Residential
Alum Rock School District Files Permits for 78-Unit Teacher Housing in East San Jose, Scaling Up Design
The Mayfair project, first proposed in 2024, has grown from two-story to three-story buildings and is now pursuing SB 35 streamlining with half...
San José Opens Public Review of 2040 General Plan as Housing Crunch Meets Office Glut
The third 4-Year Review of Envision San José 2040 takes aim at urban villages, missing middle housing and a jobs-housing ratio that has...
Berkeley Zoning Board Approves Modified Plans for Core Spaces’ 26-Story, 433-Unit Hub Tower
The Chicago-based student housing developer’s revised entitlements shift the unit mix toward larger apartments with up to seven bedrooms, eliminate a rooftop restaurant,...
Berkshire Residential Investments Acquires Four-Property San Francisco Loft Portfolio for $134.15MM
The Boston-based investment manager’s roughly 300-unit purchase across SoMa and Potrero Hill, rebranded “The Grid Collection,” signals renewed institutional confidence in a rental...
Hudson McDonald Lands $60MM Agency Refinancing on 193-Unit Berkeley Apartment and Student Housing Portfolio
CBRE arranged a 10-year, fixed-rate loan covering two Downtown Berkeley communities a short walk from UC Berkeley, testing lender appetite for college-town housing...
California’s AB 2074 Targets Downtown High-Rise Housing with $500MM Revolving Loan Fund
Assemblymember Matt Haney’s Downtown Revitalization Act would mandate by-right residential density near transit in cities of 400,000-plus, directly addressing office-vacancy-driven decline in downtown...
Grosvenor Tests Exit from $1B+ Los Gatos North 40 as Duke of Westminster’s Firm Retreats from U.S.
The London developer is exploring a sale of its entitled Silicon Valley mixed-use project, a move that fits a broader unwinding of Bay...
Pacific Heights Mansion at 2898 Vallejo Trades Off-Market for $56MM, Priciest S.F. Home Sale Since 2024
15,000-square-foot Beaux Arts residence sells at roughly $3,733 per square foot, signaling continued strength at San Francisco’s ultra-luxury tier as AI wealth drives...
San José Pivots to BART Garage as Fallback for Displaced Berryessa Flea Market Vendors
With the Singleton Landfill sidelined by state housing law and cleanup costs, city staff identify VTA parking structure as the most realistic short-term...
California’s Tech Boom Masks a Shrinking Job Market, Beacon Economics Warns
The Information sector now drives more than 12 percent of state GDP, but hyper-productive Tech companies are generating wealth without generating employment—leaving California...
Cooling Labor Market Reshapes Apartment Demand While Other CRE Sectors Hold Firm
Slowing job creation and falling workforce participation among young adults are postponing rental demand, but office, retail, and industrial properties show resilience to...
Goldstone Management Proposes 345-Unit, 24-Story Tower in San Rafael
The 260-foot mixed-use project would become the tallest building in Marin County, pairing a market hall with several hundred apartments in the heart...
