San Francisco Apartments Start Offering Move-in Incentives as Tenant Demand Slows
By Neil Gonzales
Offering rental incentives is not uncommon in the apartment industry generally. But it is if it is happening in San Francisco.
“It’s a relatively recent phenomenon,” said Patrick...
Pacifica Quarry Development May Go to Voters in November
By Jacob Bourne
When mining ended at the Pacifica Quarry in 1987, legislation was passed shortly thereafter requiring voter approval for residential development on the land. Within the last 15...
MLS Innovations Emerge As Industry Shifts
By Jacob Bourne
Some regulations for real estate brokers utilizing multiple listing services that consolidate data on property listings between brokers has come under pressure to evolve as the internet...
Opinion: Glut in San Francisco?
Sam Zell’s Equity Residential Warns 2nd Time in a Month on Rental Market, Sees Glut in San Francisco, New York
By Wolf Richter
This is just the beginning.
On Wednesday, mega-landlord Equity...
Greystar Seeks Another Project in Downtown Redwood City as Apartment Cap Nears
By Neil Gonzales
Charleston, S.C.-based multifamily developer Greystar is pursuing another project in downtown Redwood City as a cap on new apartment units nears in that district.
Greystar’s latest proposal at...
San Jose Apartment Development Fills Just One of City’s Many Housing Needs
By David Goll
Residential development in San Jose is taking a decidedly new and urbanized turn with a project known as Montgomery 7 that will eschew all parking.
The proposed 10-story...
Redwood City’s Docktown Receives State Decision to Shutter
By Robert Carlsen
After more than three years of haggling over the future of the Docktown houseboat and liveaboard marina in the Redwood Creek/Harbor Center area of Redwood City, a...
Condos Coming to San Jose’s Delmas Avenue, Pending City Approval
By Jacob Bourne
Three single-family homes on Delmas Avenue between West San Carlos Street and Auzerais Avenue in San Jose may be demolished if plans for a multi-family condominium building...
Governor to Help Ease Housing Pain
By Todd Williams
In an effort to encourage housing production, Governor Jerry Brown has made a bold proposal to streamline the approval of certain multifamily housing projects that include a...
MidPen Housing Opens Affordable Housing for Veterans at Onizuka
By David Goll
In a Silicon Valley city of famously unaffordable housing, an assemblage of local, regional, state and federal agencies and organizations has joined to provide an oasis of...
