McNellis: Do As I Say, Not As I Do
By John McNellis
Our last column ended with questions: Why would a seller ever permit a listing broker to keep 100 percent of a sales commission? Why let a broker...
McNellis on Governance: Rescue Our Horse
John McNellis
The annual meeting of America’s foremost real estate organization, the Urban Land Institute, took place last week in Los Angeles. Its mood was as somber as an Irish...
Opinion: Plenty of Capital Available for Ground-up Multifamily Construction in the Bay Area
In a fluid capital markets environment, brokers and developers are using innovative financing to raise capital for multifamily deals. Banks, REITs, and funds are eager to lend for core...
McNellis: Whole Foods’ Existential Threat?
“Amazon's plunge into the $800 billion US grocery industry posed an existential threat to rivals.” CNN August 2018
By John McNellis
A couple questions remained in the wake of Whole Foods’...
An Open Letter To Mayor London Breed About Zoning Reform
Dear Mayor Breed,
I just attended the National Association of Realtors (NAR) convention at San Francisco’s Moscone Center last week. While I was there, I met many people who shared with...
Extension of San Francisco Commercial Tenant Eviction Moratorium and Impact of Proposed California Senate...
By Manuel Fishman & Jonathan August
On May 14, 2020, San Francisco Mayor London Breed issued a second extension of the City’s commercial eviction moratorium and rent deferral program for small businesses...
Millennials Bring Health and Wellness to the Workplace
By Kena David, BCCI Construction Company
This article will also appear in The VIEW, the quarterly newsletter of Commercial Real Estate Women San Francisco (CREW SF). CREW SF’s mission is to develop...
Working with WeWork: A Broker’s and Real Estate Counsel’s Commentary
By Dan Mihalovich
WeWork has been in the news lately. From dominating the shared work space arena, to buying an iconic retail department store in New York that will serve...
McNellis: Over-Storing America
By John McNellis
“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves…” Julius Caesar
As it happens, Shakespeare was writing about retail in America today when he penned...
Rents Plunge in the Most Expensive US Cities
But many mid-tier markets are red-hot.
by Wolf Richter
In San Francisco, the most expensive major rental market in the US, the median asking rent in November for one-bedroom apartments, at...
