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...
New Homes Now Selling at The Lakes in Mountain House, CA
– Model Homes Available to Tour – Campelli at Lakehaven to Hold a Grand Opening Event on April 18 – The Lakes at...
California’s Data Centers Should be Models of Affordable, Clean Electricity
By Sam Uden and Matthew Freedman, Special for CalMatters This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California’s sky-high...
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...
Madison Capital & PGIM Acquire Debt on Juul’s 387,000 SQFT 123 Mission Tower in San Francisco at Steep Discount From $397MM Purchase Price
A debt sale in the low $90 million range positions new investors to take ownership of a building that was once valued at...
OpenAI Reaches Agreement for 202,000 SQFT Lease at Brookfield’s Portside Commerce Center in Richmond
Industry sources indicate the AI giant, Brookfield Properties, and the City of Richmond have struck a deal for the high-power waterfront industrial facility...
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)...
German Lawyers’ Pension Fund Records $67MM (€57.9MM) Write-Down on 750,000 SQFT Transamerica Pyramid as BVK Exits San Francisco Landmark at ~$700MM
Hessen retirement scheme absorbs full loss on preferred equity tranche after post-pandemic office downturn and a costly renovation erode value of San Francisco’s...
Sale of PIMCO’s 272,000 SQFT 201 California in San Francisco Reaches Pending Status Amid Columbia Property Trust’s Ongoing Loan Default
The potential disposition of the Financial District tower comes as Columbia’s $1.7 billion multi-property loan default continues and appraised values plunge from 2021...
