AI Set to Flatten Office Job Growth Through 2030, Pushing U.S. Vacancy to 21.5%, Newmark Finds
A new Newmark research report forecasts that artificial intelligence will moderate office-using employment to near-zero growth over the next five years, reshaping demand...
Related California, McCourt Partners Team Up to Advance 575-Foot Office-Hotel Tower at 530 Sansome
A new joint venture pushes The Jackson forward as one of four skyscrapers competing to define San Francisco’s post-pandemic skyline. San Francisco’s most...
330 & 340 Townsend Hit The Market: CIM Group Lists 181,000 SQFT SoMa Creative Office Portfolio in San Francisco Across From Caltrain
CBRE National Office Partners is marketing the two-building, fully leased portfolio with 188 parking stalls and Central SoMa CMUO zoning allowing up to...
Walmart Commits $1.1B Five-Year Investment to California, Plans 56 Store Remodels in 2026
The world’s largest retailer is modernizing more than four dozen California locations this year as part of a national 650-store overhaul, doubling down...
San Francisco Hotels Emerge as Nation’s Top RevPAR Growth Market After Years of Distress
A near-empty construction pipeline, AI-driven office leasing, Super Bowl LX and a FIFA World Cup match schedule are finally tilting the math in...
SFDDC Launches $25MM Downtown Business Fund to Fill Powell Street and Moscone Corridor Storefronts
Public-private coalition deploys move-in grants up to $500,000 and sub-market loans up to $1MM as Union Square retail vacancy hovers near record highs...
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...
Apple Renews 91,000 SQFT Lease in Sunnyvale’s Kifer Corridor as Silicon Valley Industrial Market Bifurcates
The technology giant’s commitment to its long-held Link Logistics warehouse signals continued demand for Silicon Valley infill space even as older product sheds...
First Citizens Bank Acquires 160,000 SQFT Office Building at 667 Mission Street for $92MM
The Silicon Valley Bank parent’s owner-user purchase at approximately $574 per square foot marks a rare institutional acquisition in San Francisco’s recovering office...
Gwin Revocable Trust Lists 10,673-SQFT Historic Jackson Square Property at 712-714 Montgomery Street for $12MM
The three-story restaurant, retail, and office building hits the market at $1,124 per square foot, setting a high-water mark for Jackson Square small-scale...
U.S. Life Sciences Vacancy Tops 70% of New Deliveries as 60MM SQFT Pipeline Reshapes Market
Savills says supply surge from pandemic-era development boom is outpacing demand, leaving major lab projects unleased across key hubs A development cycle that...
Occupancy Rises at Hacienda as Diverse Industries Expand in Tri-Valley
Pleasanton, Calif. – Hacienda, Northern California’s largest mixed-use development, recorded a modest increase in total occupancy to 6,581,927 square feet in March, up...
AI Set to Flatten Office Job Growth Through 2030, Pushing U.S. Vacancy to 21.5%, Newmark Finds
A new Newmark research report forecasts that artificial intelligence will moderate office-using employment to near-zero growth over the next five years, reshaping demand...
330 & 340 Townsend Hit The Market: CIM Group Lists 181,000 SQFT SoMa Creative Office Portfolio in San Francisco Across From Caltrain
CBRE National Office Partners is marketing the two-building, fully leased portfolio with 188 parking stalls and Central SoMa CMUO zoning allowing up to...
Walmart Commits $1.1B Five-Year Investment to California, Plans 56 Store Remodels in 2026
The world’s largest retailer is modernizing more than four dozen California locations this year as part of a national 650-store overhaul, doubling down...
San Francisco Hotels Emerge as Nation’s Top RevPAR Growth Market After Years of Distress
A near-empty construction pipeline, AI-driven office leasing, Super Bowl LX and a FIFA World Cup match schedule are finally tilting the math in...
SFDDC Launches $25MM Downtown Business Fund to Fill Powell Street and Moscone Corridor Storefronts
Public-private coalition deploys move-in grants up to $500,000 and sub-market loans up to $1MM as Union Square retail vacancy hovers near record highs...
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...
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Arevon Begins Construction on $600MM Cormorant Energy Storage Project in Daly City
Cormorant advances local economic investment through jobs, tax revenue, and community partnerships, reinforcing Arevon’s position as a leading battery storage developer in the...
