...
Albertsons Puts Newly Constructed 55,800 SQFT Safeway in Mountain House Up for Sale Via NNN Lease
The grocery giant is marketing its San Joaquin County store as a single-tenant investment opportunity in one of Northern California’s fastest-growing master-planned communities...
Salinas Rent Control Debate Heads to November Ballot as California’s Tenant Protection Movement Widens
With four tenant protection ordinances hanging in the balance, Salinas voters will cast the decisive vote in a housing dispute that mirrors a...
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...
Wells Fargo Forecasts Modest Housing Recovery in 2026, but Affordability Remains at Historic Lows
A new Wells Fargo Economics report projects incremental gains in home sales and price appreciation, even as the national home price-to-income ratio remains...
California’s Factory-Built Housing Sector Needs Policy Overhaul to Unlock Scale, Terner Center Report Finds
A new UC Berkeley study outlines more than 40 policy levers that could help industrialized construction reach the scale needed to meaningfully reduce...
Steel Peak Properties and Tarsadia Investments Target $500MM IOS Portfolio Across Western U.S.
The Encinitas-based firm, founded just two years ago by former brokers, has already acquired 11 properties and is now scaling rapidly with institutional...
U.S. Manufacturing Holds Expansion Streak as Prices Paid Surge on Steel, Aluminum, and Tariff Pressures
The ISM manufacturing index posted back-to-back expansionary readings for only the second time since 2022 U.S. manufacturing activity remained in expansion territory for...
Salinas Rent Control Debate Heads to November Ballot as California’s Tenant Protection Movement Widens
With four tenant protection ordinances hanging in the balance, Salinas voters will cast the decisive vote in a housing dispute that mirrors a...
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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 AI Boom Drives 2MM SQFT of Office Leasing as Sector Reshapes Vacancy Outlook
Mid-sized artificial intelligence firms scale rapidly while vacancy is forecast to decline 100 basis points in 2026, marking inflection point for office market...
Robotics Sector Emerges as Major Bay Area Industrial Tenant as AI Integration Accelerates Space Demand
Autonomous vehicle and drone companies drive industrial absorption to 7.63 million square feet as specialized facility requirements and venture funding fuel rapid expansion...
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,...
Amazon’s Empty Chairs
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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...
San Francisco’s Commercial Real Estate Market: A 2025 Comeback Sets the Stage for 2026
By Hans Hansson, President of Starboard CRE After years of turbulence marked by pandemic-driven vacancies and economic uncertainty, San Francisco’s commercial real estate...
Presidio Bay Ventures and Prado Group Win Bid to Acquire 1.2MM SQFT San Francisco Centre for $130MM+
The San Francisco-based developers plan a mixed-use conversion of the shuttered downtown landmark that once held a valuation exceeding $1 billion, marking a...
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...
Fortinet Acquires Seven Sunnyvale Parcels from Intuitive Surgical for $47MM
The cybersecurity giant’s all-cash purchase of sites at Kifer Road and Commercial Street positions the company to assemble a new campus adjacent to...
Post Investment Group Acquires 152-Unit Almaden 1930 Affordable Housing Complex for $41MM in San Jose
The Beverly Hills-based firm, a specialist in Low-Income Housing Tax Credit acquisitions, paid approximately $269,700 per unit for the income-restricted property near Willow...
California Secures $18.4MM in Federal Transit Funding Ahead of FIFA World Cup 2026
LA Metro and VTA to lead transit preparations at SoFi Stadium and Levi’s Stadium as state seeks additional resources to close operational funding...
Interstate Equities Corporation Acquires 140-Unit Multifamily Portfolio in Davis for $42.8MM, Marking Firm’s Entry Into Student Housing
The two-complex deal at $306,000 per unit represents only the third sale of a 100-plus-unit multifamily asset in Davis since 2020 Interstate Equities...
Four Emerging Design Signals Are Reshaping the Next Generation of Hospitals
The global architecture and planning firm identifies distributed care networks, embedded clinical research, community-centered design, and AI-ready infrastructure as the defining forces behind...
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...
