Residential
Blackstone’s LivCor Lists 615-Unit Summer House Apartments in Alameda After 2017 Purchase at $117MM
Blackstone’s residential platform LivCor is testing buyer appetite for one of Alameda’s largest apartment communities, marketing the 615-unit Summer House with a naturally...
HEART Buys Azara, 74-Unit Luxury San Mateo Apartment Community, for $54.75MM
A public housing agency has emerged as the buyer of one of the Peninsula’s newest luxury apartment communities, acquiring the 74-unit Azara in...
Essex’s Northern California Apartments Lead the Portfolio as Q2 Revenue Climbs 4.4%
Essex Property Trust’s Northern California apartments outperformed every other region in its portfolio during the second quarter of 2026, as tightening Bay Area...
D.R. Horton’s Affordability Play Runs Into California’s $843,000 Median as Q3 Margins Hold
D.R. Horton’s affordability-first strategy collides with a Northern California market where the typical home costs more than twice the statewide median and far...
San Francisco Approves 85-Foot, Nine-Unit Condo Tower at 230 Anza Street, the First Project to Clear Lurie’s Family Zoning Plan
An 85-foot condominium tower cleared the San Francisco Planning Commission on a low-rise Inner Richmond block, becoming the first project entitled under Mayor...
San Francisco Clears 75-Year Ground Lease for $160MM, 187-Unit LGBTQ Senior Housing Tower at 1939 Market Street
San Francisco has cleared a key hurdle for a 15-story, 187-unit affordable senior housing tower at 1939 Market Street, handing Mercy Housing California...
Bell Partners Acquires 195-Unit Celeste Apartments From Sares Regis in South San Francisco for $130MM
Bell Partners has acquired Celeste Apartments, a 195-unit luxury community adjacent to the South San Francisco Caltrain station, marking the second time in...
San Jose Approves Urban Catalyst’s 276-Unit Gifford Project Amid Resident Appeal
San Jose’s planning staff cleared an eight-story, 276-unit apartment project near Diridon Station this week, but the approval is already headed to the...
Acclaim Companies to Break Ground on 368-Unit Mixed-Use Development at 3150 El Camino Real in Palo Alto
Acclaim Companies will start construction on Aug. 11 on one of Palo Alto’s largest apartment communities, a seven-story, 368-unit mixed-use project that is...
Westbank Activates Vacant Davidson Building With Arts Hub as 18-Story San Jose Tower Waits in the Wings
A nonprofit arts operator is moving artists into the ground floor of a long-vacant downtown San Jose building that developer Westbank intends to...
Five Point Moves Candlestick Toward Construction, Courts AI Anchor for 2.8MM SQFT Campus in San Francisco
Five Point Holdings is pushing its long-dormant Candlestick redevelopment back toward construction and preparing to hunt for a marquee technology tenant, positioning the...
Oakland Puts Foreclosure Transfer Tax on November Ballot, Targeting Up to $13MM a Year From Downtown Distress
Oakland has advanced a November ballot measure that would strip a long-standing exemption from its real estate transfer tax and turn the city’s...
