Related California, SFHDC Top Out $72MM, 85-Unit 160 Freelon Affordable Project in San Francisco’s SoMa
Nine-story development on city-owned parcel will deliver family housing, permanent supportive units and HIV-priority apartments when it opens in early 2027 Construction has...
Walnut Creek Office Market Posts Strongest Leasing Quarter Since Mid-2024 as Vacancy Reaches Cycle High
Gross absorption topped 167,000 square feet in Q1 2026 along the North I-680 Corridor, but a 923,000-square-foot inventory reclassification pushed vacancy to 25.6...
Friendship House Boosts Supportive Housing to 36 Units in Revised Plans for The Village in San Francisco
Modifications to the six-story Mission District community center follow guidance from the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development to expand on-site affordable...
AMG & Associates Files Pre-Application for 132-Unit Workforce Housing Project in Antelope
Encino-based developer targets households earning 80 percent of area median income on a 5.12-acre site near active Lennar homebuilding A 132-unit workforce housing...
Alexandria Pivots Bay Area Pipeline Toward AI Tenants As Biotech Demand Stalls
Mission Bay flagship advances while REIT signals South San Francisco repositioning amid 30 percent regional vacancy. The San Francisco Bay Area’s life science...
Ballast Pays $48.5MM for 110-Unit “Three Sisters” Portfolio on Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco
The San Francisco-based multifamily operator acquired three historic 1928 apartment buildings from Flynn Investments affiliates and picked up five additional properties across Hayes...
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...
Harker School Clears Final Hurdle on 34,156 SQFT All-Electric Building at Bucknall Campus in San José
The two-story multi-purpose facility heads to a May 6 Planning Director’s Hearing as the K-5 campus moves to expand enrollment by 70 students....
Kilroy’s Bay Area Occupancy Drops to 75.2% as Cooley Anchors 251,000 SQFT Redwood City Tower
A 1,160-basis-point year-over-year occupancy slide in the Bay Area, driven by Kilroy Oyster Point Phase 2, lands alongside a substantially pre-leased Peninsula development...
Kilroy and Lane Partners Launch 251,000 SQFT 1900 Broadway Tower in Redwood City With Cooley LLP Anchor Lease
Joint venture transforms a former Wells Fargo branch site purchased by Lane Partners for $25MM in 2021 into a $350MM transit-adjacent office project,...
ArtHaus Partners to Acquire 368-Unit Creek at 2645 in Sacramento for $76.5MM, Convert 314 Units to Affordable Housing
The Oakland-based workforce housing firm would use $100 million in 501(c)(3) bonds to purchase and rehabilitate the South Natomas apartment complex, restricting the...
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....
Walnut Creek Office Market Posts Strongest Leasing Quarter Since Mid-2024 as Vacancy Reaches Cycle High
Gross absorption topped 167,000 square feet in Q1 2026 along the North I-680 Corridor, but a 923,000-square-foot inventory reclassification pushed vacancy to 25.6...
Alexandria Pivots Bay Area Pipeline Toward AI Tenants As Biotech Demand Stalls
Mission Bay flagship advances while REIT signals South San Francisco repositioning amid 30 percent regional vacancy. The San Francisco Bay Area’s life science...
Kilroy’s Bay Area Occupancy Drops to 75.2% as Cooley Anchors 251,000 SQFT Redwood City Tower
A 1,160-basis-point year-over-year occupancy slide in the Bay Area, driven by Kilroy Oyster Point Phase 2, lands alongside a substantially pre-leased Peninsula development...
BLDG Partners Lands 309-Unit Woodland Affordable Portfolio for $42.7MM in Tandem Acquisition From The Korda Group
The Southern California-based investor doubled down on Northern California affordable housing with a simultaneous closing on two adjacent LIHTC communities, expanding its footprint...
Pacific West Communities Files Plans for 168-Unit Affordable Tower in Downtown San Jose
Idaho-based developer expands its Bay Area pipeline with a fully income-restricted project on South 2nd Street as the city races to close a...
D.R. Horton Cuts Forecast as Affordability Bites Into Q2 Margins
America Builder’s $7.6 billion quarter showed disciplined execution, but Northwest closings tumbled 19 percent and gross margins compressed under the weight of elevated...
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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 ReadingAlexandria Pivots Bay Area Pipeline Toward AI Tenants As Biotech Demand Stalls
Mission Bay flagship advances while REIT signals South San Francisco repositioning amid 30 percent regional vacancy. The San Francisco Bay Area’s life science...
Bland and Paraform Lead AI Office Leasing Totaling 69,000 SQFT at Jamestown’s Properties in San Francisco
—— Deals Anchor New Wave of AI & Tech Leasing Activity, Pushing Jamestown’s Northern Waterfront Portfolio Past 134,000 Square Feet of AI Office...
DRA Advisors, Blue Rise Ventures List 636,000 SQFT Fremont and Milpitas Industrial Portfolio Along 880 Corridor
The eight-building package is 88 percent leased with in-place rents 25 percent below market and sits amid concentrated institutional ownership from Prologis, Blackstone,...
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...
Essex Property Trust Doubles Down on Northern California With $830MM Acquisition Spree as AI-Fueled Demand Drives Rent Growth
The apartment REIT deployed more capital into the Bay Area than any other region in 2025, acquiring seven communities as Northern California posted...
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...
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)...
Bardis & Miry Development Files Zoning Permits for 62-Unit Townhome Project in Sacramento’s Campus Commons
The Sacramento-based developer paid $4.28 million for the 2.65-acre office site and plans to demolish the existing building in favor of 31 residential...
BLDG Partners Lands 309-Unit Woodland Affordable Portfolio for $42.7MM in Tandem Acquisition From The Korda Group
The Southern California-based investor doubled down on Northern California affordable housing with a simultaneous closing on two adjacent LIHTC communities, expanding its footprint...
Pacific West Communities Files Plans for 168-Unit Affordable Tower in Downtown San Jose
Idaho-based developer expands its Bay Area pipeline with a fully income-restricted project on South 2nd Street as the city races to close a...
Rigetti Computing Subleases 12,500 SQFT Lab and Office Space at 740 Heinz Avenue in Berkeley
The quantum computing company expands its Berkeley footprint with a 3.5-year sublease from Chinook Therapeutics, signaling growing demand from the tech sector for...
D.R. Horton Cuts Forecast as Affordability Bites Into Q2 Margins
America Builder’s $7.6 billion quarter showed disciplined execution, but Northwest closings tumbled 19 percent and gross margins compressed under the weight of elevated...
MST’s $78MM SURF! Busway Runs Six Weeks Ahead of Schedule in Central Coast’s Marina
The five-mile bus rapid transit corridor and a new Marina transit hub are reshaping the Monterey Peninsula’s commercial transportation backbone, with both targeting...
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...
Dividend Homes Wins Approval for 32-Unit Townhome Development in Cupertino
The Morgan Hill-based boutique builder adds to a growing wave of townhome projects transforming the Silicon Valley city’s main commercial corridor Cupertino’s Stevens...
