New 1.4-Acre Heritage Park Opens at Bishop Ranch in San Ramon
San Ramon, Calif. (May 21, 2026) – Today, San Ramon city officials, Sunset Development Company executives and community leaders christened Heritage Park at...
Step Up Housing Buys 268-Unit Copper Creek Apartments in Sacramento for $54.6MM with Plans for Affordable Conversion
The San Francisco nonprofit will designate three-quarters of the units as income-restricted, the third such sale-and-conversion deal in the region within a year....
Rocket EMS Acquires Vacant 78,200 SQFT San Jose R&D Building for $18.8MM
An electronics manufacturer scooped up a long-empty South San Jose research and office property at a steep markdown, a signal that some tech...
All-Cash Buyer Acquires 15-Unit Hawthorne Apartments in Palo Alto for $10.15MM
The downtown Palo Alto multifamily property traded at $676,667 per unit after a months-long marketing process, signaling continued investor appetite for trophy Silicon...
Sacramento Pulls Ahead as West Coast’s Tightest Industrial Market While Oakland Struggles to Find Footing
Northern California’s two largest industrial markets are heading in opposite directions in 2026, with Sacramento emerging as the West Coast’s least-vacant major metro...
California Added 28,700 Jobs in March as Unemployment Eased to 5.3%
State posted strongest start to a calendar year since 2022 as health services led gains while professional and business services pulled back, according...
AvalonBay and Equity Residential Forge $69B Apartment Titan in All-Stock Merger of Equals
The combination of the nation’s two largest multifamily REITs creates a 180,000-unit powerhouse with dominant positions in Los Angeles, New York and Greater...
Trophy Union Square Building Anchored by Bang & Olufsen’s Flagship Lists for Sale in San Francisco
A private Orinda investor is testing buyer appetite for one of Union Square’s most coveted luxury blocks, with a fully leased, freshly renovated...
Affirmed Housing Closes VTA Ground Lease and $162.6MM Financing for 195-Unit Affordable Project at Berryessa BART
A flurry of recorded real estate deals — including a $11.1MM ground lease from the transit agency and a stacked tax-exempt bond and...
Manheim Leases 6.7-Acre Hayward Industrial Site as Layline Wraps Renovation Push
The wholesale auto auctioneer expands its Hayward footprint into a recently overhauled property at 2348 Industrial Pkwy. W., adding a paved-yard outdoor storage...
Sutter Doubles Down on Emeryville With 330-Foot Hospital Tower That Would Top the City’s Skyline
The healthcare giant’s revised filing converts a stalled life science campus into a $1 billion medical hub, betting on inpatient demand as the...
Balanced Demand Across Industries Supports Ongoing Momentum at Hacienda
Pleasanton, Calif. – Hacienda, Northern California’s largest mixed-use development, entered 2026 with improving fundamentals, building on the leasing momentum established in late 2025...
Sacramento Pulls Ahead as West Coast’s Tightest Industrial Market While Oakland Struggles to Find Footing
Northern California’s two largest industrial markets are heading in opposite directions in 2026, with Sacramento emerging as the West Coast’s least-vacant major metro...
California Added 28,700 Jobs in March as Unemployment Eased to 5.3%
State posted strongest start to a calendar year since 2022 as health services led gains while professional and business services pulled back, according...
AvalonBay and Equity Residential Forge $69B Apartment Titan in All-Stock Merger of Equals
The combination of the nation’s two largest multifamily REITs creates a 180,000-unit powerhouse with dominant positions in Los Angeles, New York and Greater...
San Francisco Captures 80% of U.S. AI Venture Capital as Office Leasing Snaps Back
AI tenants leased 10.6 million square feet in San Francisco since 2019, equivalent to roughly 15 Salesforce Towers, pushing net absorption to 3.2...
Liccardo Lands Four Bills in Bipartisan Housing Package as House Clears 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
The Silicon Valley freshman placed more bills in the sweeping supply-side measure than any other Democratic newcomer, sending the package back to the...
JLL Forecasts Bay Area Rent Surge and Robotics Boom as VC Investment Captures 79% of US Total
JLL research director Alexander Quinn told East Bay leaders that an AI-fueled investment wave is driving record rents, a manufacturing revival and a...
