Hospitality
Interior Department Denies Gaming Eligibility for Scotts Valley Band’s $700MM Vallejo Casino Resort
The U.S. Department of the Interior has withdrawn the gaming eligibility determination underpinning the Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians' $700 million casino...
Northern California Hotel Sales Slide 16% to $642MM as San Francisco and Alameda Volumes Tumble
Northern California recorded 68 hotel sales in the first half of 2026, but dollar volume fell 15.7 percent to $641.8 million as steep...
Blackstone Mortgage Trust Lists 686-Key Hyatt Regency SoMa in San Francisco as Part of Portfolio Overhaul
Blackstone Mortgage Trust launches sale of San Francisco's 686-key Hyatt Regency SoMa as part of a broader portfolio overhaul.
Leeland Properties Restarts 146-Room Element Hotel on Sacramento’s Stockton Boulevard After Closing Preferred Bank Construction Loan
Leeland Properties closed a Preferred Bank construction loan to restart the 146-room Element Hotel on Sacramento's Stockton Boulevard.
World Cup Lifts Downtown San Jose Hotel RevPAR 42% as 1MM Visitors Test City’s District Bet
San Jose says six weeks of World Cup soccer drew one million visitors to its downtown and pushed hotel revenue per available room...
Napa Council Approves 94-Room Hotel at Historic Franklin Station Post Office
Eight years after an earthquake and a first failed entitlement, Napa’s historic post office finally has a green light to become a hotel....
Port of San Francisco Backs $38MM Incentive Package to Rescue 164-Room Teatro ZinZanni Hotel on the Embarcadero
Facing a $30 million hole that has kept one of the Embarcadero’s marquee waterfront projects frozen for the better part of a decade,...
Clint Reilly, Political Operative Turned $400MM San Francisco Property Owner, Dies at 79
Clint Reilly, who parlayed a career as one of California’s most influential campaign strategists into a nine-figure San Francisco real estate and media...
SRE Acquisitions Acquires 357-Room Fremont Marriott Silicon Valley for $53MM from Ashford Hospitality Trust
The Fremont Marriott Silicon Valley has changed hands for the first time in more than a decade, giving a Dallas-based hotel REIT working...
Northern California Hotel Construction Jumps 28% in First Half of 2026 Even as Openings Slow
With San Francisco posting the nation’s fastest RevPAR growth at plus 31 percent and Northern California construction projects jumping 28 percent, the region’s...
Stay Cal Hospitality Opens 51-Room voco Ardez Hotel in Sunnyvale, Silicon Valley’s First voco by IHG
Bay Area operator Stay Cal Hospitality has opened a 51-room, LEED Gold hotel at 1101 Elko Drive in Sunnyvale, planting IHG’s premium voco...
Golf Course Standoff Pushes San Leandro Marina Redevelopment Into Bankruptcy Court, Stalling 200-Plus Homes
A decade-long effort to remake San Leandro’s 75-acre waterfront has collapsed into a bankruptcy-court fight pitting developer Cal Coast against the city that...
