Outshine Properties-Linked Group Buys 241,000 SQFT RATIO Innovation Campus in Emeryville for $63.5MM, Half Beacon Capital’s 2020 Price
A New York investment group tied to life science specialist Outshine Properties has picked up Emeryville's RATIO Innovation Campus for $63.5 million, a...
San Francisco Office Leasing Rises 37% in First Half of 2026 as Engineers Remain Top Recruiting Target
A joint analysis by recruiting platform Juicebox and Newmark Research finds San Francisco office leasing up 37 percent in the first half of...
Starbucks-Anchored Shops at Foster Square in Foster City Returns to Market at $20.3MM, 7% Cap
Shops at Foster Square, a 2017-vintage Foster City retail center anchored by Starbucks and a U.S. Postal Service branch and filled out with...
Gap Opens Its 2 Folsom Street Headquarters to Bay Area Artists as San Francisco Office Vacancy Hovers Near 30%
Gap Inc. is turning parts of its waterfront headquarters at 2 Folsom Street into a venue for live music, artist residencies and maker...
Nuveen Acquires 174,000 SQFT Marigold Center in San Luis Obispo From First Washington Realty for $58.25MM
Nuveen Real Estate paid $58.25 million for Marigold Center, a 91.6 percent leased, Vons-anchored community center on San Luis Obispo's Broad Street corridor,...
AI Networking Startup Aria Networks Leases 35,000 SQFT at 400 W California Ave. in Sunnyvale
Aria Networks, the AI data center networking startup that closed a $125 million Series A round in April, has leased 35,233 square feet...
Chinese Social Platform Rednote Leases 34,000 SQFT at 200 W Evelyn Ave. in Mountain View
Rednote, the Chinese lifestyle social media and e-commerce platform known at home as Xiaohongshu, has leased 33,557 square feet at 200 W Evelyn...
Oakland, Central Valley Warehouse Costs Top $175 Per Foot as Tariffs Push Industrial Builds Higher
Oakland and the Central Valley now rank among the costliest places in the Americas to build a warehouse, with small-shell pricing above $175...
Greptile More Than Doubles Waterfront Plaza Lease to 19,000 SQFT in San Francisco
Greptile, an AI-powered codebase management platform, has grown its office at Jamestown's Waterfront Plaza to 19,300 square feet from an original 7,700-square-foot lease,...
Fieldstone Communities Clinches Design Approval for 14-Home Heartland at Hidden Hills in Lincoln
Fieldstone Communities cleared a key entitlement hurdle for Heartland at Hidden Hills, a 14-lot infill subdivision inside Lincoln's sprawling Village 1 Specific Plan...
The Registry Ranks: We Ranked 13 San Francisco Office Submarkets for Investors. Mission Bay Is the Only S.
San Francisco's office recovery is real, but it is not evenly spread. Some submarkets sit at single-digit vacancy while others have 40%-plus of...
Hacienda Maintains Momentum with Steady September Leasing Activity
Hacienda, the premier mixed-use business hub in Northern California, maintained steady momentum in September 2026, with space utilization edging upward and leasing activity...
San Francisco Office Leasing Rises 37% in First Half of 2026 as Engineers Remain Top Recruiting Target
A joint analysis by recruiting platform Juicebox and Newmark Research finds San Francisco office leasing up 37 percent in the first half of...
Oakland, Central Valley Warehouse Costs Top $175 Per Foot as Tariffs Push Industrial Builds Higher
Oakland and the Central Valley now rank among the costliest places in the Americas to build a warehouse, with small-shell pricing above $175...
Savills: Silicon Valley Office Leasing Hits Post-Pandemic High of 4.9 Million SQFT
Silicon Valley office leasing more than doubled year over year to 4.9 million square feet in the third quarter of 2026, with Sunnyvale...
Savills: San Francisco Office Leasing Jumps 77% as Availability Falls to 27%
San Francisco tenants signed 3.9 million square feet of office leases in the third quarter of 2026, pushing year-to-date volume to 12.1 million...
San José Fights for Opportunity Zones 2.0 Tracts as State Backs 15 of 36 City Picks
San José officials lobbied Sacramento and Washington to secure 36 priority census tracts under the newly permanent federal Opportunity Zones 2.0 program, but...
McNellis: Real Estate Beyond the Basics
A mortgage broker heard our talk to Menlo College students and wrote back with a sharper point: in commercial real estate, the real...
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Hacienda Maintains Momentum with Steady September Leasing Activity
Hacienda, the premier mixed-use business hub in Northern California, maintained steady momentum in September 2026, with space utilization edging upward and leasing...
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Civil Engineering Firm CBG Expands Bishop Ranch Office by 5,000 SQFT in San Ramon
CBG Engineers, the San Ramon civil engineering firm also known as Carlson, Barbee & Gibson, has expanded its Bishop Ranch office by 5,367...
Savills: Silicon Valley Office Leasing Hits Post-Pandemic High of 4.9 Million SQFT
Silicon Valley office leasing more than doubled year over year to 4.9 million square feet in the third quarter of 2026, with Sunnyvale...