Essex Property Trust Doubles Down on Northern California With $830MM Acquisition Spree as AI-Fueled Demand Drives Rent Growth
The apartment REIT deployed more capital into the Bay Area than any other region in 2025, acquiring seven communities as Northern California posted...
North American Life Sciences Sector Grapples With Supply Glut as 55% of Recent Lab Deliveries Sit Vacant
A pandemic-era construction wave has collided with cooling demand, leaving nearly 60 million square feet of new lab space struggling to find tenants...
Basin Street Properties Announces Three Leadership Promotions
RENO, NV (April 14, 2026) – Basin Street Properties announced the promotions of Elaine Nelson to Vice President of Operations, Stephen Biehle to...
Bay Area Council Announces Libby Schaaf as New President and CEO
The Sobrato Organization CEO Tony Mestres Elected Board Chair to succeed Kristina Lawson as her term ends The Bay Area Council today (April...
CBRE Elevates Mike Taquino and Kyle Kovac to Lead San Francisco Bay Area Office Capital Markets
The team has advised on more than $30 billion in commercial real estate transactions San Francisco – March 18, 2026 – CBRE announced...
Orange Buensuceso Promoted to Director of San Francisco at FPBA
Ferguson Pape Baldwin Architects (FPBA) has promoted Orange Buensuceso, AIA, LEED AP, to Director of San Francisco, a milestone that takes on added...
Kilroy Realty Corporation Announces Board Refreshment
LOS ANGELES–Kilroy Realty Corporation (NYSE: KRC) (“Kilroy” or the “Company”) today announced leadership changes on the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) and...
McNellis: F*** Real Estate?
Publisher’s Note What began over a decade ago as a series of candid, sharp-witted articles written for The Registry has grown into one of the...
March’s Jobs Report and the Art of Misdirection
Behind the rosy March employment headline, a quiet exodus: nearly 400,000 Americans gave up on the job market in a single month. By...
The Buyer Who Wasn’t There
The record gap between home sellers and buyers reveals a tale of two Americas—Sun Belt markets drowning in oversupply while Northern cities with...
Feed the Machine: AI Could Unjam San Francisco’s 280-Day Permitting Nightmare
The city knows its building codes better than anyone. The problem is it takes 280 days to prove it. What if a computer...
An Approval is Not a Building Permit
Why the hand-wringing over Google’s empty San Jose acreage misses the point entirely. By Billy the Broker (I just want to stay anonymous)...
Bounded by Sea, Strangled by Trusts
Every acre we preserve is an acre we can’t build on—and the housing math is catching up By Billy the Broker (I just...
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...
Prologis Upgrades Bay Area Industrial View as Silicon Valley Vacancy Retreats to 4.2%
The logistics giant says Northern California has moved past its vacancy peak, with customer tone turning positive even as rent growth remains on...
Tesla Anchors 375,000 SQFT Silicon Valley Industrial Expansion, Driving Fremont Vacancy to 2.1%
The automaker’s twin leases in Fremont and San Jose underscore a widening split between modern high-power facilities and aging warehouse stock. Tesla Motors...
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...
Westfield Lists 101,700 SQFT Office Portfolio at 814-818 Mission Street in San Francisco
The vacant twin-building offering arrives with housing conversion on the table as the French conglomerate continues its retreat from the beleaguered downtown corridor....
Brookfield Lists Historic 223,000 SQFT Monadnock Building at 685 Market Street in San Francisco for Sale
The Notion-anchored Beaux-Arts landmark hits the market amid the city’s strongest leasing environment since 2014, testing pricing for stabilized trophy product. Brookfield Properties...
Bay West Group Acquires San Ramon’s Gateway Centre for $47.9MM from Blackstone Entity
The 112,553-square-foot neighborhood center anchored by Lucky Supermarkets changes hands as East Bay retail fundamentals continue to improve A Bay West Group-affiliated entity...
Picklr to Open 18,500 SQFT Indoor Pickleball Facility in Fairfield
JLL represented Picklr’s new indoor pickleball club at 1574 Gateway Blvd. FAIRFIELD, CA, April 16, 2026 – JLL today announced that Picklr, North...
