After Spending $49MM on San Jose Property, Developer Brings Plans to Light
By Michele Chandler
The site of a folksy but aging shopping strip and one-time Christmas tree lot in San Jose could transform into a modern “urban village” containing townhomes and...
Ken Rosen: A Look at What Lies Ahead for the National Economy and the...
By Jack Stubbs
“The black swan event that could change the economic outlook is asset bubbles that are caused by easy money. Tax cuts are being proposed in a full...
Google Expands in San Jose, Spending $117.25MM on Three Industrial Buildings
By Vladimir Bosanac
The race for space in San Jose is on. Google, the Mountain View tech giant that is in the process of expanding its reach across the region,...
McNellis: Leaving Retail
By John McNellis
I received an invitation to attend a cocktail party in Los Angeles at next week’s International Council of Shopping Center (ICSC) meeting. In declining, I explained that we would...
Swift Pays $117MM for Mount Diablo Plaza in Walnut Creek
By Jon Peterson
San Francisco-based Swift Real Estate Partners has acquired the 325,000 square foot Mount Diablo Plaza office building in Walnut Creek for $117 million or $360 per square...
Screwed: Brokers Tell-All; A John McNellis Column
“Business is the polar opposite of a high school dance—you can always find someone to screw you.”
By John McNellis
“Dear John:
I think you should write about how everyone is a...
New 28-Story Mixed-Use Development Planned for Downtown Oakland
By Meghan Hall
As the housing market improves and job opportunities in the Bay Area have increased, so has development in downtown Oakland. The East Bay city is in the...
San Francisco’s Proposition C Passes, Paving Way for Increased Property Rents
Proposition C was designed to levy a tax on San Francisco commercial property leases that City officials hope will bring approximately $146 million a year, with 85 percent of...
Slack Takes 230,000 SQ FT at 500 Howard in San Francisco
By Jon Peterson
Slack Technologies has signed a lease agreement to occupy in the future 230,000 square feet of the 240,000 square feet of the office space available in the...
Oakland’s Massive Brooklyn Basin Development Set to Break Ground in April
After securing a financing agreement with Swiss banking giant UBS, Oakland-based Signature Development Group will finally break ground on a $1.5 billion, 65-acre project that when finished will feature...
