INDUSTRY news
Bay Area Venture Funding Surges to $100B in Q2 2026, Powered by Anthropic’s $65B AI Round
The nine-county Bay Area drew $100.2 billion in venture capital across 861 deals in the second quarter of 2026, with San Francisco alone...
Alexandria Doubles Its Share of Bay Area Leasing as Advanced Technology Tenants Backfill Lab Space
Alexandria Real Estate Equities captured twice its market share of San Francisco Bay Area leasing in the second quarter, its strongest regional showing,...
Lincoln Council Approves Ron Smith’s 165-Lot Windsor Cove, Clears Lewis Group’s 1,205-Unit Village 7B Plan
The Lincoln City Council last week signed off on Ron Smith's 165-lot Windsor Cove subdivision and cleared Lewis Group of Companies to nearly...
AI and Power Demand Drive Silicon Valley Industrial as Tenants Chase Scarce High-Tech Space
Silicon Valley’s industrial market has split into two economies — one defined by artificial intelligence, data centers and an insatiable appetite for power,...
Ripple Renews 124,000 SQFT Full-Building Headquarters at 600 Battery in San Francisco
Cryptocurrency payments firm Ripple has renewed its lease on the entire 600 Battery Street building in San Francisco’s Jackson Square, keeping one of...
$213MM PGIM Refinancing Spans Eight Industrial Buildings, Including 323,000 SQFT Lathrop Warehouse
A 322,560-square-foot warehouse on Shideler Parkway in Lathrop is the lone California asset in an eight-building national portfolio just recapitalized with $213 million...
Fountainhead Buys 44,000 SQFT Union Square Office and Retail Building at 100 Post for $12.35MM in San Francisco
An Alaska-based investor has landed a trophy corner at the seam of Union Square and the North Financial District, paying roughly $281 per...
Sand Hill Property Company Sells 40,000 SQFT Whole Foods Site for $45.9MM in Los Gatos
Sand Hill Property Company sells its newly built Los Gatos Whole Foods site for $45.9 million, or about $1,148 per square foot.
Multibeam Doubles Sunnyvale Headquarters to 31,000 SQFT as It Lands $140MM CHIPS Commitment
Chip-equipment maker Multibeam more than doubled its Sunnyvale footprint and staffed up past 75 workers just as it secured a federal letter of...
Kilroy Says San Francisco Demand Tops 10MM SQFT, Highest Since 2019, as Bay Area Recovery Broadens
The real estate investment trust said active tenant demand in San Francisco has topped 10 million square feet for the first time since...
Silicon Valley Office Leasing Roars Back to Post-Pandemic High as Class A Space Tightens
Silicon Valley office leasing has surged to its strongest level since 2019 as AI-driven tenants chase scarce Class A space, brokers say.
Infinera Signs 102,000 SQFT R&D Lease at 6375 San Ignacio Avenue in South San Jose
A San Jose-based optical networking company has anchored the quarter’s Silicon Valley R&D leasing with a major South San Jose commitment, the largest...
