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Mass Timber Emerges as Embodied-Carbon Fix for Data Centers, Cutting Footprint Up to 60%
Engineers from Thornton Tomasetti and Gensler make the case that hybrid mass timber can slash data center embodied carbon and compress schedules without...
Amazon Lands as First Tenant at Scannell’s $100MM, 833,000 SQFT Westgate Industrial Center in West Fresno
The e-commerce giant takes down a 248,786-square-foot building at the long-delayed Marks Avenue project, deepening its Central Valley logistics footprint as national big-box...
Palo Alto Converts Former Downtown Gym Building Into Bryant Street Community Center
The city repurposes its 2004-built downtown property at 429 Bryant St. into a teen center and permanent home for La Comida’s senior nutrition...
Downtown Development Corporation Lands $14.5MM Powell Street Stake as First-Year Haul Tops $60MM
One year after launch, SF’s Downtown Development Corporation closes the funding gap on the $40.2MM Powell Street remake, capping a $60MM-plus push to...
Cal Poly Cuts Ribbon on $45MM John Madden Football Center in San Luis Obispo
Populous-designed, PCL-built training facility opens behind Spanos Stadium as Big Sky schools double down on athletics infrastructure. Cal Poly will cut the ribbon...
AES Pitches 350-MW Jewelflower Battery Plant on 128-Acre Coyote Valley Farm in San Jose
Virginia-based AES is invoking AB 205 to push a 40-acre lithium-ion storage complex past San Jose planners, setting up a state-level showdown over...
Mercy Housing, Openhouse File Demolition Permits for 1939 Market Street, Clearing Path for 188-Unit Tower in San Francisco
Mercy Housing and Openhouse advance a 15-story, $117MM affordable senior project on a Castro-area flatiron site, with construction targeted for late 2026. Mercy...
Sacramento Developer Files Plans for Costco-Branded Gas Station, Self-Storage in Rocklin
Sacramento developer’s 13.2-acre mixed-use proposal would deliver the fuel station Costco’s Loomis warehouse was forced to drop in 2020. Veteran Sacramento developer Paul...
John Burns Says Land Markets Enter “Selective Growth” Phase as Builders Push 73% of Lots Off Balance Sheet
Ken Perlman’s 2026 land playbook lays out a market split between A-and-B winners and C-and-D laggards, with land banking, attainable product and master-planned...
Lurie’s $16.85B San Francisco Budget Bets on Zoning, Permitting and Downtown to Reignite CRE
Mayor’s FY27-FY28 spending plan closes a $642MM deficit while pouring resources into City Planning, PermitSF, affordable housing and street capital — signals the...
MacFarlane, Avanath Move to Clear Fillmore Block for 115-Unit Affordable Senior Tower at 880 McAllister
Demolition filings for three Freedom West buildings advance the first vertical phase of a 382-unit affordable housing rebuild in San Francisco’s Fillmore District....
WellSpace Health Lands $20MM Permit for First Vertical Phase of South Sacramento Wellness Campus
Legacy Construction will break ground on a 32-bed Mental Health Rehabilitation Center at 6810 Stockton Boulevard, the opening act of a 13-acre behavioral...
