Retail
Thor Equities Buys San Francisco’s 146 Geary St. for $20.5MM, Doubling Down in Union Square
A four-story Union Square building anchored by Bang & Olufsen's West Coast flagship has changed hands for $20.5 million, three years after its...
New York Investor DLC Management Nears Potential Deal for Fremont’s 887,000 SQFT Pacific Commons at ~$240MM Price
DLC Management Corp. has moved to the front of the pack to acquire one of the largest open-air retail centers to trade hands...
California’s $17.40 Minimum Wage Arrives in 2027 as Bay Area Floors Already Sit Higher
California's statewide wage floor will climb to a nation-leading $17.40 an hour in 2027, but for Bay Area property owners and their tenants,...
Grocery Outlet Opens 30,000 SQFT Store at Former Fisherman’s Wharf Safeway, Ending North Beach’s 3-Year Grocery Gap
Discount grocer Grocery Outlet has taken over the long-vacant Safeway on Bay Street, restoring a full-size grocery option for roughly 20,000 residents on...
San Francisco Hospitality Scored Double-Digit Sales Growth During the 2026 World Cup
Bank of America credit and debit card data shows San Francisco's restaurants, bars and hotels captured double-digit small-business sales growth during the 2026...
San Benito High School District Plans 500-Unit Affordable Housing and Retail District on Former Campus Site in Hollister
The San Benito High School District is charting a new future for a long-held parcel at Best Road and Highway 25 in Hollister,...
Align and Albertsons Downsize Rockridge Senior Housing Towers to 372 Units, Add Grocery in Oakland
Align Real Estate and Albertsons have formally filed a scaled-back version of their twin-tower senior housing project at Oakland's Rockridge Trader Joe's site,...
107,000 SQFT Hobby Lobby and Round 1 Block at Hayward’s Southland Mall Hits Market at $18.7MM, 7.75% CAP
A fully leased, 106,609-square-foot block of Southland Mall anchored by Hobby Lobby and Round 1 Entertainment is being offered at $176 per square...
US Retailers Swing to 26.1MM SQFT of Net Growth in 2026 as Bay Area Chains Expand
American retailers have announced enough new store space this year to reverse a multi-year run of contraction, and several of the chains powering...
MJD Capital’s Boatworks Mall Heads to $14.4MM Foreclosure Auction in Tahoe City
San Francisco developer MJD Capital Partners is poised to lose one of North Lake Tahoe's most recognizable waterfront properties, as its long-stalled plan...
San Francisco Lands Back-to-Back MLB and WNBA All-Star Games, Setting Up a Tourism and Retail Windfall
San Francisco has secured the 2027 WNBA All-Star Game at Chase Center and the 2028 MLB All-Star Game at Oracle Park within a...
93,000 SQFT Downtown Novato Center Lists for $24.76MM in Marin County
Downtown Novato Center, a 93,405-square-foot grocery-anchored retail hub co-anchored by Lucky California and CVS Pharmacy, has come to market in affluent Marin County...
