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Bay Area AI and Robotics Funding Tops $280B in 2026 as Sector Drives Record Silicon Valley Leasing
Bay Area artificial intelligence and robotics companies raised more than $280 billion through the first half of 2026, and that capital is spilling...
US Retailers Swing to 26.1MM SQFT of Net Growth in 2026 as Bay Area Chains Expand
American retailers have announced enough new store space this year to reverse a multi-year run of contraction, and several of the chains powering...
Madison Park Doubles Down on Oakland Multifamily as AI Boom Widens the Rent Gap With San Francisco
Madison Park is preparing a concentrated wave of new investment across the East Bay, betting that San Francisco's AI hiring surge has already...
Vanguard Properties Acquires Oakland’s Abio Properties, Pushing Into East Bay Against Compass
San Francisco's largest independent brokerage is absorbing 10-year-old Abio Properties and retiring its name, a defensive East Bay expansion as Compass consolidates the...
Northern California Sidelined in Data Center Boom as Power Limits Push Capacity to Texas
Northern California, the birthplace of Silicon Valley, now holds barely 1 gigawatt of data center capacity and does not rank among North America's...
Controller Pegs Prop G Great Highway Reopening at $9.8MM, Plus $1.9MM a Year
The first official cost estimate for Proposition G puts the price of returning weekday cars to the Upper Great Highway at $9.8 million...
San Francisco Lands Back-to-Back MLB and WNBA All-Star Games, Setting Up a Tourism and Retail Windfall
San Francisco has secured the 2027 WNBA All-Star Game at Chase Center and the 2028 MLB All-Star Game at Oracle Park within a...
Fed Holds Rates Steady in July With Three Dissents as Goldman Sees No Hike Through 2026
The Federal Reserve left its benchmark rate unchanged at its July meeting despite the closest call on a hike in three decades, offering...
Alameda County Weighs Handing Supervisors Power Over Measure D, Easing Development Limits on Livermore’s Protected Hills
Alameda County supervisors have begun studying whether to ask voters to relinquish their exclusive authority over Measure D, the 25-year-old growth-control law protecting...
Sacramento’s Rental Housing Bills Advance Toward Final Votes, With Real Stakes for Northern California Landlords
California’s rental housing industry closed out the Legislature’s frantic August suspense-file hearings with several of its top priorities intact, even as a closely...
Agility Robotics Lands 60,000 SQFT Physical AI Hub in Fremont, Adds Nearly 200 Jobs Ahead of Nasdaq Debut
Humanoid robotics developer Agility Robotics has opened a 60,000-square-foot artificial intelligence hub in Fremont, planting a Silicon Valley flag near Tesla's Optimus operations...
Waymo Wins State Approval for 12-County Northern California Expansion, Setting Up Fresh Depot Demand
The California Public Utilities Commission has authorized Waymo to charge for fully driverless rides across 12 Northern California counties, a decision that extends...
