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...
San Francisco Advisory Committee Recommends Slashing Inclusionary Housing Rate to 5% as Construction Stalls
The proposed two-thirds reduction from the current 15 percent requirement aims to revive a frozen development pipeline, but the Board of Supervisors must...
Rancho Cordova Breaks Ground on 70-Unit Phase 4 of Mather Veterans Village, Expanding Permanent Supportive Housing for Veterans
The $35 million to $40 million expansion on the former Mather Air Force Base adds to a campus that already serves more than...
Santa Cruz Wharf Sets April 29 Reopening After $1MM Storm Repair, but 180 Feet of Structure Will Not Be Rebuilt
The restored pier will return with reduced sea lion viewing openings and no plans to reconstruct the damaged end or reopen the Dolphin...
Nordstrom Expands California Presence With Two New Local Service Hubs in San Diego and Danville
The 1,190-square-foot San Diego location and 1,214-square-foot Danville hub will open in June, bringing the retailer’s service-focused micro-format concept to six California locations...
AMD in Talks to Renew and Expand Global Headquarters at Irvine Company’s Santa Clara Square to Approximately 400,000 SQFT
The semiconductor giant is negotiating a deal that would nearly double its footprint at the Pei Cobb Freed-designed campus as record revenue and...
29 Tenants Seeking 100,000 SQFT or More as Silicon Valley Office Demand Reaches 8.6MM SQFT Amid AI-Fueled Recovery
Large-block requirements and a six-quarter vacancy decline are reshaping competitive dynamics across the region’s office market, with AI and technology firms accounting for...
Everpure Expands and Extends Global Headquarters to 450,000 SQFT at Irvine Company’s Santa Clara Square Through 2040
The newly rebranded data storage and management company deepens its Silicon Valley commitment with a long-term lease extension and headquarters expansion as the...
Panoramic Interests Nears Finish Line on 68-Unit Apartment Building in North Berkeley
The seven-story project at 1752 Shattuck Avenue will begin leasing next month, anchoring the developer’s growing Berkeley pipeline Construction is wrapping up on...
Databricks Leases Entire 180,000 SQFT Altair Building from PGIM Real Estate in Sunnyvale, Pushing Silicon Valley Footprint Past 635,000 SQFT
The AI platform provider’s latest deal at 100 Altair Way was among the largest office transactions in Silicon Valley during the first quarter...
Santa Clara County Land Deal Advances 91-Unit Affordable Housing Project Near Downtown San Jose
An eight-story development backed by $41 million in state Homekey+ funding is set to rise at East Santa Clara and North 24th streets,...
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...
San Francisco Advisory Committee Recommends Slashing Inclusionary Housing Rate to 5% as Construction Stalls
The proposed two-thirds reduction from the current 15 percent requirement aims to revive a frozen development pipeline, but the Board of Supervisors must...
29 Tenants Seeking 100,000 SQFT or More as Silicon Valley Office Demand Reaches 8.6MM SQFT Amid AI-Fueled Recovery
Large-block requirements and a six-quarter vacancy decline are reshaping competitive dynamics across the region’s office market, with AI and technology firms accounting for...
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...
Sacramento’s Labor Market Is Losing Ground Where It Can Least Afford To — and Healthcare Can Only Do So Much to Make Up the Difference
The state capital posts a 5.2 percent unemployment rate for Sacramento County and a negative year-over payroll trend for the broader MSA, with...
Sacramento Industrial Vacancy Reaches Decade High as Market Enters Transitional Phase
Softening demand and new deliveries push direct vacancy to 6.7 percent in the first quarter, though limited construction starts and regional logistics strengths...
Napa and Solano Office Vacancy Climbs to 14.2% as Negative Absorption Deepens in Q1 2026
The two-county market gave back nearly 78,000 square feet in the first quarter, with Napa and Fairfield driving the losses amid continued tenant...
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Prometheus Real Estate Group Secures $145MM Refinance of 360,000 SQFT The Towers at Cupertino City Center
CUPERTINO, Calif. (March 16, 2026) — Northmarq’s San Francisco Debt + Equity team led by Nathan Prouty, Andrew Slaton and John Holt has...
San Francisco Office Market Posts Record 1.8MM SQFT of Net Absorption in Q1 2026 as AI Demand Surges
AI companies account for 60 percent of leasing activity and 38 percent of total tenant demand, pushing vacancy down two percentage points and...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
West Sacramento Splits 114-Unit Affordable Project From Grand Gateway to Protect State Funding
City Council carves the 817 West Capitol Ave. parcel out of the larger downtown redevelopment, clearing the way for Hudson Valley Property Group...
Aralon Properties Acquires 7,500 SQFT Bayview Industrial Property for $8.5MM from DS Services of America
The transaction reflects a significant premium over recent San Francisco industrial averages and signals continued investor appetite for well-located logistics assets in the...
Rurka Homes Launches 61-Home Campelli at Lakehaven Neighborhood in Mountain House’s The Lakes Master Plan
Grand opening event on April 18 will showcase three model homes in one of Northern California’s fastest-growing communities Rurka Homes has begun sales...
KBS Capital Advisors Lists 416,000 SQFT Almaden Office Campus in Downtown San Jose, Home to Zoom’s Global Headquarters
The three-building trophy complex, acquired for $150 million in 2015, hits the market at 68 percent leased amid a shifting Silicon Valley office...
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...
AvalonBay Communities Lists 250-Unit Avalon Morrison Park Townhome Community for Sale in San Jose
The LEED Silver-certified property near Diridon Station offers investors a rare opportunity to acquire a differentiated townhome-style asset in one of the Bay...
55-Key Red Roof Inn & Suites Monterey Hits Market at $11.99MM With Adjacent Retail Component
The 1.59-acre North Fremont Street offering pairs a budget-tier lodging asset with two fully leased commercial buildings minutes from the Monterey Bay Aquarium...
Sacramento’s Labor Market Is Losing Ground Where It Can Least Afford To — and Healthcare Can Only Do So Much to Make Up the Difference
The state capital posts a 5.2 percent unemployment rate for Sacramento County and a negative year-over payroll trend for the broader MSA, with...