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...
Blockchain Technology Is Changing Real Estate Transactions
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,...
McNellis: Amazon’s Clicking into Bricks
By John McNellis
In May 2017, The Real Deal ran a cover story entitled, “Retail is F*cked.” While snarkier than its mainstream competitors, it encapsulated the prevailing sentiment of the...
Capturing Lightning in A SoMa Bottle
As Fast-Growing San Francisco Concludes Its Largest Rezoning in Ten Years, Will Its Novel New Urban Planning Guidelines for South of Market Represent What the City’s Downtown Needs in...
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 workplace and be a good neighbor. Today...
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 so much. Just ask last year’s Los...
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 from us, the whole town of Lakeport’s been evacuated....
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 attended the Pacific Coast Builders Conference (PCBC) in...
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 investor to make of this?
To begin with, it’s...
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 billion to date, but its latest report...