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Balanced Demand Across Industries Supports Ongoing Momentum at Hacienda
Pleasanton, Calif. – Hacienda, Northern California’s largest mixed-use development, entered 2026 with improving fundamentals, building on the leasing momentum established in late...
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Trophy Union Square Building Anchored by Bang & Olufsen’s Flagship Lists for Sale in San Francisco
A private Orinda investor is testing buyer appetite for one of Union Square’s most coveted luxury blocks, with a fully leased, freshly renovated...
Hunter Partners’ Alder Creek Marketplace in Folsom Hits 90 Percent Leased with New Bank of Montreal and Pacific Dental Services Leases
Bank of Montreal and Pacific Dental Services commit to new retail center opening in fall 2027 FOLSOM, Calif. (May 14, 2026)— Hunter Partners,...
Oklava Cafe to Anchor Ground Floor of Two-Story Food Hall at San Francisco’s 945 Market
Downtown San Francisco’s 945 Market is proud to announce that Oklava Cafe has officially signed an agreement to join the culinary lineup at...
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...
Rubicon Point Partners Lands Shockwave Medical’s 200,000 SQFT Santa Clara R&D Campus for $87.2MM in Opening Salvo of Billion-Dollar West Coast Push
The San Francisco-based investment firm secures a four-building, 12.86-acre campus fully NNN leased to a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, signaling an aggressive new...
Meta Pulls the Plug on 1.6MM SQFT Willow Village in Menlo Park, Halting Silicon Valley’s Most Ambitious Corporate Campus
The 59-acre Menlo Park mega-project, first envisioned a decade ago to house 7,000 employees, joins a growing list of casualties as the tech...
Newmark Hires Drew Petersen as San Francisco Market Leader
San Francisco, CA (May 18, 2026) — Newmark today announces that the Company has hired industry veteran Drew Petersen as Executive Vice President...
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...
The Data Center Bargain: What Every Town Should Demand
Free power. Free heat. Clean water. The bargain every town should be demanding. By Billy the Broker (I just want to stay anonymous)...
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...
San Francisco Captures 80% of U.S. AI Venture Capital as Office Leasing Snaps Back
AI tenants leased 10.6 million square feet in San Francisco since 2019, equivalent to roughly 15 Salesforce Towers, pushing net absorption to 3.2...
USA Properties Fund, Riverside Charitable Corp Buy Fremont Land for $11.5MM for 290-Unit Affordable Project
A long-stalled Fremont parcel changes hands as USA Properties Fund and Riverside Charitable Corp. assemble the site for a fully affordable, two-phase residential...
Liccardo Lands Four Bills in Bipartisan Housing Package as House Clears 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
The Silicon Valley freshman placed more bills in the sweeping supply-side measure than any other Democratic newcomer, sending the package back to the...
Farallon Capital Acquires Four Pacific Shores Center Buildings Totaling 686,000 SQFT in Redwood City for $140MM
The hedge fund bought three buildings from Google and a fourth from DivcoWest across the 686,000-square-foot tranche, backed by a $173.6MM ACORE loan...
JLL Forecasts Bay Area Rent Surge and Robotics Boom as VC Investment Captures 79% of US Total
JLL research director Alexander Quinn told East Bay leaders that an AI-fueled investment wave is driving record rents, a manufacturing revival and a...
East Bay Developers Bet on Housing Surge as Office Towers Fall and Oakland Rents Poised to Climb 20%
At East Bay EDA’s annual economic outlook, the heads of Sunset Development and ArtHaus Partners detailed a market pivoting hard from offices to...
E. Barbano Enterprises Files Plans to Redevelop Restaurant Site Into Seven-Story Housing Project in Campbell
The Saratoga-based developer’s evolving proposal for 980 East Campbell Avenue would replace a beloved pandemic-casualty restaurant with hundreds of apartments and ground-floor retail...
Oakmont Properties Buys 73-Unit 16 Powerhouse Multifamily Community in Sacramento for $34.5MM
The sale marked the highest price-per-unit multifamily sale in Sacramento in four years. Sacramento, Calif. – May 20, 2026 – CBRE facilitated the...
