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Residential Oakland Project at 1940 Webster Continues Forward

By Michele Chandler A new residential project is moving forward in Oakland’s central business district that would bring 173 new housing units to...

CCIG’s 3300 Broadway Project in Oakland Takes Shape

By Michele Chandler An Oakland developer is planning to build a residential-commercial complex that includes affordable housing units and could be ready to...

Microsoft’s Silicon Valley Expansion to Add “Smartest, Greenest” Office

By Vladimir Bosanac Big changes are afoot in Redmond, Washington and the impact of those will be felt all the way to Silicon...

The Rise of the YIMBYs

By Todd Williams [dropcap]D[/dropcap]espite an undeniable housing shortage marked by skyrocketing rents, virtually all housing development in the Bay Area remains controversial. Be...

502-Unit Phase 4 of Trinity Place in San Francisco Breaks Ground

By Jon Peterson Trinity Properties, founded by Angelo and Yvonne Sangiacomo in the early 1960s, has started construction on the fourth phase of...

Final EIR Completed for 192,3500 SQFT Phase III of America Center Office in San Jose

By Michele Chandler Following a public review period held over seven weeks this summer, the City of San Jose has responded to a...

Bay Area At the Top of National Development Trends, States Report

By Michele Chandler As a flood of tech firms and other business startups continue putting down roots in the Bay Area, there’s a...

BOMA 2017 Just Increased Your Footprint by 3%

By Dan Mihalovich In our earlier piece, "Office Tenants Pay for More Phantom Space than Ever,” we called out the landlord community, its...

Enough of the Millennials, Gen Z is Now the Forefront of Workplace Design Strategies in Commercial Real Estate

By Jack Stubbs “When people in the new generation say they want a private office, sometimes they just mean that they want private...

We Can (Co)Work it Out: How Coworking Continues to Drive Workplace Design in Corporate Real Estate

By Jack Stubbs “The majority of people using coworking spaces want to connect with other people. We’re pack animals, we really feed of...

Just Starting a Dialogue to Re-Imagine San Jose

By Michele Chandler San Jose development and construction firm Swenson Buillders—a stalwart builder in Silicon Valley—is now envisioning a dramatic redo for San...

San Jose Mayor Liccardo’s Housing Plan Takes Shape

By Michele Chandler Building 25,000 homes—at least 10,000 of them priced in the affordable range—is at the top of an unprecedented plan proposed...