San Jose Light Tower Corporation Opens Competition to Build New City Landmark
By Meghan Hall
San Jose is a city of many things: vast population, a major regional economic engine, a mix of diverse cultures. It has an emerging downtown, a growing...
While Apartment Construction Slows Nationwide, Seattle and San Francisco Plow On
By Meghan Hall
Industry professionals are well aware of the apartment boom that has helped to define the nation’s commercial real estate market over the course of the last decade....
With Increasing Urbanization on the Horizon, Oakland Rolls Out Plan to Preserve Community’s Cultural...
By Meghan Hall
Oakland is one of the region’s largest cultural centers, due, in part, to its dynamic population and traditions of civic, political and arts engagement. However, with an...
Facebook Opens 4th Campus in Sunnyvale Totaling One Million Square Feet
By Jon Peterson
Over the last 24 months, one of the fastest growing companies in the Bay Area has been Facebook. Leasing buildings from San Francisco to Newark, from Burlingame to...
San Francisco’s 28-Acre Potrero Power Plant Development Inches Closer to Approval
By Sasha Vasilyuk
In its thirst for more housing, San Francisco has been looking to transform the Central Waterfront from an industrial no man’s land to a livable neighborhood. Last...
Choose Your Own Adventure: Slack’s San Francisco HQ Inspired by the Pacific Crest Trail
By Meghan Hall
Founded in Vancouver, Slack Technologies has seen its work-based messaging platform skyrocket to success in recent years, as everyone from Fortune 500 companies to niche businesses communicate...
Alameda Unified School District Completes Restoration and Revitalization of Historic Alameda High School
ALAMEDA, Calif. (Aug. 13, 2019) – A ribbon cutting ceremony was held last week to mark the completion of the seismic retrofit and restoration of Historic Alameda High School (HAHS), welcoming...
Connected Buildings, Connected Things and Security Concerns
By Scott M. Wornow
Is your “smart building” connected? Is your high-tech office, residential building or entertainment facility, with embedded sensors, wireless networks, remote monitoring devices and internet-capable security cameras, now...
HFF and BUILD Announce 3.4MM SQFT Master-Planned Mixed-Use development in San Francisco’s India Basin
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (May 9, 2019) – HFF announced today it is working on behalf of BUILD, a San Francisco residential development company, to arrange investment partners for the...
Tech is Bringing Changes to Construction
By Scott M. Wornow
Digital technologies are disrupting the construction industry, which has been a notable laggard in technology adoption. For an industry that until recently has relied primarily on hardcopy...