Workday Sells 60,000 SQFT Pleasanton Office Building for $5.5MM, 73% Below Assessed Value
The human resources software giant unloaded a second campus building in four months at steep discounts as it consolidates operations around the West...
CIM Group Nears Consensual Foreclosure of 165,000 SQFT San Francisco Tower After Unity Software Departure, $98MM Loan Default
Lenders expect to take ownership of the historic two-building property by the fourth quarter of 2026, marking the second San Francisco office asset...
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...
Pickleball Kingdom Accelerates Expansion in California with New Clubs Planned for San Jose, Sunnyvale and Fremont
SAN JOSE, Calif., April 23, 2026 — Pickleball Kingdom, the world’s largest indoor pickleball entity, fast-tracks its nationwide growth through a new multi-unit...
Hudson Pacific Rides Bay Area AI Surge to Best Leasing Year Since 2019
The largest public REIT office landlord in the region signed a 20-year deal with San Francisco and posted 2.5 million square feet of...
Blackstone’s $315B Real Estate Machine Pivots Hard to Data Centers as Traditional Portfolio Treads Water
The world’s largest alternative asset manager is betting its real estate franchise on AI infrastructure while waiting for logistics and multifamily to rebound...
Five Point Posts Q1 Loss, Launches $40MM Buyback as California Land Sales Slide to Back Half
The Irvine developer is holding fire on major land deals until the third and fourth quarters, betting that patience preserves pricing power in...
USDA-Leased 22,000 SQFT South San Francisco Facility Listed at $48MM with 14-Year Federal NNN Term
Tran Real Estate Group and Luzon Real Estate Ventures bring a rare GSA-tenanted asset to market at a sub-5 percent going-in cap rate...
Signature Development Group Advances 83-Unit Townhouse Project at Brooklyn Basin Parcel H in Oakland
The five-story residential building is the first phase of a two-phase effort that could eventually deliver more than 200 units to the city’s...
Tourbineau Files Plans for 174-Unit Apartment Project at Country Club Plaza in Sacramento’s Arden-Arcade
Seattle-based developer advances the residential phase of its multiphase redevelopment of the long-dormant northern anchor of the El Camino and Watt corridor mall...
Tandem PV Opens 65,000 SQFT Perovskite-Silicon Solar Manufacturing Facility in Fremont
The Silicon Valley startup’s commercial demonstration factory at 3500 Gateway Boulevard, backed by $50 million in venture capital, marks a bet that next-generation...
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...
Hudson Pacific Rides Bay Area AI Surge to Best Leasing Year Since 2019
The largest public REIT office landlord in the region signed a 20-year deal with San Francisco and posted 2.5 million square feet of...
Blackstone’s $315B Real Estate Machine Pivots Hard to Data Centers as Traditional Portfolio Treads Water
The world’s largest alternative asset manager is betting its real estate franchise on AI infrastructure while waiting for logistics and multifamily to rebound...
Five Point Posts Q1 Loss, Launches $40MM Buyback as California Land Sales Slide to Back Half
The Irvine developer is holding fire on major land deals until the third and fourth quarters, betting that patience preserves pricing power in...
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,...
Macerich’s 2025 Annual Report Signals a Bifurcated Retail Market as REIT Reshapes West Coast Portfolio
The Santa Monica-based mall operator’s 10-K highlights record leasing, healthy retailer demand and the widening gap between fortress centers and lower-tier malls The...
Aether Biomachines Leases 11,000 SQFT at Healthpeak’s Edgewater Campus in South San Francisco
The AI-designed protein company takes space at 280 Utah Avenue as venture funding cools and Bay Area life sciences vacancy hits 28.8 percent....
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Bogard Construction Breaks Ground on 100-Unit Educator Housing Project for Santa Cruz City Schools
SANTA CRUZ, Calif., March 20, 2026 — Bogard Construction, a family-owned building contractor serving Santa Cruz and the Greater Bay Area, in partnership...
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...
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)...
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...
Align Real Estate Proposes 415-Unit Senior Housing Complex on Trader Joe’s Site in Oakland
The San Francisco-based developer’s two-tower proposal at 5727 College Avenue would rise up to 31 stories within two blocks of the Rockridge BART...
Lone Star Funds Takes Ownership of 360,000 SQFT Office Tower in San Francisco After Foreclosure Auction Draws No Bidders
The Dallas-based private equity firm acquired the debt from Goldman Sachs for $130 million in January and took ownership through a credit bid...
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,...
Macerich’s 2025 Annual Report Signals a Bifurcated Retail Market as REIT Reshapes West Coast Portfolio
The Santa Monica-based mall operator’s 10-K highlights record leasing, healthy retailer demand and the widening gap between fortress centers and lower-tier malls The...
Affirmed Housing Returns With 128-Unit Affordable Project in Rescue After New California Law Undercuts Prior Rejection
Green Valley Family Apartments revives a proposal El Dorado County supervisors blocked in 2024, now armed with Assembly Bill 893’s streamlined review provisions...
Aether Biomachines Leases 11,000 SQFT at Healthpeak’s Edgewater Campus in South San Francisco
The AI-designed protein company takes space at 280 Utah Avenue as venture funding cools and Bay Area life sciences vacancy hits 28.8 percent....
42-Unit Apartment Complex Planned for Site Next to Alexandria Theater in San Francisco
Preliminary filings call for an eight-story mixed-use building at 5420 Geary Boulevard, significantly expanding the project’s original scope. A new residential development is...
Epicrispr Biotechnologies Renews 25,000 SQFT at 7000 Shoreline Court in South San Francisco
The epigenetic medicine company anchors its Peninsula headquarters as the Bay Area life sciences market navigates a gradual recovery. Epicrispr Biotechnologies, the CRISPR-pioneer-founded...
