Current Rate Environment Puts Multifamily Borrowers in Increasingly Difficult Position, but Viable Options are...
By Tom Wight
Interest rates have increased substantially in a short period of time, which significantly impacts commercial real estate financing. As the cost of capital increases, it obviously becomes...
New Laws Will Allow Housing to be Built in California’s Underused Commercial Properties
By Kate Snyder
In a bid to both alleviate the state’s housing crisis and make use of empty or abandoned commercial properties, Governor Gavin Newsom earlier this year signed legislation...
Panoramic Interests Plans to Bring 239 Units of Housing to Berkeley
By Jon Peterson
San Francisco-based Panoramic Interests could be adding another new development to the housing market in downtown Berkeley in the near future. The development firm has filed a...
UCLA Anderson Forecast: No Recession, But U.S., California Economies Continue to Slow
Inflation, rising interest rates, declining real wages and consumer pessimism among the factors impacting growth
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 21, 2022 -- The U.S. economy is likely to muddle along with...
Stanford Buys 759-Unit Oak Creek Apartments in Palo Alto & Menlo Park
By Vladimir Bosanac
Stanford University is expanding its multifamily real estate holdings. The Palo Alto-based University, which has owned the land where the 759-unit Oak Creek Apartments were developed in...
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...
Valley Oak Partners Plans 253 Affordable Housing Development in San Jose
By Jon Peterson
A San Jose parcel with an aging strip mall may be coming in for a major redevelopment in near future. Valley Oak Partners, a San Jose-based development...
Windy Hill Pays $44.7MM for 312-Unit Apartment Development Site in Downtown San Mateo
By Jon Peterson
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Since June 30, Windy Hill Property Ventures has purchased 11 parcels of land in downtown San Mateo in order to make the proposed project a...
High Street Residential Plans 278-Unit Apartment Development in Millbrae
By Jon Peterson
Dallas-based High Street Residential, a subsidiary of Trammell Crow Company, is planning a 278-unit apartment development project in Millbrae located at 959 El Camino Real, according to a...
Southern California Developer Proposes 487-Unit Multifamily Project in San Leandro’s Bay Fair TOD
By Vladimir Bosanac
San Leandro wants to add more housing and with the help of Encino, Calif.-based AMG & Associates the East Bay city just south of Oakland may get...