Residential
Prado Group Pays $13.2MM to Buy Berkeley Apartment Complex
By Jon Peterson San Francisco-based The Prado Group has acquired the 49-unit 2520 College Avenue apartment complex in Berkeley for $13.2 million or...
Going Up in San Jose
The sprawl of the South Bay is getting a multi-story makeover of offices and housing. THIS ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE ‘Q’ – THE...
Virtuous Cycle on Van Ness
Mid-Market renewal spreads west. THIS ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE ‘Q’ – THE REGISTRY’S PRINT PUBLICATION – IN AUGUST 2013 By Nathalie Pierrepont [dropcap]P[/dropcap]awnshops and...
Pacific Heights Apartments Sell At 3.5 Percent Yield and Below
By Jon Peterson Two San Francisco apartment complexes in the city’s north central Pacific Heights neighborhood have sold for a total of $34...
Too Little New Housing To Cost the Bay Area Tens of Thousands of Jobs
By Sharon Simonson The Gen Xers and echo boomers feeding the youthful population wave remaking neighborhoods south of San Francisco’s Market Street and...
Essex Pays Top Dollar for Mountain View Apartments Near Google
By Jon Peterson Palo Alto-based Essex Property Trust Inc. has paid $42.5 million to acquire the Regency at Mountain View apartments at 333...
Apartment Developer Crescent Heights Uses Tech to Draw Techies
By Neil Gonzales The luxury-apartment complex rising tall above 10th and Market streets in San Francisco figures to be as hip and uber-modern...
Two Apartment Projects in the Works for Burlingame
By Jon Peterson The posh Peninsula enclave of Burlingame with six square miles of persistent luxury continues to attract investor interest. San Francisco-based...
Old and New in The Mission
San Francisco’s first neighborhood still draws new arrivals THIS ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE ‘Q’ – THE REGISTRY’S PRINT PUBLICATION – IN APRIL 2013 By...
Invesco, CalPERS Look for Green in the Dublin Hills
By Jon Peterson Atlanta-based Invesco Real Estate has paid $105.4 million in cash to buy the 305-unit Avalon at Dublin Station I apartments....
Avant Doubles Its Money with Vara
By Jon Peterson Dallas-based equity investor Berhringer Harvard has paid $100 million for the 202-unit Vara apartment complex in The Mission district of...
Mushroooming New Supply Not Poison to Apartment Rents Yet
By Sharon Simonson Bay Area rents continue to rise despite a developer gold rush that is adding thousands of new apartments to the...