Industry Contributors & Editorial
Facebook: Expanding Our Home in Menlo Park
By John Tenanes, VP Global Facilities and Real Estate As Facebook grows its headquarters in Menlo Park, California, we strive to create a unique...
McNellis: A Broken Compass?
By John McNellis Does outspending your competition buy you the best talent? Of course. Does it guarantee you the World Series championship? Not...
McNellis: Could California Flame Out?
By John McNellis The phone rang early yesterday. “Well, our center’s still standing,” my partner said. “Whoa.” “The fire’s only a couple blocks...
Still Room for Growth in Housing Market
Industry perspectives from PCBC 2018 By Erica A. Bose, Mathew A. Wyman and Christopher D. Stark Developers, capital providers and other industry professionals...
Why the U.S. Housing Market Will End Up Like Japan’s
By Tyree Nelson Housing start stats. You’ve got to love them. One month they’re up, the next month they’re down. What’s an astute...
McNellis: Uber’s Johnny Cab Future
By John McNellis While Uber isn’t exactly driving straight to the bank, it may get there yet. The company has ripped through $10...
Rent Prices for Two and Three-Bedroom Homes Rising the Fastest
Monthly rent for two and three-bedroom homes are appreciating 2.8 percent annually, which is faster than one-bedroom homes and the nation as a...
Tesla’s Fremont Factory Expansion: 2 Years and $51.3MM Spent Since Master Plan Part 2 Published
By Kelsey Graeber Since Tesla announced a 4.5 million square foot expansion of its Fremont vehicle factory in 2016, over 400 building permits...
San Francisco’s Top Ten Building Permits of 2017
By Kelsey Graeber The research team at BuildZoom used our National Building Permit Database to identify the ten most expensive construction permits of...
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...
Mithun HOME Team Create Sea-Rise Concept for Richmond
In an innovative plan under the Resilient by Design challenge, a team led by integrated design firm Mithun and guided by a community...
Best Laid Plans Derailed: When Your City Decides to Adopt a Zoning Moratorium
By Amara Morrison It’s every developer’s worst nightmare. Having invested significant resources in planning and design and submitting a project application to the...
