Residential
“Renaissance” in San Leandro’s Downtown as Improvements in BART, Tech Infrastructure and Land Availability Come Together
By Jessica Zimmer Change is coming to San Leandro this summer with the August 2016 opening of OSIsoft’s new 135,000 square foot headquarters...
Berkeley’s Rosen Says Bay Area CRE Market Remains Rosy Despite Rocky Start
By Robert Carlsen Though 2016 got off to a rocky start economically in the U.S. thanks to the meltdown in China, financial markets...
BART Mulls Highrise Project near Lake Merritt Station as Other Developers Move Forward
By Robert Carlsen While BART continues pre-planning efforts for a residential or office high-rise adjacent to its Lake Merritt station in Oakland, several...
VTA Launches Innovative, Flexible Bus System in Silicon Valley
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority launched an experimental on-demand public transportation program in early January in an effort to provide additional resources...
Expanded Stockton Avenue Mixed-Use Project Heads to San Jose City Council for Vote
By Dan Smith A developer quadrupled the commercial space in a mixed use project at parcels at 120 and 138 Stockton Avenue that...
Oakland Proposed Developer Fees Summarized
By Robert Selna Unlike most large Bay Area cities, Oakland has not charged development impact fees to pay for affordable housing, but that...
Two Tales of Revival
Hayes Valley and Jack London Square are two examples where we largely got it right. THIS ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE ‘Q’ – THE...
Hanover Seeks to Add Mixed-Use Project to Oakland’s Broadway Valdez District
By Nancy Amdur As the City of Oakland works to shift the Broadway Valdez district into a destination for retail and mixed-used development,...
KB Home Purchases Milpitas Industrial Location for $43.9MM
One of the nation’s largest homebuilders, KB Home, closed on a deal in Milpitas just days before the end of the year buying...
Lennar Looks to Revive Tower Project in Downtown Oakland
By Neil Gonzales Miami-based builder Lennar Corp. aims to revive a long-stalled residential tower project in downtown Oakland just as high-rise proposals have...
Housing the Techforce
Market demands shift residential developers’ priority list. THIS ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE ‘Q’ – THE REGISTRY’S PRINT PUBLICATION – IN OCTOBER 2015 By Naib...
Conversion Impact Report for Nick’s Trailer Court Passes in Sunnyvale Council Vote
By Jessica Zimmer The Sunnyvale City Council voted 6 to 1 on Jan. 5 to approve the conversion impact report for Nick’s Trailer...