Google Plans for $7B in U.S. Investments in 2021, $1B in California
By Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet
One of the best parts of my job is getting the opportunity to visit the communities that Google is a part of...
6 Questions About Oakland’s Commercial Real Estate Market And The Cannabis “Green Zone”
By Barbara Morrison, CEO & Founder, TMC Financing
Historically, the Bay Area and particularly the City of Oakland has had deep roots in technology creation and a robust manufacturing sector....
Meta to Open First Retail Store in Burlingame, Calif.
Today, we’re announcing Meta Store — our first physical retail space, which will open May 9 on our campus in Burlingame, California. In the Meta Store, you’ll be able...
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...
The Rise of the YIMBYs
By Todd Williams
Despite an undeniable housing shortage marked by skyrocketing rents, virtually all housing development in the Bay Area remains controversial. Be it a downtown multifamily tower or a...
In Memoriam: James J. Curtis III
(Publisher's note: John McNellis gave the following eulogy on August 9th at St. Dominic's Catholic Church in San Francisco at a mass commemorating the remarkable life of Jim Curtis)
By...
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...
Why San Francisco Needs to Reset its Understanding of Retail
By Hans Hansson
San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors recently heard the results of a long-anticipated report from Strategic Economics for the OEWD (Office of Economic and Workforce Development), on the...
UC Berkeley Case Shows Why Comprehensive Reform Badly Needed to End CEQA Abuse
By Chris Carr
The California Supreme Court last week declined to stay a lower court order in a case involving a housing and classroom complex under construction on the UC...
We’re Overbuilt in Retail
By John Cumbelich
America’s inventory of shopping centers is ominously overbuilt. Even if the migration of retail sales to the internet had not brought chronic overbuilding into sharp relief like...