Sierra Grows to 351,000 SQFT at China Basin’s 185 Berry St., Landing San Francisco’s Largest Office Deal of Q3
Bret Taylor's customer-service AI company Sierra completed a 351,135-square-foot renewal and expansion at 185 Berry St., according to CBRE, the largest San Francisco...
VTS Lifts 2026 San Francisco Office Leasing Forecast 13% to 14.5MM SQFT as AI Demand Converts to Signed Leases
Sustained artificial intelligence demand is converting into signed office leases in San Francisco faster than VTS expected, pushing the firm to raise its...
VTS Lifts 2026 San Francisco Office Leasing Forecast 13% to 14.5MM SQFT as AI Demand Converts to Signed Leases
Sustained artificial intelligence demand is converting into signed office leases in San Francisco faster than VTS expected, pushing the firm to raise its...
Newsom Weighs Bill Licensing the Cash-Advance and Factoring Firms Bankrolling Bay Area Small Businesses
California lawmakers have handed Gov. Gavin Newsom a bill that would make the state the first in the country to require merchant cash...
Hines Hands Reins to Third Generation as Adam Hines Joins Sister Laura Hines-Pierce as Co-CEO
Hines is moving its third generation into full command of the $91 billion global real estate firm, pairing Adam Hines with his sister,...
Newmark Lures Sarah Miller From Cushman & Wakefield to Co-Lead National Seniors Housing Valuation Practice
Newmark has hired veteran appraiser Sarah Miller, MAI, away from Cushman & Wakefield to co-lead its national seniors housing valuation and advisory discipline...
OCMI Sacramento Office Grows with New Staff
New Hires Signify Expansion of OCMI Cost Management in Northern California SACRAMENTO, CA — OCMI is proud to announce the addition of Cheryl...
Architectural Resources Group Names Ariane Fehrenkamp Associate Principal to Grow Design Practice
Architectural Resources Group has hired veteran architect Ariane Fehrenkamp as an associate principal, tasking the two-decade design leader with expanding the San Francisco-based...
JLL Elevates Paul Morgan to Chief Operating Officer in Accelerate 2030 Platform Push
The Chicago-based real estate giant has consolidated its enterprise operations under a single new executive as it moves to run as one unified,...
McNellis: Real Estate Beyond the Basics
A mortgage broker heard our talk to Menlo College students and wrote back with a sharper point: in commercial real estate, the real...
The Exit for the Rent-Capped Building
Prop 13 keeps him in. Rent control starves him. Prop 19 took away the ending he was counting on. There's a third door,...
The First Footprints in the Snow
AI's hit to jobs looks like a rounding error—until you see who's in the oven: gutted call centers and vanishing entry-level work. Narrow...
McNellis: Economists vs. Flipping Coins
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McNellis: One House, One Spouse — A Guide to CRE Wealth Preservation
Why razor-thin overhead and the 'one house, one spouse' rule are the keys to preserving wealth in real estate and in life.
Watch Rents Rise
By John Cumbelich Our firm recently completed a Q2 survey of the region’s 25 flagship Power Centers, in which we reported that occupancy...
N17 Sues Menlo Park Over Rejected 665-Unit Willow Park Towers, Putting Up to $33MM in State Penalties in Play
Developer N17 has taken Menlo Park to court over the city's refusal to approve Willow Park, a 665-unit, high-rise mixed-use project on the...
Downtown Merced’s Bullet-Train Station Rides on Legal Demand, $2.4B Contract Option and $1B Savings Pitch
A legal demand from California Rural Legal Assistance and nine Valley groups, a City of Merced push for mitigation and a $2.4 billion...
Savills: Silicon Valley Office Leasing Hits Post-Pandemic High of 4.9 Million SQFT
Silicon Valley office leasing more than doubled year over year to 4.9 million square feet in the third quarter of 2026, with Sunnyvale...
NXP Semiconductors Renews 97,000 SQFT at 350 Holger Way in North San Jose
NXP Semiconductors has renewed its 96,502-square-foot lease at 350 Holger Way in North San Jose, keeping the Dutch chipmaker in a Class A...
Physical Intelligence Locks In 81,000 SQFT Sublease at 850 Brannan St., Outgrowing Its Earlier San Francisco Plan
Robotics AI startup Physical Intelligence completed an 80,964-square-foot sublease at 850 Brannan St. in the third quarter, according to CBRE, about a third...
Savills: San Francisco Office Leasing Jumps 77% as Availability Falls to 27%
San Francisco tenants signed 3.9 million square feet of office leases in the third quarter of 2026, pushing year-to-date volume to 12.1 million...
San Jose Lets Kimco Build Homes First at 18-Acre Cambrian Park Village, Trimming $35MM in Upfront Costs
San Jose planning officials removed a requirement that Kimco Realty build the commercial core of its 18-acre Cambrian Park Village before or alongside...
Golden Gate University Eyes Contemporary Jewish Museum’s 63,000 SQFT Libeskind Landmark at 736 Mission Street for New Home
Three weeks after selling its 536 Mission Street campus to Lincoln Property Co., Golden Gate University has emerged as a potential buyer for...
