San Francisco’s BUILD Act Slashes Transfer Tax on Large Real Estate Deals to Unlock Tens of Thousands of Stalled Housing Units
Mayor Lurie and Supervisor Mahmood introduce revenue-neutral legislative package aimed at rolling back Proposition I’s doubled rates, reducing per-unit construction costs by $32,850,...
Blue Shield’s 146,800 SQFT Northern California Headquarters in El Dorado Hills Listed for Sale
The NNN-leased office campus serves as Blue Shield’s corporate security division hub and one of only three Blue Shield locations in California The...
386,000 SQFT Trophy Office Tower at 55 Second Street Hits the Market in San Francisco After Paramount Group Default
The LEED Platinum, 2002-vintage tower offers nearly 300,000 square feet of contiguous vacancy and prominent building signage in the heart of the Second...
BART Board Votes 8-1 to Approve Contingency Blueprint for Sweeping Service Cuts, Station Closures, and Possible System Shutdown
The transit agency’s alternative service plan outlines three escalating phases of reductions — including the elimination of 1,170 jobs — if voters reject...
Google Cloud to Occupy 1.5MM SQFT Caribbean Campus in Sunnyvale as Tech Giant Consolidates Silicon Valley Footprint
The cloud computing division’s move into the BIG-designed campus will trigger the vacation of Jay Paul Co.-owned offices in the Moffett Park neighborhood,...
Hudson Pacific Posts $278MM Quarterly Loss as Bay Area Portfolio Occupancy Holds at 70.6 Percent Amid Looming Lease Roll
REIT extends streak of quarterly losses with $572MM full-year deficit while 22-property Northern California platform faces significant Google, Salesforce expirations in 2027-2028 Hudson...
Northern California’s 949 MW Data Center Market Faces Fierce Competition as AI Demand Strains Continental Supply
JLL’s year-end 2025 report positions Northern California as a strategically critical data center hub, with nearly a gigawatt of existing capacity anchored in...
Private Investor Lists 11,600 SQFT Downtown Burlingame Retail Asset Anchored by Wells Fargo for $15MM
Fully leased Burlingame Avenue property offers fee-simple ownership in one of the Peninsula’s tightest retail corridors On the San Francisco Peninsula, where retail...
Industrious Doubles Down on San Francisco With 14,000 SQFT Executive Suites Push as Financial District Tightens
Coworking operator targets premium users with private-office concept as downtown vacancy edges lower and AI-sector demand accelerates Industrious is betting that San Francisco’s...
OpenAI Signs 10-Year Lease for 439,000 SQFT Mountain View Campus
The ChatGPT maker secures former Symantec headquarters with right of first refusal to purchase, deepening its commitment to the South Bay office market...
Economist Warns East Bay Is Squandering a ‘Golden Opportunity’ as Region Stalls on Housing and Growth
Dr. Chris Thornberg of Beacon Economics says the East Bay’s wealth and natural assets are being held back by regulatory paralysis and misplaced...
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...
San Francisco’s BUILD Act Slashes Transfer Tax on Large Real Estate Deals to Unlock Tens of Thousands of Stalled Housing Units
Mayor Lurie and Supervisor Mahmood introduce revenue-neutral legislative package aimed at rolling back Proposition I’s doubled rates, reducing per-unit construction costs by $32,850,...
BART Board Votes 8-1 to Approve Contingency Blueprint for Sweeping Service Cuts, Station Closures, and Possible System Shutdown
The transit agency’s alternative service plan outlines three escalating phases of reductions — including the elimination of 1,170 jobs — if voters reject...
Hudson Pacific Posts $278MM Quarterly Loss as Bay Area Portfolio Occupancy Holds at 70.6 Percent Amid Looming Lease Roll
REIT extends streak of quarterly losses with $572MM full-year deficit while 22-property Northern California platform faces significant Google, Salesforce expirations in 2027-2028 Hudson...
Northern California’s 949 MW Data Center Market Faces Fierce Competition as AI Demand Strains Continental Supply
JLL’s year-end 2025 report positions Northern California as a strategically critical data center hub, with nearly a gigawatt of existing capacity anchored in...
Economist Warns East Bay Is Squandering a ‘Golden Opportunity’ as Region Stalls on Housing and Growth
Dr. Chris Thornberg of Beacon Economics says the East Bay’s wealth and natural assets are being held back by regulatory paralysis and misplaced...
Who Is Yoda PLC? Inside the Cyprus Conglomerate Set to Acquire San Francisco’s Transamerica Pyramid
Founded just six years ago and controlled by the so-called “office king” of Romania, Yoda PLC has quietly amassed a $3.3 billion empire...
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West Contra Costa Unified School District Completes 56,700 SQFT Construction on Lake Elementary School Replacement in San Pablo
San Pablo, CA, Jan. 21, 2026 – West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD) recently celebrated the completion of the state-of-the-art Lake Elementary...
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...
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,...
Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP CEO Retiring, New Chief Operating Officer Joining
San Francisco, CA (January 13, 2026) – San Francisco-based law firm Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP is pleased to announce that Chris Boyd has...
Denis Melnichenko Joins Woodmont Real Estate Services as Regional Property Manager
Belmont, CA; January 12, 2026 –Woodmont Real Estate Services’ Jeff Bosshard, CPM,®President, Multifamily Operations, announced that Denis Melnichenko has joined the company as...
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...
3D Printed Houses and Other Fairy Tales
By Billy the Broker (I just want to stay anonymous) The prophecy was always that technology would save us. And here we are in 2026,...
Tidewater Capital Wins Approval to Replace Sunnyvale Tech Campus with 370-Unit Housing Development
The $65 million office-to-residential conversion joins a growing wave of Bay Area projects as developers pivot from financially unviable workspaces to housing amid...
Who Is Yoda PLC? Inside the Cyprus Conglomerate Set to Acquire San Francisco’s Transamerica Pyramid
Founded just six years ago and controlled by the so-called “office king” of Romania, Yoda PLC has quietly amassed a $3.3 billion empire...
San José Advances $6.1MM in Tax and Fee Waivers for 329-Unit Gateway Tower and Bank of Italy Downtown Developments
The city’s Housing Department recommends parkland fee reductions and inclusionary housing waivers for one new affordable high-rise and one historic office-to-residential conversion under...
SI-BONE Signs 50,000 SQFT Lease at MetLife’s Orchard Commons in North San Jose
The Nasdaq-listed medical device company will relocate from its Santa Clara headquarters under an 8.5-year lease with expansion rights at the six-building campus...
Uniphore Triples Palo Alto Headquarters to 26,661 SQFT at 1001 Page Mill Road as Enterprise AI Demand Accelerates
The conversational AI company expands from 9,500 square feet to a neighboring building in Stanford Research Park, backed by investors including Nvidia and...
Northern California Industrial Market Stabilizes at 7.1% Vacancy as Build-to-Suits Dominate Pipeline
Colliers reports 9.7M SQFT under construction with speculative development largely on pause heading into 2026 Northern California’s industrial sector closed 2025 recalibrated and...
AI’s Toll on Customer Service Signals Broader Workforce Reckoning as Tech Spending Reshapes Markets
New survey data shows customer support hiring has cratered by nearly two-thirds in two years, even as historical patterns suggest AI will ultimately...
$35.6MM Permanent Refinance Secured for Two Manufactured Housing Communities in Southern Napa Valley
Insurance Company Lender Loan Offers Streamlined Underwriting, Maximum Proceeds, and Full-Term Interest Only San Francisco, Calif. (February 24, 2026) – Gantry, the largest...
