The New Opportunity of Opportunity Zones
By Matt Ertman & Mike Pruter, Partners Allen Matkins
The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that went into effect this past February contains a new program called “opportunity zones,”...
Oakland 2.0
By John Cumbelich
Prior to World War II, Oakland was one of the major retailing markets in the West. In an era when the department store was the king of...
California Expedites Oakland A’s Stadium Development with AB 734
By R. Zachary Wasserman
AB 734 provides a specially speedy CEQA approach for approval of a new Oakland A’s ball park and associated development at Howard Terminal near Jack London...
Tax Cuts & Jobs Act, It Affects the Industry’s Owners
By Helen Moulis
As most of us know, we’ve entered a new era of tax rules with the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in 2017. The last...
McNellis: Mattress Firm’s Moral Bankruptcy
By John McNellis
Mattress Firm, the nation’s largest mattress retailer, filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy last month. Why did it go bankrupt? Simple. The company had far more stores, more than...
Construction Productivity Software: Bringing Tech to the Job Site
This article also appears in The VIEW, the quarterly publication jointly curated by the three Bay Area chapters of Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW)—CREW San Francisco, CREW East Bay,...
Day for Night: Tech Crown of the City
This article also appears in The VIEW, the quarterly publication jointly curated by the three Bay Area chapters of Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW)—CREW San Francisco, CREW East Bay,...
Power to the People: How Tech Is Making Buildings Better for Occupants
This article also appears in The VIEW, the quarterly publication jointly curated by the three Bay Area chapters of Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW)—CREW San Francisco, CREW East Bay,...
Tech-Driven Crowdfunding Sites Lower Barriers to CRE Investment
This article also appears in The VIEW, the quarterly publication jointly curated by the three Bay Area chapters of Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW)—CREW San Francisco, CREW East Bay,...
San Francisco Passes Proposition C to Increase Gross Receipts Tax on Commercial Landlords
Commercial Rent Tax for Childcare
Proposition C—the Commercial Rent Tax for Childcare and Early Education—is set to take effect January 1, 2019, and increase the Gross Receipts Tax ("GRT") on...
